Israeli defence electronics company Elbit Systems is providing the comprehensive SAR package to the IAF at a cost of $45 million under a deal signed two years ago. Apart from the ELT and ALS, Elbit Systems will also supply personal rescue beacons (PRB) to the IAF, a safety device carried by fighter pilots in their emergency vests to alert SAR teams in the event of an ejection or a crash.
The Russian R-73 missile is now in the process of being progressively replaced in the Indian Air Force. Since 2015, the Indian Air Force has been receiving heavily modified Mirage 2000s which are equipped with the French MICA air-to-air missile. Approximately one squadron or 18 Mirage 2000 jets have already been inducted by the IAF.
During the Aligarh meet held on 11 August 2018, investments of over Rs 3700 crore were announced for Uttar Pradesh Corridor by Defence Public Sector Undertakings/Ordnance Factory Board and Private industries.
The firing ranges at Ordnance Factory Trichy in Tamil Nadu and the Rifle Factory Ishapore in West Bengal have made the “We are open” move to power the government’s push to expand defence industrial production through private participation.
According to sources, the cell keeps tabs on malicious software, imposters on social media and hackers, primarily to safeguard personnel from fraud, imposters and honey-traps. It carries out random checks of the social media accounts of personnel to monitor them.
All necessary clearances have been achieved to begin the construction work have been obtained by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The Environmental Appraisal Committee of the MoEFCC appraised the DRDO’s EC and CRZ applications during its 34th meeting in August 2018.
The discussions between Modi and the visiting UAE foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan saw the Indian leader commit to take ties to new heights. Al Nahyan, who arrived here on Sunday, held talks with external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday.
These old terror outfits include Sipah-e-Sahaba, Jaish-ul-Adl, Lashkar-e-omer (LeO), Al-Badr, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen (TuM) and Al-Umar-mujahideen (AUM). Sources add that ISI is taking desperate measures due to India’s tough stance on combating terrorism.
The missiles can hits targets at a range of four kilometers and can be deployed in both mountains and plains. They can be fired from different platforms — vehicles, helicopters, ships and ground launchers — and can be deployed even along the Line of Control (LoC), they said.
The Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) of European missile-maker MBDA has been approved for fitting on Jaguar jets and the IAF was looking to integrating it on the Su-30MKIs and the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) as well, defence sources said.
