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Navy looks for rotary UAVs
The Indian Navy has issued a Request For Information for the procurement of a Vertical Take Off and Landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle . »
How many engines for the MMRCA?
If the Indian Air Force has to choose, should it assume a single-engine aircraft to be cheaper or a twin-engine aircraft to be more reliable, to decide their choice for the 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft contest? »
Navy’s P-8I design finalized for assembly
Boeing has announced the completion on July 16 of the Final Design Review (FDR) for the P-8I, the Indian Navy's long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft. The P-8I, based on the Boeing 737 commercial airplane, is a variant of the P-8A Poseidon that Boeing is developing for the US Navy. »
Blog: Eurofighter gets good vibes on MMRCA
Bernhard Gerwart, CEO of Military Air Systems at EADS Defence & Security, said, "Yesterday, I had some meetings with the leaders of the IAF and the MoD and it was more or less confirmed that we had done the flight trials very well," adding, "Mind you it's just a feeling," while pointing out the... »
IAF begins C-17 trials
The Indian Air Force (IAF) began the trials of the C-17 strategic lift aircraft on Monday. The aircraft will be required to land in high altitude airfields, switch off and take off again. Load carrying capability and expeditionary landing and take off ability is also likely to be examined hands-on by IAF pilots. »
F/A-18 as good as 5th gen: US Navy
The US Navy has compared the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet to fifth generation fighter aircraft, making a strong pitch for its selection in the 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) contest of the Indian Air Force (IAF). It also said intends to keep the aircraft in service beyond 2035. »
Boeing starts war gaming den
The US defense major Boeing has started an Analysis and Experimentation Center in Bangalore in partnership with the Indian government-owned defense company Bharat Electronics Limited. The center will conduct studies for clients that require projections of play-outs of future conflict scenario. »
Int’l Space Station: Science Unchained
StratPost managed a conversation with the Chief Scientist for the International Space Station program at NASA, Dr. Julie Robinson, just before the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center, who explained the range of work being done on the ISS and how that work would continue despite the imminent end... »
Boeing moves towards mother ships for UAVs
Boeing is working on a program to integrate Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with manned aircraft, to enable the latter to control and direct them in the air and increase the scope of ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) sensory inputs. While so far, Boeing's Apache combat helicopters have displayed the ability to control a single UAV,... »
Images: The Atlantis launch-7
The high resolution images of the lift-off were provided by the Boeing Company, which facilitated your correspondent’s visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the Atlantis launch. Sphere: Related ContentImages: The Atlantis launch-7 The high resolution images of the lift-off were p »
Images: The Atlantis launch-6
The high resolution images of the lift-off were provided by the Boeing Company, which facilitated your correspondent’s visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the Atlantis launch. Sphere: Related ContentImages: The Atlantis launch-6 The high resolution images of the lift-off were p »
Images: The Atlantis launch-5
The high resolution images of the lift-off were provided by the Boeing Company, which facilitated your correspondent’s visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the Atlantis launch. Sphere: Related ContentImages: The Atlantis launch-5 The high resolution images of the lift-off were p »
Images: The Atlantis launch-4
The high resolution images of the lift-off were provided by the Boeing Company, which facilitated your correspondent’s visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the Atlantis launch. Sphere: Related ContentImages: The Atlantis launch-4 The high resolution images of the lift-off were p »
Images: The Atlantis launch-3
The high resolution images of the lift-off were provided by the Boeing Company, which facilitated your correspondent’s visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the Atlantis launch. Sphere: Related ContentImages: The Atlantis launch-3 The high resolution images of the lift-off were p »
Images: The Atlantis launch-2
The high resolution images of the lift-off were provided by the Boeing Company, which facilitated your correspondent’s visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the Atlantis launch. Sphere: Related ContentImages: The Atlantis launch-2 The high resolution images of the lift-off were p »
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