Controversy
EXCLUSIVE: Totally Cornered, HAL To Re-design Lumbering Intermediate Trainer
This was coming. And now it’s official. Pincered in by a combination of pressures that would pluck a plum bit of business out of HAL’s hands,
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Indian Newspaper Flies With MMRCA Ditch Story, Journalist Disowns
“I disown this report and disassociate myself completely from it. It should have been attributed not to me but the person responsible for introducing gross
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HAL’s IJT Delayed, IAF Scouts Foreign Source
The face-off between the Indian Air Force and HAL over the basic trainer programme festers nastily, much of it in public. But here’s something that’s
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Indian Navy’s 2-Star Submarine Chief Faces Veteran Fire
As Defence Minister A.K. Antony continues to be the object of simmering anger within the navy over what has been a traumatic week with Admiral
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Indian MoD Orders Probe Into Rolls-Royce Aero Engine Deals
The Indian Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will shortly begin a detailed investigation into aircraft engine contracts in India. Based on a direct recommendation by
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Chief Quits, Indian Navy ‘Succession Line’ Thrown Out Of Gear
With Admiral DK Joshi’s resignation as Chief of Naval Staff on Wednesday, the entire seniority-based succession line to the Navy Chief’s post has dramatically changed.
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On Agusta Agent Christian Michel’s ‘Gandhigiri’
A March 2008 note purportedly written by arms businessman Christian Michel to Peter Hulett (at the time, AgustaWestland’s India boss) has exploded in the Indian
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3D Simulation Of IAF Pilot's MiG-21 Crash
Apropos my report a few days ago on the ongoing court case by IAF pilot Wing Commander Sanjeet Kaila against HAL and the MoD, here’s
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