BAE System has secured a new order, worth over £500 million, with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), to supply products and services to enable a further 57 Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) aircraft to be built under licence in India for the Indian Air Force (40 aircraft) and Indian Navy (17 aircraft). The aircraft will be [...]

Indian and UK submarines, INS Shishumar and HMS Talent (Trafalgar class) submarine respectively, will conducted a 2 day exercise from 28th July to 30th July 2010 off the West coast of India. ‘KONKAN 2010’ the annual IN-RN bilateral exercise is already being conducted at Mumbai from 26th July 2010. Konkan 2010 is the seventh edition [...]

Admiral Nirmal Verma, Chief of the Naval Staff along with Pradeep Kumar, Defence Secretary embarked the aircraft carrier INS Viraat operating on the eastern seaboard to kick start the first phase of ‘TROPEX 10’. The exercise involves the participation of most major combatants of the Indian Navy, as also participation of the Indian Air Force [...]