Vayu Aerospace and Defence - 2021-11-01

• Rise of Asian naval might
• Five reports from Joris van Boven and Alex van Noije
• The IAF at Dubai Airshow
• 1971 Indo-Pak War
• Privatisat­ion of Air India deserves praise…. …. but GoI needs to learn from it, and do more
• Like the US, we, too, deserve a National Security Act deliberate­d, discussed and passed by Parliament
• The new AUKUS alliance holds some lessons for India
• HAL delivers 200th gun bay door for Boeing F/A-18
• Procuremen­t of two FBFMS for Jaguars from HAL for IAF
• HAL signs with Alliance Air for ‘Made in India’ Do-228
• Agni-5 successful­ly launched
• Seven new defence companies carved out of OFB
• Indian Army celebrates 75th Infantry Day
• IAF revalidate­s heavy lift for winter stocking
• DRDO’s Advanced Electronic Warfare Suite ‘Shakti’ for Indian Navy
• DRDO and Israel sign Bilateral Innovation Agreement
• BEL pays final dividend to GoI
• DRDO and IAF conduct flight tests of SAAW
• India & US hold 11th DTTI meeting
• DRDO and IAF jointly flight test Long-Range Bomb
• IAF to buy 24 used Mirage 2000s
• Abhyas successful­ly flight-tested by DRDO
• Maiden flight test of Akash Prime missile
• Commission­ing of offshore patrol vessel ICGS Sarthak
• HAL in ITSOA Certificat­e for civil platforms
• HAL delivers Semi-Cryogenic propellant tank to ISRO
• Godrej Aerospace delivers 200th set of BrahMos airframe assemblies
• Goa Maritime Conclave 2021
• Coast Guard Commanders Conference 2021
• Air Force Commanders Conference 2021
• Akasa Air orders 72 737 MAX’s
• Naval Commanders Conference 2021
• Air India to implement GE’s 360 Foam Wash
• Akasa Air selects CFM’s LEAP-1B to launch operations in India
• NAL adopts Dassault Systèmes’ solutions
• IndiGo transports 67.9% of Covid vaccines
• AirAsia India starts TaxiBot operations
• Skyborne launches DGCA Distance Learning progamme
• American Airlines expands footprint in India
• SpiceJet celebrates India’s 100 crore vaccinatio­n milestone
• Air Marshal Sandeep Singh is new Vice Chief of the Air Staff
• Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari is new Chief of the Air Staff
• Air Marshal Vikram Singh is Air Officer Commanding-In-Chief, SWAC
• Air Marshal Amit Dev assumes charge of Western Air Command
• Air Marshal BR Krishna assumes charge of CISC
• Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar to be the next Chief of the Naval Staff
• Rajiv Bansal is new Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation
• ER Sheikh is first Director General of the Ordnance Directorat­e
• Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminatha­n is Chief of Staff, Western Naval Command
• MoD orders 118 MBT Arjun Mk-1A’s for Indian Army
• DAC approves proposals of value Rs.13,165 cr and 7,965 cr
• IAF at 89: Touching the sky with glory – Quite Literally!
• HAL’s LCH handed over to IAF
• India formalises acquisitio­n of 56 Airbus C295 aircraft
• Venkat Katkuri, Head of Defence and Space, Airbus India & South Asia:
• Remi Maillard, President and MD, Airbus India & South Asia:
• Jean-Brice Dumont, Executive Vice President Military Aircraft, Airbus Defence & Space:
• Michael Schoellhor­n, CEO of Airbus Defence and Space:
• Commission­ing of INS Vela
• IAI and DRDO’s MRSAM for India
• Lockheed Martin hosts its 8th Annual Suppliers Conference
• INS Visakhapat­nam (P-15B) commission­ed into Indian Navy
• 2nd sea trials of IAC
• Launch ceremony of Tushil (P1135.6) follow-on frigate for the Indian Navy
• Delivery of Y 12704 First ship of Project 15B for the Indian Navy
• Indian Navy expands maritime reconnaiss­ance capabiliti­es with delivery of 11th P-8I
• India’s MoD signs contract for procuremen­t of arms for P-8I
• Rolls-Royce keen to partner the Indian Navy’s electrific­ation journey for its ‘Fleet of the Future’
• MBDA’s partnershi­p with the Indian Navy
• Fly Navy Fly!
• Indo-Kazakhstan joint training exercise
• Indian Navy participat­es in Exercise Malabar
• UK’s CSG and Exercise Konkan Shakti
• Raytheon UK counter-drone laser technology for UK MoD
• Bell’s 100th delivery of AH-1Z to US Marines
• Safran’s helicopter engine runs using 100% sustainabl­e fuel
• Rolls-Royce selected to power the B-52
• CAES RF assemblies for L3Harris F-16 Viper Shield EW Suite
• USAF awards Exosonic contract for supersonic UAV concept
• Australia for MH-60R multi-mission helicopter­s
• NGC’s AARGM-ER transition­s into LRIP
• LM’s PrSM completes record-setting flight
• Saab order to modernise German Navy’s F123 frigates
• Safran begins assembly of Arriel 2E in the US
• UK CSG 21 and USS AMA ESG in LSGE 21 operations
• Indonesian Navy commission­s new landing ship
• Japan for AEGIS class destroyer support
• Austal Australia delivers 12th Guardian class patrol boat
• Greece signs MoU with Naval Group and MBDA
• Royal Thai Army reveals domestical­ly developed UAS
• Lockheed Martin in F-22 modernisat­ion deal
• Saudi Arabia for 280 AIM-120C AMRAAM’s
• Spain for three Airbus A330 MRTT’s
• 1st UH-72B Lakota to the US ANG
• Airbus reveals the next generation of CityAirbus
• First of 60 A220s for Air France
• BAE Systems successful­ly completes planned overseas support of Carrier Strike Group
• First ‘Sea Sultan’ Maritime Patrol Aircraft Joins Pakistan Navy
• Rubin Design Bureau’s Magadan commission­ed by the Russian Navy
• Updates from IAI, Israel
• News from Dassault
• F21 Artémis torpedo from the Naval Group
• Updates from Saab
• News from Navantia, Spain
• Airbus at the Dubai Airshow 2021
• Rolls-Royce and the IAF
• Jedi ops over Sicily
• Search and Rescue Meet 2021
• EBAP Malbork airbase 2021
• Tiger Meet turns 60!
• Farewell flight of McDonnel Douglas KDC-10
• Falcon Leap 2021
• HAKIMPET HIGHLIGHTE­D
• 25 Years Back
• Reel life to Real life!! Star Trek anyone? Starship USS Enterprise to Blue Origin
• Beer tapping and airport brewery

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