DRDO’s VK Aatre: Then and Now
Frontier India has done an interview with Dr VK Aatre, former DRDO chief, on the current state of affairs in the organization and its relationship …
DEFENCE PROCUREMENTS
NEWSFLASH! DAC Clears 126 MRCA Procurement
News just in by this MoD press release (!!). Finally!: The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) headed by the Defence Minister Shri AK Antony has cleared …
INS Vikramaditya by 2010?
Viktor Litovkin, RIA Novosti’s military commentator and columnist, has written a column in the current issue of India Strategic. Well, the Chief of Naval Staff …
MRCA RfP This Month…?
Just received word that the RfPs for the MRCA contract will be issued this month. There’s been a great deal of activity between Vayu Bhavan …
*MMRCA Contract Update*
The request for proposal (RFP) document for the IAF’s proposed 126 medium multirole combat aircraft (MMRCA) purchase is complete and ready to be fired. The …
Army Asks For Man-Portable UAVs
Last week, the Army presented a fresh reworked QR to the Ministry of Defence for upto 32 man-portable UAVs for “tactical, point-of-interest imaging and rapid …
Israel and the MRCA
In the third week of April 2007, a small team from Israel’s MoD and IAI (unannounced, undisclosed) met with a team at Vayu Bhawan and …
Will the Chile deal work out for Dhruv?
The online business magazine domain-B reports that HAL has received an RfP from the Chilean government for the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv, and will …
LiveFist EXCLUSIVE: IAF’s SpyDer Purchase Was Opposed By The IDS
LiveFist has come upon some startling (or not, depending on how cynical you are!) new information concerning the IAF’s recent order for 18 SpyDer LLQRM …
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Indian Hawk Soars in Tippy Grey!
Check out this beautiful photograph of the BAe Hawk (HT004 I think) in the skies. Found it on the BAe site, but it totally looks …