The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC)-top acquisition body of the Defence Ministry has agreed Acceptance of Necessity (AON) to the Indian Air Force’s proposal of acquiring 244 air defence guns worth Rs. 7,000 crore which will be installed in significant locations including top metro cities. The DAC has also shown green ...
Read More »IAF takes a leap into space tech
The IRNSS (Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System) is an independent regional navigation satellite system run by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and will provide encrypted service. a satellite-based information gathering system, aided by “network centric” operations — interlinking of all ground bases, radars, planes and sensors — will soon ...
Read More »Cabinet approves Rs 8,000 crore Air Force radar system
The cabinet committee on security, apart from the $3 billion purchase of Apache and Chinook helicopters from the US, also cleared an amount of Rs 8000 crore project for extension, of the IAF’s fully automated air surveillance and defence network to the entire country. The IAF has already established five ...
Read More »IAF Station Panagarh will house a new squadron of C-130Js and 80,000 Indian Army Soldiers
News: The Indian Air Force will now stand up a new C-130J squadron at Air Force Station (AFS) Panagarh in West Bengal, located approximately 120 kilometers northwest of Kolkata. Lockheed Martin will be contracted to construct the facilities of Panagarh. AFS Panagarh currently serves as an ammo storage facility and ...
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