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Sunday, July 6th, 2008 |
The Indian Air Force would be participating in a multinational Air Exercise, ‘Ex - Red Flag 08’ at the invitation of United States Air Force (USAF), scheduled to be held at Nellis Air Force Base in the US from 09-23 Aug 08.
The IAF would be participating in the exercise with eight SU-30 MK-I aircraft, two IL-78 air to air refuellers and one IL-76 transport aircraft. The contingent would comprise 156 personnel below officers rank and 91 officers (inclusive of 10 members of ‘Garud’ IAF Special Force team). The contingent is being led by Gp Capt D Chaudhury and Exercise Coordinator would be Gp Capt Ajay Rathore.
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Friday, July 4th, 2008 |
An Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), indigenously designed in house and built by Goa Shipyard Limited was ceremoniously launched on 4th July 2008 by Smt Bharti Kumar, wife of Hon’ble Secretary (Defence Production) Govt. of India at the Shipyard.
This is the first of the new series of Three OPVs being built at Goa Shipyard for Indian Coast Guard. The 93.89 meters vessel is well equipped with State-of- the-art Navigation and Communication equipment automated by an Integrated Bridge System (IBS), thus making the ship a versatile platform.
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 |
In a path breaking development, India and Brazil have entered into a deal to jointly develop an Early Warning System for the Indian Air Force. The agreement was signed here today by Dr. S Christopher, Director, Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS), DRDO, and Mr. Luis Carlos Aguiar, Executive Vice President (Defence and Govt. Market), M/s Embraer in the presence of Mr. Marco Brandao, Brazilian Ambassador and Shri M Natarajan, Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister.
The Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) System is being developed by the Bangalore based CABS for the Indian Air Force. Under the deal, Brazil’s Embraer aircraft manufacturer will modify its regional jet aircraft, EMB-145 to carry the Active Array Antenna Unit (AAAU), developed by the DRDO, on the aircraft’s fuselage. Three modified EMB-145 aircraft will be developed under this agreement; the first one to be delivered in three years.
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 |
The Accelerated User Cum Reliability Test (AUCRT) of Indian Army’s preparedness with Arjun tank is already over. On the tank’s part, the DRDO ensured the text book performance. The Arjun Tank performed in the searing heat of Rajasthan sands. The transmission gear which created a temporary hitch the winter trials, performed smoothly.
The trials are for checking the Indian Army’s preparation for inducting Arjun Tank and not judging the tank itself. However, the Indian Army projects that it’s more of Arjun Tank evaluation and not about Army’s preparedness.
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 |
The Raksha Rajya Mantri (RRM- Minister of State for Defence) MM Pallam Raju commenced an Official visit to the Southern Naval Command, Kochi on 01 Jul 08. The Minister was received at the Headquarters Southern Naval Command by VAdm Sunil K Damle, Flag Officer Commanding in Chief. MoS for Defence thereafter reviewed the activities of the Southern Naval Command where he was also briefed on the progress of the Naval Academy Project at Ezhimala. On completion of the briefing, the Minister visited various training establishments of the Southern Naval Command.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008 |
Samtel Display Systems manufacturer of avionic equipments and systems, today announced that the indigenous Multi Functional Displays (MFD), jointly developed with Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE) (DRDO) and manufactured by them have got clearance for flight testing from RCMA (Regional Centre for Military Airworthiness), and was subsequently followed by flight trials.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008 |
Field Marshal Manekshaw had been in the hospital for some time due to a progressive lung disease. He had developed Acute Bronchopneumonia with associated complications and his condition had been serious for the past four days. He was being treated in the intensive care unit of the Hospital. In a rare gesture the Government today decided to accord a State Funeral to Field Marshal SHFJ Manekshaw, who passed away late last night. The Minister of State for Defence Shri MM Pallam Raju will represent the Government at the funeral.
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008 |
The Minister of State for Defence Shri MM Pallam Raju has stressed the need for use of biodiesel and non-conventional energy sources in the Armed Forces. Presiding over a meeting of the three services and the DRDO on ‘Promotion of Alternative Energy Sources in the Armed Forces’ in New Delhi today, Shri Pallam Raju emphasized that in view of the spiraling cost of fossil fuels and the huge consumption of oil fuels by the Armed Forces to secure the national interests, it was high time that the three Services adopt bio-diesel. He called upon the DRDO to find out the suitability of blending bio-diesel with conventional fuel and study its performance, without compromising the needs of the Forces, in extreme hot and cold climates.
The DRDO already has a running programme with the Army on developing a composite biodiesel model for Army usage and civil sector as well. Various laboratories including CSIR, universities and industrial houses are collaborating in the programme. The DRDO’s Defence Agricultural Research Laboratory (DARL), Pithoragarh is the nodal agency for the DRDO – Army Bio-Diesel Programme. Programme Director, Dr. Zakwan Ahmed who is the Director of DARL, said that over 3.64 lakh saplings of the high-yielding Jatropha has been planted on 300 hectares of land at Military Farms in Secunderabad, Mhow and Ahmednagar. Dr. Shashi Bala Singh, Director, Field Research Laboratory (FRL), Leh revealed that during tests, it was found that 20 % blended Winter Grade Diesel does not freeze up to -17oC and that 5 % blended and 10 % blended diesel worked efficiently at -17oC to run the vehicles.
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 |
Within the framework of his visit to Russia, the military delegation of the Indian armed forces headed by the chief of Army staff General Deepak Kapoor, met with ommander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces Colonel-General Aleksey Maslov. They discussed on military cooperation, as well as problems and prospects of building and development of the land forces of both nations.
In particular, the Russian Army chief decided to regularly exchange experience in the training of mountain warfare units. Already this year it has been planned to send ten soldiers from the Russian motorized infantry brigades (mountain) highland training centre for training in mountain-infantry units of India (Jammu and Kashmir). Russian and Indian generals discussed the possibility of a joint Russian-Indian Army exercises on peacekeeping under UN auspices, exchanged views on the problems of Russian weapons and military equipment, in use with Indian Army.
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008 |
The World Hydrography Day was celebrated by the Southern Naval Command on 21 Jun 08. The theme of the celebrations was “Capacity Building, A Vital Tool To Assist The International Hydrographic Organistation In Achieving Its Mission And Objectives”. A variety of events were organized by the Hydrographic Surveying ships of the Southern Naval Command.
A presentation cum exhibition on survey activities and capabilities of the ships was organised on 21 Jun 08. Cmde SK Jha, Commanding Officer, INS Venduruthy was the chief guest for the function.
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Saturday, June 21st, 2008 |
The Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal FH Major PVSM AVSM SC VM ADC Visited AF Stn Leh, AF Stn Thoise and Base Camp in Ladakh sector from 20 Jun 08 to 21 Jun 08. His tour of AF Stn Leh and the Base camp was accompanied by Air Cmde KS Gill YSM, VM Air Officer Commanding AF Stn Leh.
He flew over the glacier and very high altitude posts himself to asses the situation. He met and interacted with air warriors at the Base Camp in Siachen Glacier.
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