Australia has once again dashed Indian hopes of supplying uranium by reiterating its policy of not dealing with those countries which have not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). “We will only supply uranium to countries that are signatories to the NPT and have signed a bilateral agreement with Australia,” Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson told The Age newspaper Thursday.
Month: February 2011
Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable cruise missile
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Pakistan Thursday successfully tested a nuclear-capable cruise missile with a range of up to 600 km, a military official said.
‘Indigenous jet trainer to get initial clearance by July’
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India’s indigenous intermediate jet trainer (IJT) is all set to obtain its initial clearance for air force pilots to start operational flying on the aircraft by July this year, 14 years after the government sanctioned the project, a top commander said Thursday.
Pakistan’s nuclear assets well protected: Indian official
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Pakistan’s nuclear weapons were well protected through the dispersal of various components and chances that terrorists would get their hands on one were remote, an Indian official said Thursday.
Mirage upgrade deal by March-end: IAF chief
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India will finalize a deal with France by March-end to upgrade its 51 Mirage-2000 fighter jets, the Indian Air Force (IAF) chief, Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik, said Thursday.
Aircraft deal: IAF fears bid losers may complain to CVC
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India is just about a month or two away from deciding the winner of the $10.4-billion contract for 126 combat aircraft, but the Indian Air Force (IAF) is afraid the losers among the six bidders for the deal might derail the process of quick acquisition by knocking on the corruption watchdog’s doors.
Ratan Tata takes a spin in fighter at air show
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Tata Group chairperson Ratan Tata Thursday took a spin in the Boeing fighter F/A-18 Super Hornet at the eighth edition of the Aero India military-cum-civil aviation trade expo here.
HAL awaits government nod to go public soon
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India’s defense behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) is awaiting the government’s green signal to go public soon to raise funds and improve its corporate governance, an official said Thursday.
Images: Ratan Tata in the F/A-18
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Industrialist Ratan Tata before a spin in the F/A-18 Super Hornet.
Images: Aero India 2011
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Gallery of images from Aero India 2011.
Rolls-Royce Bows Out Of Contest To Re-Engine Indian Aircraft
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Andrew Chuter, Defense News: Rolls-Royce has pulled out of a contest to re-engine Indian Air Force Jaguar strike aircraft according to industry sources attending the Aero India show in Bangalore this week.
India delivers Cheetah helicopter to Namibia
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Defense behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Wednesday handed over an Indian-made Cheetah utility helicopter to the Namibian Air Force (NAF) at Aero India 2011 aviation trade expo. Two more Chetak helicopters are in the pipeline.
Advanced version of indigenous combat jet by 2015
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With the successful development of the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, India is gearing up to ready its Mark-II version for induction into the Indian Air Force (IAF) by 2015 and develop an indigenous Medium Combat Aircraft (MCA) a few years from now.
Indian, Russian firm plan JV for defense avionics
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Axis Aerospace and Technologies (AAT) and Russian defense exporter FGUP Rosoboronexport Monday announced they have signed an agreement to start a joint venture focusing on avionics for the front line Sukhoi SU-30 and MiG-29 fighter jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF), besides military helicopters .
L&T, Cassidian to launch JV on Thursday
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India’s engineering major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) and European consortium EADS’ military arm Cassidian will kick-start their new joint venture in defense electronics in the next two days with their proposal getting the nod from both the commerce ministry’s Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) and the Defense Ministry.
