Jan 31, 2020
Tag: Indian Navy
Boeing delivers next-Gen F/A-18 jet to US. Same offered to India
Quad now has steel to its spine
‘Quad’ has some ‘steel to its spine’ The first ever ‘in-person’ meeting of leaders of the newly-minted four- nation grouping recommitted to partnership, shared security and prosperity—a free and open Indo-Pacific.
The meeting also led to crucial announcements detailing joint efforts on developing critical technology, infrastructure development and addressing climate change besides sharing satellite data, cooperating in space and cyber domains. The four countries will also fund and finance research by 100 scholars each year by way of fellowships.
Mahindra gets $ 179 Mn deal for anti-sub suite on 14 Indian warships
Indian carrier Vikrant opens a $ 12 billion opportunity
MH-60R copters bring India-US ‘ops’ on same page
L&T green channel status has come after long hard work
The ‘green channel status’ will apply for major Naval weapon delivery systems, ordered by the Ministry of Defence and cements the status of the L&T defence as long term supplier. The company is into engineering, procurement and construction projects, manufacturing, defence and services conglomerate.
Boeing: validated F/A-18 to operate from Indian carriers
Doing a ‘ski-jump’ take off is needed for Short Take-Off But Arrested Recovery (STOBAR) operations off the carriers. The ability to do STOBAR operations is listed as a requisite in the January 2018 Request for Information (RFI) by the Indian Navy. It had sought 57 deck-based fighters for an estimated cost of about 95000 crores (USD 9.5 Billion
Lockheed Martin shows the ‘Romeo’ in India colours
MiG 29K crashes stymie India’s Naval aspirations
Without an airborne combat platform that is at par with most modern Navies, Indian hopes of being counted as a true blue-water force, remain stymied. The term blue-water defines the ability to carry out operations at sea. Indian Navy has everything — its own satellite, an aircraft carrier, newly added latest submarines besides warships carrying missiles like the BrahMos.
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