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(Talwar Class Frigate) in Malta
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http://livefist.blogspot.fr/Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne, Chief of the Air Staff after a one hour sortie in the Rafale Aircraft at St. Dizier Airbase. Also seen in the picture are commandant (Squadron Leader) Kubiak Thierry, Commander of the Rafale Squadron and General Jean-Paul Paloméros, Chief of Staff of the French Air Force and Colonel Jean-Pierre Montégu, commanding officer St Dizier air station.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), United Aircraft Corporation-Transport Aircraft (UAC-TA) et Rosoboronexport ont signé lundi 28 mai un accord-cadre tripartite pour co-développer un avion de transport multirôle. A travers la joint-venture Multirole Transport Aircraft Limited, la Russie et l’Inde vont coopérer pour le développement et la fabrication d’un avion de transport militaire polyvalent.
Le futur appareil devrait avoir une capacité de 15 à 20 tonnes, il sera destiné au transport de troupes et de matériel, mais pourra également ...
L’industriel indien Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. annonce par voie de communiqué que la version navale de son avion de chasse léger Tejas a effectué avec succès son premier vol ce vendredi 27 avril.
Le premier prototype NP-1 de la version navale de l’avion a pris son envol à 12h10 (heure locale), et est resté dans les airs pendant près de 20 minutes.
Ce prototype biplace devrait être suivi d’un prototype monoplace, destinés à des démonstrations ...
La Russie livrera à l'Inde au cours de l'année deux frégates militaires du projet 11356 et un porte-avions, a déclaré vendredi aux journalistes au Salon international d'armements Defexpo India 2012 Roman Trotsenko, président du Groupe unifié de construction navale russe (OSK).
"Au cours de l'année 2012, nous remettrons à l'Inde deux frégates du projet 11356 et en décembre, le porte-avions Vikramaditya (ex-Admiral Gorchkov modernisé pour la Marine indienne) sera livré", a-t-il indiqué.
La Russie devait livrer à l'Inde la première frégate de ce projet en 2011, mais la date de la remise a été reportée à plusieurs reprises.
M. Trotsenko a par ailleurs précisé que cette année, la Russie moderniserait un sous-marin diesel-électrique indien du projet 636.
"Au total, nous menons avec les Indiens plus de dix programmes de coopération militaro-technique", a rappelé le responsable.
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Jubilant Bhartia Group and Israel’s Aeronautics Defense Systems have recently formed a joint venture company addressing the growing need for unmanned aerial systems and aerostat systems in India. Aeronautics will hold 26% stake in the Bangalore based JV called ‘Jubilant Aeronautics’. The JV targets both the civil and defense sectors in India. The team has already responded to a number of Requests for Information (RFI) submitted by different Indian authorities. Aeronautics will be offering various versions of its Orbiter mini-UAV – the newest and largest Orbiter UAV – Orbiter II is on display here at the Israeli pavilion at Aero-India.
http://defense-update.com/20110211_aeronautics.html
http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20120608/173912191.htmlThe Indian Navy's Russian-built aircraft carrier Vikramaditya (formerly Admiral Gorshkov) began sea trials early on Friday morning in the White Sea - four years after it was originally due to take to sea again.
The ship was refitted at the Sevmash shipyard in northern Russia. It was originally scheduled to begin sea trials, which will last 120 days, on May 25.
A mixed Russian-Indian crew is on board the vessel, with the Indian sailors learning how to operate the vessel. After initial sea trials in the White Sea the ship will sail to the Barents Sea for exercises with military aircraft.
India and Russia signed a $947 million dollar deal in 2005 for the purchase of the carrier, but delivery has already been delayed twice, pushing up the cost of refurbishing the carrier to $2.3 billion.
Sevmash shipyard director Vladimir Pastukhov, was fired in 2007 over his poor management of the project.
The Vikramaditya was originally built as the Soviet Project 1143.4 class aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov.
The ship was laid down in 1978 at the Nikolayev South shipyard in Ukraine, launched in 1982, and commissioned with the Soviet Navy in 1987.
It was renamed after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. In 1994, the Admiral Gorshkov sat in dock for a year for repairs after a boiler room explosion. In 1995, it briefly returned to service but was was finally withdrawn and put up for sale in 1996.
The ship has a displacement of 45,000 tons, a maximum speed of 32 knots and an endurance of 13,500 nautical miles (25,000 km) at a cruising speed of 18 knots.
India has already started taking delivery of MiG-29K naval fighter aircraft for the Vikramaditya, as they were ready before the refit was completed. The MiG-29Ks will operate in STOBAR (short take-off but assisted recovery via arresting wires) mode.
The MiG-29K was reportedly selected over the larger and more-capable Su-33 naval fighter because India also hopes to operate them from its smaller, indigenous “Project-71 Air Defense Ship” carriers, according to defenseindustrydaily.com.