Secrets of the Super Hercules
A nice piece about the C-130J from the Lexington Institute. Thought I’d post it here since the exhorbitant deal for six C-130Js will soon be […]
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AIR FORCE
Hawk Down
The first two of 24 British-built Hawk advanced jet trainers will fly into air force station Bidar later this month (the remaining 42 will be
LCA Weaponisation? Duh!
It just occured to me that the Ministry of Defence may be going slightly overboard with publicity for its defence development programmes. It took me
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Tejas Fires Air-to-Air Missile
Just received this from the MoD: The Light Combat Aircraft ‘TEJAS’ program achieved the most significant milestone yet when it successfully test fired the Close
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Farce Generation Fighter Aircraft
It’s been known for a long while now that the PAK-FA, Russia’s fifth generation fighter programme, is well off the drawing board. In fact, I
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LiveFist EXCLUSIVE: BrahMos on Su-30MKI Not Happening for Now
The photograph you see to the right is one that is printed with BrahMos advertisements in magazines and has been one of the most visible
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Indo-Russian G5 Fighter Agreement in Sight
In an interview to us (the Indian media delegation at the MAKS 07 air show) on August 23, MiG chief and designated chairman of the
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Take-off Wait
So finally, the long-awaited (and definitely hyped) request for proposal for the IAF’s medium multirole fighter aircraft (MMRCA) is out. For us defence correspondents, who
The Tejas MMR Disaster
It’s with a sigh that we’re all forced to accept that now, even the radar of the Light Combat Aircraft, will be a joint-venture product.
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It’s Official: ELTA to bail out HAL’s Multimode Radar for LCA
This has of course been known for a while now, but now it’s official. Israeli firm ELTA, the radar and electronics subsidiary of IAI, will
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