SP's MAI Issue No. 7-8 | April 1-30, 2016 - Aerospace Updates
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AEROSPACE / VIEWPOINT
Super Hornet or the Fighting Falcon?
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)The requirement of the IAF is not for a lightweight fighter but for a medium to heavyweight combat aircraft capable of operating over long range without in-flight refuelling...
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AEROSPACE
Mighty Jets: 55 years of strategic reachMighty Jets, one of the oldest transport squadrons of the Indian Air Force (IAF) with its motto of ‘Ishtam Yatnen Sadyet’ that translates into ‘Achieve Goals through Perseverance,’ celebrated its 55th anniversary on March 31, 2016.
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AEROSPACE
Embraer selects Rheinmetall Germany for KC-390 programmeEmbraer Defense & Security announced that it has selected the German company Rheinmetall Defence Electronics Simulation and Training to develop and deliver the training media suite for the KC-390 military transport jet.
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AEROSPACE
BEL hands over EOIR payloads to IAFThe Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bengaluru, handed over the first lot of two numbers of electro-optic infrared (EOIR) payloads for helicopters to the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Chennai on March 21, 2016.
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AEROSPACE
India to acquire Raytheon Stinger missilesThe Indian Ministry of Defence has signed an agreement with the US Department of Defense to acquire Stinger air-to-air missiles made by Raytheon Company.