Exclusive Photos of Hawk Taking Off
Here are a few exclusive photos of the Hawk taking off for India. Here's the official route that the first pair will be taking: Warton (UK) -…
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Hawks Head Home
Just received this press release and awesome photo from BAe Systems:The first two Hawk advanced jet trainers destined to train the next generation of Indian Air…
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Crashed IJT to fly again in 2-3 months
Well this actually started off with something that was posted on BR a few days ago, and pointed to here by PVS Jagan Mohan. That something…
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Homegrown Tank Engine Project Begins
"It is proposed to take up a project on Development of 1500 HP Engine in the XI Five Year Plan. Preliminary Design Work has already commenced."This…
Aircraft And Helicopters
What’s in the C-130Js we’re getting?
Sorry to bore you all with another post on the C-130J! Word just in that the final FMS contract for six C-130J Super Hercules aircraft (to…
Aircraft And Helicopters
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 signed…
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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 built…
Aircraft And Helicopters
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 only…
Aircraft And Helicopters
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 Combat…
Aircraft And Helicopters
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 was…
Indo-Russian 5th Generation Fighter Agreement Signed
Just received this press release from the Indian delegation in Russia (unaltered): India and Russia today signed a landmark Intergovernmental Agreement for the joint development and…
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ALH Naval variant in trouble?
Is the Navy having problems with the ALH Dhruv? Well, I bumped into a senior serving Naval officer recently at a party, and he assured me…