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133014
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The IAF brass have serious concerns about the fifth generation fighter, a plane the air force desperately wants because they are running short of aircraft (34 Squadrons at the last count). The concern s centre on the manner in which the project is being pursued. Senior serving and retired officers acknowledge the preliminary design has been completed to their satisfaction and the contract negotiations on R&D are progressing. But that's where it ends.
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132259
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2014.
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The Modernisation of Airfield Infrastructure (MAFI) project is now well underway and delivering results
The Indian Air Force (IAF) commissioned its first Modernisation of Airfield Infrastructure (MAFI) pilot project at Model Base; Air Force Station Bhisiana in March this year. The formal acceptance and commissioning of Air Force Station Bhisiana (Bhatinda) is a significant milestone for the massive programme to modernise airfields belonging to the IAF, Indian Navy and Coast Guard.
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124696
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2013.
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At the 81st annual Raising Day parade of the Indian Air Force (IAF), amidst the celebrations, there was a hidden cautious note. In the words of Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne, who described the air assets as both "expensive and scarce", the primary resposibility would be the security of their equipment. "The safety and security of these (assets) is our prime responsibility. While ensuring their physical security is important, there is also an increasing need to ensure security of our vital communication and operational information networks," he said. Admittedly, the past year has been the most challenging for the IAF, and also the most rewarding.
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126371
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2012.
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The Indian Air Force (IAF) is into its eighth decade and as it closes in on its centenary, a mere two decades away, many a treatise has been propounded on the challenges ahead for the youngest armed service of independent India. What started as a mere flight of Wapitis at Drigh Road, Karachi, has grown into a potent power projection arm of the state.
The IAF derives its fortitude from its motto, Nabha Sparsham Deeptam (Touch the Sky with Glory). But there is perhaps a limitation in the coining of this motto as there is a hint of conclusiveness in the envelope of operation of Air Power. A more intuitive and farsighted approach may well have resulted in its coining to include space, the final frontier. But is space the final frontier? One better be careful lest a scribe writing about the IAF a few decades from now also questions this writer's perceptive ability!
Limiting the horizon to a manageable timeframe makes the future 'realistically' transparent. So, considering a timespan of 20 years, when the IAF turns 100, let's evaluate how the anticipated threats and challenges are to be addressed based on the IAF doctrine.
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126468
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2012.
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Boeing has a long history in India, beginning with its 707 commercial jetliner that was acquired by Air India in 1960. The wait for successful military orders took much longer, but Boeing has done its homework well to come out on top for important contracts for the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Indian Navy (IN). Importantly for Boeing, the orders all have the potential for repeat orders, ensuring that Boeing will be busy well into the next decade. Boeing's success in the Indian market is also a huge opportunity for Indian aerospace and software companies as Boeing purchases goods and services from more than 23,000 suppliers across the world worth more than USD 50 billion each year. The company's global supply chain contributes more than 60 per cent of the value of its products. Boeing delivered 601 commercial airplanes and supported the delivery of 144 production military aircraft in 2012!
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2014.
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The IAF's capability covers the IOR counties on the maritime side and its principal adversaries Pakistan and China on the landward side
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2013.
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According to Airbus Military over the next three decades, 'the increasing air transport demands will generate the need for some 2,400 multi-role airlifters, with approximately 1,250 of these in the light/medium category'.
India's requirements alone could account for approximately 10 per cent of that market over the next 10 years. The Indian Air Force (IAF) plans to increase its tonnage carrying capacity from 500 tonnes to 1,500 tonnes by 2022. The IAF is fully committed to supporting the Indian Army in the air maintenance task, its Fixed Wing assets carrying in excess of 25,000 tonnes annually. This capacity will be enhanced with the arrival of upgraded and new aircraft with higher payloads and enhanced avionics for higher sortie generation rates
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125992
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2013.
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Chairman, Saab India Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Lars-Olof Lindgren's first year in the new job has been exciting albeit a bit slow. But an old India hand (he was Swedish ambassador to India for five years from 2007-2012), Lindgren understands that in India lack of speed is not such a bad thing. On the contrary, it may even be a good thing as it gives time for repeated confabulations and, who know, reconsiderations
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2014.
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More and more precision guided weapons are making their way to the inventory of India's armed forces as part of modernisation and acquisition programmes. The Indian Air Force (IAF) already has a bewildering inventory of precision weapons sourced from Russia, Europe, Israel and the US. Apart from munitions that have already been selected by the armed forces, new developments continue to push the envelope when it comes to the next generation of precision guided weapons.
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2012.
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New Delhi: Atlas Elektronik's plans in India seem to have hit a speed breaker called the Hindu rate of growth. While there is potential and promise, the movement is inordinately slow and the answers are hard to come by. So effectively, the India office of Atlas, launched with much optimism a few months ago, is currently doing spot-running, with several programmes in various stages of 'expression of interest', 'request of information', request for proposal', 'technical discussions' and so on. While it is difficult to sustain optimism in such trying circumstances, Atlas Elektronik India Pvt Ltd is manned by a group of seasoned professionals who have dug themselves in for a long haul. "We are here for a long time," says CEO, Atlas Elektronik India Pvt Ltd, Khalil Rahman matter-of-factly. "We have to look beyond prevalent pessimism," he adds for good measure.
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132258
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2014.
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Uttarakhand is one of the youngest states of India, formed just 14 years ago on 9 November 2000. It is also home to some of the most sacred shrines - Yamnotri, Gangotri, Badrinath and Kedarnath. One of these four sacred dhams of the Hindus, Kedarnath, was in the news for the devastating floods that struck it and the adjoining hills last year on June 16. It took some time for the extent of the calamity to hit home. The first person on the scene was an ex-Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot, Sqn Ldr Bhupinder VrC (fondly called Bhupi in the IAF) who was flying a civil charter helicopter in the area. Bhupinder was asked by the civil administration to fly to Kedarnath and Rambara to check what was wrong as all contact had been lost with the civil administration. In the words of Bhupinder,
"…I got a shock of my life as Rambara, a huge place, did not exist at all." This set in motion a flurry of activity, resulting in the mounting of perhaps the greatest heli-lift and rotary wing relief operation in the history of aviation.
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133012
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2014.
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While the Indian military grapples with the complexity of its helicopters procurement process even where the contenders are known and have been around quite some years quietly imperceptibly the helicopter as it is evolving could go to the way of the dodo! Here's a look at the future shape of helicopter.
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133011
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2014.
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On 10 March '2014,'the 104 helicopter Squadron of the Indian Air Force celebrated its Platinum Jubilee with a get together at Suratgarh where the Squadron is based. While the Platinum lubilee celebration of any ?ying outfit is an occasion to celebrate, there was a bigger reason for the commemorat' - it was also the day 60 years ago,w]_1 0 ' l" ' I first helicopter entered the in military service in India. And, just a few days later on 28 March 1954, Pandit Iawaharlal Nehru came to Palam and was flown to Tilpat range for the fire power demo of the IAF. So, like in everything connected with air power of the nation, the lAF was a trailblazer in the Rotary Wing field too.
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2014.
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The Aviation Corps ( AAC ) is nowhere near the one envisaged in 1963 by the then COAS Gen jN Chaudhry or as has been projected in the army's perspective plans over the years and lacks some vital elements in its inventory, related to firepower, lift and logistics capability. lt is indeed a far cry from the Aviation Corps of the other professional armies in the world like US and UK and our neighbors China and Pakistan, who operate and own all types of helicopters as well certain number of fixed wing aircraft.
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2014.
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Two Akash missiles drawn for a production lot ordered by the Indian Air Force - IAF were test fired against targets towed by Lakshya remotely piloted aircraft in the late April.
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2013.
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Outer space, or simply space, is the void that exists between celestial bodies. This frontier of outer space is fast emerging as the fourth dimension (after land, sea and air) for military applications. Space will undoubtedly be the military high ground for warfare in the future acting as a "force multiplier" for any military operation. Militarization of space involves use of space technology for exploiting weapons on the ground and in the earth's atmosphere with more accuracy. India has to defend her physical, economic and cultural identity in the prevalent geo-political milieu as it faces varied and complex security challenges. There is a clear and present danger that sooner or later space could be weaponized by various countries. India can no longer be immune to the rapidly changing international security environment, threat to India's national security from nuclear and missile capabilities in its neighbourhood and the vulnerabilities of its space assets. It is therefore imperative that India exploits the capabilities of space, concurrently at appropriate levels, to achieve the desired operational capabilities in a compressed time frame. Since the early 1990s, the Indian armed forces have benefitted from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) civilian satellites. However, as operational requirements now demand an increase in military capabilities, the armed forces certainly need dedicated military satellites. This space capability has to be optimally exploited by the three services of the Indian defence forces with synergy and harmony, which is possible only under a single appropriate command structure. It is high time that India realizes: "To remain in Race, the Indian armed forces should be in Space".
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2014.
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During the past decade, zIndia's Defence preparedness has steadily and inexorably deteriorated despite constant clamor by the Defence forces tor modernisation and up gradation to meet assigned roles and tasks. Meanwhile, Pakistan's anti-India stance and Chinese aggressive actions and iterations have neither helped to push away the trepidation of possible military conflagration with either one individually, nor done anything to liquidate the possibility of a two-front war. A combined and collusive threat from China and Pakistan would overstretch the Indian military machinery and, given the inordinately delayed modernisation in certain domains, could well be a recipe for an ignominious debacle reminiscent of the 1962 India-China War.
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124678
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2013.
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India had its most famous victory in December 1971 while resolving the geo-political absurdity of the British when they left India and made two culturally different entities of West Punjab and East Bengal under a single nation called Pakistan. It had to go one day, and in its dismemberment the Indian armed forces had their most famous hour too. While the formation of Bangladesh was the proverbial icing on the cake, what also emerged was the synergy amongst the three Services as the overall plan was put in action. Sure, there were some mismatches, but that can be expected when a war plan rolls into action.
While the joint role of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Indian Army (IA) in the Bangladesh war is well known, knowledge of the combined efforts of the IAF and the Indian Navy are conspicuous by their absence. To be sure, they were few due to the totally different directions of approach and the fact that there was no amphibious operation. But that was way back in 1971. What the future holds for IAF-Indian Navy (IN) operations on our Eastern sea board in the Bay of Bengal and the adjoining portion of the Indian Ocean is the aim of this essay.
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2014.
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The most potent of the fighter upgrades being planned for the Indian Air Force (IAF) is the Mirage 2000 upgrade being performed by Dassault, Thales and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The upgrade will extend the operational performance of the IAF's existing Mirage fleet, delivering a coherent platform system combination for the next 20 years.
According to a Thales spokesperson, the upgrade will see the integration of new capabilities, "These include longer-range detection across the entire spectrum, improved tactical situation awareness, longer-range weapon firing against multiple simultaneous targets, weapon stealth and extended operating envelope with the capability to engage ground targets while countering airborne threats."
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