GE Aerospace has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with DPSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to produce F414 jet engines for the Indian Air Force. The agreement includes the potential joint production of GE Aerospace’s F414 engines in India, and GE Aerospace continues to work with the U.S. government to receive the necessary export authorization…
After detailed scrutiny, DPSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) along with the three Indian Armed Forces have identified certain design and metallurgy issues in some components of ALH Dhruv Helicopters which has probably caused the chopper to crash three times in recent months. The scrutiny was carried in view of these string of accidents involving the…
The second edition of Joint Defence Cooperation Committee (JDCC) meeting between India and Tanzania was held in Arusha on June 28 & 29, 2023. The Indian delegation, led by Joint Secretary Shri Amitabh Prasad, included senior officials from Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces. The High Commissioner of India to Tanzania Shri Binay S…
The Indian Air Force today conducted a Capstone Seminar at the Air Force Auditorium, New Delhi, marking the culmination of the No. 2 Warfare & Aerospace Strategy Program (WASP). The seminar was conducted under the aegis of the College of Air Warfare and Centre for Air Power Studies. WASP is a strategic education programme of…
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance for Ukraine to meet its critical security and defense needs. This authorization is the Biden Administration’s forty-first drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. This package, valued at up to $500 million, includes key capabilities to support Ukraine’s counteroffensive operations,…
Korean Air signed a contract with Boeing in December 2021 to manufacture a total of eight fuselages for AH-6 helicopters that will undergo final assembly by BDS. Korean Air’s extensive experience and expertise in helicopter manufacturing is widely recognized. Korean Air was the first manufacturer of the 500MD helicopter in Korea, and produced and sold…
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has signed a contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (FMA) to upgrade the radars on the NASAMS Air Defence System. Norway has for several years deployed the air defense system NASAMS (Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System), which consists of launch units with missiles, command and control stations, radars and electro-optical…
