Archive for May, 2008
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
The United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) has concluded in a report that a Georgian reconnaissance drone aircraft that crashed in Abkhazia last month was shot down by the Russian air force.
UNOMIG carried out an investigation after receiving a report on the downing of an unmanned surveillance aircraft on 20 April, and brought together a team of specialists who examined eyewitness, radar and video evidence to establish what had happened, concluding that the drone had been downed by a Russian fighter jet.
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
The UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the Royal Navy submarine HMS Superb struck an underwater pinnacle whilst on dived passage through the northern Red Sea yesterday, Monday 26 May 2008.
There were no casualties and the submarine remains watertight, is safe on the surface and able to operate under its own power. The submarine’s nuclear reactor is completely unaffected, and there is no environmental impact.
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Data in Northrop Grumman’s recent earnings report indicate the company has a classified, sole-source contract to build a demonstrator for the U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Bomber (NGB), Defense Technology International (DTI) reports in its latest issue. It reports that an unprecedented $2 billion jump in backlog in “restricted programs” listed in the company’s financial report confirms the existence of the contract.
The report says that in March that USAF budgets showed no funding for the NGB in fiscal years 2008-2010. But in 2007, Northrop Grumman CEO Ron Sugar noted that Integrated Systems, the company’s aircraft division, had made stride in “black” programs, and identified restricted projects as the company’s top new-business opportunity. Also last year, Northrop Grumman acquired Scaled Composites — a company which has proved that it can develop large prototype aircraft quickly.
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
“MKU had attained a prominent global position and is perhaps No. 1 in the Ballistic Protection market. We have now entered the fastest growing UAV market. With the launch of our 2 new solutions, TERP and Erasmus, we are geared to catch up with the upcoming industrial growth and would look forward to command a sizeable market share” said Mr. Anurag Gupta Jt. MD, MKU, at launch of TERP in February 2008 during DEFEXPO, INDIA.
The Tactical Reconnaissance Electrical Probe (TREP) is an all composite, backpack-able UAV System that requires no tools for assembly. It is ideally suited for frontline operations and provides enhanced Tactical Situational Awareness. The system is designed to play a key role in military, paramilitary and civilian deployments.
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
Some sections of the media usually make much of West-askewed new fangled fads like animal rights, ecology, gay activism and what have you. The painful part is that, celebrity status prominent Indians too, are in the forefront in these matters; Mmes Medha Patkar, Arundhati Roy, Maneka Gandhi; Bahuguna, and Kaw to name just a few. Do these chaps really understand what they are mouthing? I doubt it. At least the environmentalists should also realize, that, hurdles in development in the name of rights of a few rustic land owners or on ecological concerns will only harm the poor in India in the longer run. Human-kind is superior and has priority over any dead dodo, exotic tropical fowl, bird-dog or jackal or jackass.
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and Alenia Aermacchi, a company of Finmeccanica [SIFI.MI], today announced an agreement to jointly pursue the international trainer aircraft market.
Both companies will cooperate on marketing, sales, training and product support activities in international markets for the M-346 next-generation Advanced and Lead-in-Fighter Trainer and the M-311 basic-advanced trainer designed and manufactured by Alenia Aermacchi.
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Saturday, May 24th, 2008
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann of Munich and Rheinmetall Defence of Düsseldorf have launched a joint programme to develop a highly protected new vehicle family in the 5 to 9 ton weight class. The first of the four-wheel drive Armoured Multi Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) vehicles should be ready for serial delivery by 2011. A life-size mock-up of the vehicle will be on show at Eurosatory 2008 in Paris this June, one of the world’s leading venues for land systems. Completion of the first prototype is planned for 2009.
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Saturday, May 24th, 2008
At approximately 7:50 a.m. local time on May 22, a fire was detected in the vicinity of the aft air conditioning and refrigeration space and auxiliary boiler room aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73).
Sailors work to put out a fire from a position in Hangar Bay 3.
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
The surface-to-surface Ballistic Missile Prithvi-II was successfully launched from ITR, Chandipur, Balasore off Orissa coast at 10:26 this morning. Prithvi – II has achieved a range of 350 Kms with a flight duration of 483 seconds reaching a peak altitude of 43.5 kms. Prithvi-II is inducted into Army and today’s launch was carried out as part of Army training.
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Indian defence manufacturing companies will have a major presence in International Aerospace Exhibition and Conferences – ILA 2008, popularly known as Berlin Air Show.
The Berlin Air Show is the oldest air show in the world dating back to 1909. India is participating in this leading air show as a Partner Country for the first time in Defence sector. Germany’s Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel will open the Air Show on 27 May during a 90-minute tour of the event. She will be accompanied by Indian defence minister Antony, Mr Michael Glos, Federal Minister for Economics and Technology, Mr Matthias Platzeck, Minister President of the Land Brandenburg, (more…)
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
MBDA France and Sagem Défense Sécurité signed a cooperation agreement on May 14 concerning the modular air-to-ground weapon (AASM) and infrared guidance for tactical missiles. Under the terms of the agreement, MBDA France will be responsible for all sales and marketing of the AASM family developed by Sagem Défense Sécurité. The two companies will also combine their respective areas of expertise to form a close partnership for the joint development of future versions of the AASM family.
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Around 1,300 other personnel and over 50 aircraft from major European NATO countries are attending the Finnish Air Defence Exercise 2008 (ADEX 08), part of the Partnership for Peace programme. The exercise provides sophisticated training for both ground and aircrews.
Partnership for Peace (PfP) is a programme of practical bilateral cooperation between individual partner countries and NATO which aims to increase stability, diminish threats to peace and build strengthened security relationships. There are currently 24 countries in the PfP programme.
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Yesterday, May 21, two Tu-95MS from the Engels airbase (Saratov region) took off for a 18 hour flight on air patrols over the waters of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans. The TU-95 MS refueled in the airfrom two air tankers Il-78 from the airbase Diagilevo (Ryazan).
In the course of the patrol the strategic rocket carriers were accompanied by the F -16, Tornado and Typhoon fighters from NATO, including in the course of refueling. The NATO fighters accompanied strategic rocket carriers Tu-95 MS more than 3 hours.
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