With elections round the corner, the Minister of Defence, Nirmala Sitharaman used the platform of the 12th edition of Aero India, which got underway in Bengaluru, to make a point on how in these past four years, the government had made enormous strides in aerospace and defence sectors. In line with …

MC-21-300 The MС-21 is a new generation family of narrow-body aircraft seating from 150 to 211 passengers. The aircraft family is developed by Irkut Corporation - a United Aircraft Corporation subsidiary in wide international cooperation. The new liner is noted for its aerodynamic quality that is …

India and Russia share not just one of the longest and best collaboration chronicles, they are fated to proceed with more historic partnerships as the two nations are working to grow respective ties. One of the pioneers in this collaboration is the UAC, which is working with the Indian firm, HAL; …

During the Zhuhai, China’s aviation shows a new wide-body aircraft developed jointly by Russia and China was unveiled. This brought to light the issue of India not being able to tackle its strategic partnership in aviation with Russia since the last 20 years. The new aircraft which is likely to be …

1. In what areas cooperation is most active between Russia and India? Shugaev - Russia and India are bound by a privileged strategic partnership. The military-technical cooperation between our countries remains at a very high level. All types of military equipment produced by Russia - overland, sea …

1.    How do see India’s market for the coming year? Yury - India is one of the major customers of the Russian aircraft and weapons systems. Both nations are also industrial partners. We see the trend continuing in the foreseeable future (2019 and beyond). One may not be able give exact numbers but …

The stealthy Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) project which the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) is working on ‘definitely needs a new engine’ for the features the aircraft is likely to have, announced Dr Satheesh Reddy, Scientific Adviser to Raksha Mantri and Chairman, DRDO.  …

In the background of the Pulwama terrorist strike, the former Scientific Adviser to Minister of Defence and presently a member of NITI Aayog, Dr V.K.Saraswat, urgently called for a major push to manufacture and equip the armed forces with ‘low-intensity conflict equipment’. In non-contact warfare, …

The Indian Air Force lost two highly accomplished Test Pilots in a Mirage trainer aircraft crash, early this month, at the Bangalore complex of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. The aircraft was on an acceptance test flight by the two pilots after HAL had completed its upgrade modification on the …

India is not a manufacturing hub for aerospace and defence, two vital economic segments. Both till recently have been in the realm of public sector and we all know the limitations of PSUs, hence manufacturing has never reached commanding heights. Will it? It remains to be seen. Rightly, the …