Archive for October, 2009

The German Army is to deploy the Israeli Heron UAV to increase their ISR capabilities in Afghanistan. »

Boeing has bid to supply 22 attack and 15 heavy-lift helicopter to the IAF, offering the Apache and the Chinook. »

Israel has developed a wheeled robot that serves as a pack animal and is designed to accompany troops on operations. »

The US ambassador to India Timothy Roemer pushed the sale of the C-17 and the C-130 to India. »

The Pistol-Rifle allows a user to convert an ordinary pistol into a rifle in seconds. »

The Indian Navy has released the crests of the three new Talwar class frigates being built in Russia. The Teg, Tarkash and the Trikand are Project 1135.6 modified Krivak III class guided missile frigates. »

The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) will be holding their first ever joint exercise called Eastern Bridge in Oman, next week. The week-long exercise will begin on October 22 and will be held at the RAFO case at Thumrait. Six Indian Jaguars will fly with Omani Jaguars... »

Setting a precedent in the growing Indo-US defense and military relationship, India has signed up to partner with the US on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program according to US defense website DoDBUZZ. »

A UK Ministry of Defense document leaked by the website Wikileaks has revealed the concerns of British intelligence agencies about the focus of Chinese spies increasing in scope from stealing technology and reverse-engineering it to include the understanding of production techniques and methodologies in order to reproduce them cheaply and also warns of the... »