After accepting the first six American transport aircraft from Lockheed Martin, the Indian Air Force's request for the next six, worth another $1 billion. has now been confirmed. The Indian Air Force has decided to deploy the additional six aircraft at its base in Panagarh in West Bengal to take...
Lockheed Martin Completes Delivery of Transport Plane order
Number six of the six C-130J Super Hercules ordered by India, under the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, departed Lockheed's Marietta,Georgia facility on December 15. This aircraft, like its five predecessors, was delivered ahead of schedule and under budget, according to the supplier. Lockheed's win was the first large...
Indian Air Force to be led by Charlie Browne
Air Marshal Norman Anil Kumar “Charlie” Browne will be India’s new Chief of the Air Staff starting July 31, 2011. He will take over from the current Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshall P.V. Naik, whom I met in 2009 at Vayu Bhavan (Air Force Headquarters) in New Delhi....
India hikes defense budget, is now world's largest arms importer
India is now world's largest arms importer, receiving 9 per cent of the volume of international arms transfers during 2006–11 according to The Stockholm International Peace Research Insititute (SIPRI). While 82 percent of these shipments came from Russia, and while Russia remains a major supplier for the future, American companies...