ACM V.R. Chaudhari has commanded a MiG-29 squadron and was a ‘pioneer member of the Suryakiran Aerobatic Display Team’, according to the IAF. He is also a Cat ‘A’ Qualified Flying Instructor.
The USD 1.01 billion order is for the Arjun Mk 1A MBT variant developed by CVRDE and other laboratories of DRDO and will be produced by Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), Avadi.
The Indian Navy has taken delivery of it’s tenth P-8I Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance (LRMR) aircraft. It is the second aircraft to be delivered under an option contract for four additional aircraft placed in 2016.
The submarine has been conferred the name of the erstwhile Foxtrot-class Karanj, which was decommissioned in 2003.
This visit will come quickly after the first Quad Summit to be held virtually between the heads of government of the four member countries on Friday.
The first summit of the heads of government of the four-member Quad group of countries is to be held on Friday.
The Indian Navy’s Rajput-class destroyer Rana, guided missile frigate Shivalik, sister-ship Sahyadri, and anti-submarine corvette Kamorta participated in the exercises.
IAF: The first batch of five Indian Air Force (IAF) Rafale is likely to arrive in India by end July 2020. The aircraft will be inducted at Air Force Station Ambala on 29 July subject to weather.
Eight of the F-35A fighters intended for Turkey will now be acquired by the USAF in an order that also includes six additional F-35A aircraft, for an order worth USD 861.73 million.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has set up and handed over a 160-bed care centre for the treatment of Covid 19 patients in Bengalure, Karnataka.
Kiran Dambala was until recently the program manager and the primary contact for all domestic and international F-35 customers for mods and upgrades in Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II program.
Dambala assumes this position from the outgoing Tata – Lockheed Martin Aerostructures Limited (TLMAL) COO Abhay Paranjape.
HAL Management Academy has launched two Post Graduate Diploma in Management programs in aviation management and production management for fresh graduates in engineering, science and computer science backgrounds.
Brigadier Rajiv Williams (retired) explains the problems with the recently floated idea of a three-year Tour of Duty in the army and recommends, instead, a greater focus on increasing the flexibility and attractiveness of existing entry channels into the Indian Army.
The winners of the contest will be awarded cash prizes and invited to the Republic Day Parade on January 26 and the Beating Retreat on January 28, with travel and stay paid for by the government.
The PLA has appointed a new armaments chief, the PLA Navy has appointed a new commissar and AVIC has displayed its AV500W unmanned autonomous helicopter.
