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X-post from LCA thread. Lot of good tidbits in the article. Posting in full. Indian-made Tejas proves its mettle in IAF's biggest combat exercise Kalyan Ray, DH News Service, New Delhi, CREATED: APR 24 2018, 21:14PM IST Notwithstanding few snags they developed during Indian Air Force (IAF) combat ex...

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Indian-made Tejas proves its mettle in IAF's biggest combat exercise Posting relevant quotes only - the article has a lot more detail on the exercise (will xpost on IAF thread as well). Tejas LCA undertook 6 sorties a day . Each mission, lasting for 45 minutes on the lower side to one and half hour...

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X - post 'No US officer given access to N-sub on lease from Russia' TNN | Nov 11, 2017, 04:55 IST NEW DELHI: The country's defence establishment has rejected Russian media reports that India allowed US military officials on board nuclear-powered submarine INS Chakra, which has been leased from Russi...

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X-post 'No US officer given access to N-sub on lease from Russia' TNN | Nov 11, 2017, 04:55 IST NEW DELHI: The country's defence establishment has rejected Russian media reports that India allowed US military officials on board nuclear-powered submarine INS Chakra, which has been leased from Russia ...

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'No US officer given access to N-sub on lease from Russia' TNN | Nov 11, 2017, 04:55 IST NEW DELHI: The country's defence establishment has rejected Russian media reports that India allowed US military officials on board nuclear-powered submarine INS Chakra, which has been leased from Russia for 10...

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A very happy Independence Day to all. Extremely happy to see the forum back. Jai Hind!

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Final operational clearance for Tejas likely by year end The usual drivel from ToI that FOC is delayed and all that... but there are a couple of snippets. From the article: integration of Air-to- Air Refuelling probe with LCA Tejas and its trials." Some more tests of Beyond-Visual- Range Air-t...

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Breaking News !!! IAF chief ACM Arup Raha will tomorrow take his maiden flight on LCA Tejas in Bangalore.. Hope this is true.. and everything goes smoothly.. Will be a great confidence booster + huge push to the program.. and a big Lungi dance moment for all of us at BR forum.. Yep... IAF chief to ...

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Salute and RIP Sir - you will be missed by many. May you rest in peace. Thank you for your services to desh sir. Deepest heartfelt condolences to family & friends.

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Can add 6 LCA Tejas squadrons in 4-5 years – Parrikar Incidentally, the original plan was that six squadrons each of MMRCA and Tejas would replace the existing 10 Mig-21 and four MiG-27 squadrons. Parrikar, on his part, said, “In the next four to five years, we can add about six LCA squadrons if we...

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not sure how reliable this is ... this looks like chorgupta stuff :P so TIFWIW LCA Tejas Update https://www.ibcworldnews.com/2015/04/15/lca-tejas-update/ Posted on Apr 15 2015 - 12:33pm by IBC News Bureau Progress on LCA Mk.2 cockpit config :: The look and feel of the all-glass cockpit that the LCA ...

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Saurah Jha on twitter

Klimov has been brought in as a partner for developing thrust vectoring nozzles for future engines to be used in the AMCA program.

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Dishaji, Arjunji, Sagarji and others... I agree on this - that this specific BBC documentary is a hit job and nefarious in nature to begin with and this documentary had absolutely no intention of creating awareness of the serious issue at hand. I was having a similar discussion with friend(s) (sound...

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x-post India-China border: Now, faster green nod for roads, infrastructure NEW DELHI: A government panel on Wednesday cleared as many as 53 projects, including power, railways, roads and irrigation canals, while the environment ministry decided to ensure faster green clearance for border roads and i...

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India-China border: Now, faster green nod for roads, infrastructure NEW DELHI: A government panel on Wednesday cleared as many as 53 projects, including power, railways, roads and irrigation canals, while the environment ministry decided to ensure faster green clearance for border roads and infrast...

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Indian firm bids for building frigate in Philippines Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers joined the bidding process to make two frigates for the navy along with shipyards from Spain and France and three Korean yards. The bid is currently going through the technical evaluation and ...

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Shaastaang pranaams to everyone in ISRO and team Mangalyaan - for the dedication, hardwork, supreme sacrifices and sleepless nights. Time and again you've delivered and made Bharat proud and stand tall. You've done it again and again!!! Many many congratulations.

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Business delegation accompanying Modiji on Japan trip… Modi to take who’s who of Indian business to Japan The more than 20-member business delegation includes almost every big name in Indian industry and comprises Mukesh Ambani, chairman, Reliance Industries, Gautam Adani, chairman, Adani Group, Kum...

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Hearty Congratulations ISRO and all the partners involved with the launch. Your hard work and toil over the years is showing up. Keep up the good work sires... you all are making Desh stand up to biggies and stare them right in the eye. Congrats again.

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For those wondering why PV1 is not being flown - details below: it was getting outfitted with EW systems!! Posting in full as it might not get archived. Finally, Tejas gets electronic warfare systems Prashanth G N, Bangalore, Oct 16, 2013 DHNS:After eight years of research and postponement, India’s ...

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India Expects Tejas Induction by Late 2013, Early 2014

nothing new just the old rehash from Vivek Raghuvanshi!

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X-post from Navy thread
Navy makes high-strength steel for warships

Indigenous manufacturing of India's largest warship — the 37,500-tonne aircraft carrier INS Vikrant — has ended the nation's decade-old reliability on import for military grade steel, needed for warship building.

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Navy makes high-strength steel for warships Kalyan Ray, New Delhi, Aug 4, 2013, DHNS: Indigenous manufacturing of India's largest warship — the 37,500-tonne aircraft carrier INS Vikrant — has ended the nation's decade-old reliability on import for military grade steel, needed for warship building. ...

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Daily Pionner has reported that IAF will opt for 50 Sukhoi 30 directly from Russia if the Deal is a No Go . it seems like MMRCA is heading towards Make or Break Phase :eek: Very difficult to determine what's a bluff and what isn't. Going over this entire thing - I wonder if we made a mistake by goi...

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India’s Light Combat Aircraft Prepares For Operational Clearance By Jay Menon Source: Aerospace Daily & Defense Report August 27, 2012 NEW DELHI — India’s indigenously developed Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) is likely to win its final operational service clearance, following testing as part...

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Navy’s aircraft carrier not to be ready until 2017 New Delhi, Aug 8, 2012, DHNS: The Navy’s first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) will not be ready before 2017, overshooting the delivery schedule by more than three years, Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma has admitted. “There were problems in manuf...

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Shiv Aroor on this his blog tweeted this..

The MoD, Eurofighter and Dassault deny any meeting on Thursday. So unless it was top secret (can't be), this was some bad info. Oh well.

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NRao saar... thats correct. Source India will acquire 126 aircraft—86 single-seat and 40 twin-seat configurations. and India plans to procure 18 aircraft in flyaway condition and produce 106 locally under license through technology transfer. Delivery starts within 36 months of contract signing and w...

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Tejas sensors checked out during night flying The indigenous Light Combat Aircraft- Tejas, fitted with advanced sensors like Multi Mode Radar (MMR) Litening Pod (Day and Night imaging sensors) , was checked out during night flying, Defence Research and Development Organisation said today. These sen...

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ToI 'LCA is completely Indian' ExpressBuzz Tejas exports likely after induction into IAF DNA India Indigenous light combat aircraft Tejas to get operations clearance tomorrow Deccan Herald India's own fighter jet Tejas to join air force Monday NetIndian LCA "Tejas" to be handed over to IAF...

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Just a bunch of media reports covering this test... Indian LCA Tejas jet fires close combat missile Defense World One of the main objectives of the current phase of flight trials was clearing the firing envelope of air to air close combat missile from the Tejas. The R-73 missile, which is the chosen...

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Happy Diwali to all jingoes and thier families!!

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Israel, EU in contention to co-develop radars for Tejas Manu Pubby Tags : Tejas Light Combat Aircraft, European Consortium EADS Posted: Wed Jul 14 2010, 23:54 hrs India is close to finalising a developmental partner for a next generation radar that will be the eyes and ears of the Tejas Light Comba...

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India foils Chinese bid to patent 'pudina'

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India foils Chinese bid to patent 'pudina' TOI NEW DELHI: India has foiled a major Chinese bio-piracy bid to patent the use of medicinal plants 'pudina' (mint) and 'kalamegha' (andrographis) for the treatment of H5N1 avian influenza or bird flu. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CS...

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X-posting Kaveri bit... Negotiations for Tejas aircraft engines soon An upgraded and more powerful Kaveri engine is being seen initially as a replacement engine for the first batch of Tejas aircraft, Subramanyam added. “Every aircraft in its lifetime needs two replacements. Some of those engines are...

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Negotiations for Tejas aircraft engines soon Financial Express Posting in full for archival... Bangalore: The Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) is set to start commercial negotiations with aircraft engine makers Eurojet Turbo GmbH and General Electric Aviation for 99 aircraft engines for the Li...

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A very tragic and shocking news! Sir, although many of us didnt know you personally, the amount of grief thats causing just goes to show the kind of impact you had. Your work would put most of the so called Indian defence journalists to shame. That too at the age of 23? Hats off to you. May a 1000 H...

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X-Post Navy backs Tejas with Rs 900 cr Meanwhile, a major shore-based test facility is coming up at INS Hansa, in Goa, which replicates an aircraft carrier deck on ground, complete with arrested recovery and a ski jump for take off. This facility, which is expected to be operational by October 2011 ...

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Navy backs Tejas with Rs 900 cr Ajai Shukla / Bangalore September 21, 2009, 0:01 IST Business Standard has learnt that the navy has okayed the placement of an order for six Naval LCAs. At an approximate cost of Rs 150 crore per aircraft, that will provide a Rs 900 crore infusion into the Naval LCA ...

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