January 2016

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A380 gets its first Japanese airline customer

Toulouse. 29 January,2016. ANA Holdings has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus covering the firm order of three A380s. With this milestone order for Airbus, ANA Group…Read more ›

Airbus Group Chief Technical Officer Jean Botti to quit in April

Toulouse. 31 January, 2016. Chief Technical Officer Jean Botti of Airbus Group will leave the company in April to pursue a new career opportunity outside of the aerospace industry.…Read more ›

Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba takes over Western Naval Command

Mumbai, 31 January 2016. Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba took over the reins of Western Naval Command (WNC) as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) on 31 January 2016 from Vice…Read more ›

Gandhian non-violence philosophy guides military strategists even today

New Delhi. 30 January, 2016. It has been 68 years since Mahatma Gandhi attained martyrdom but his ideas on nationalist and internationalist security are so much in tune…Read more ›

India remembers a general who excelled in both war & peace

Salutes its first officer Victoria Cross Winner- Lt Gen PS Bhagat, Bombay Sapper By Brig VK Atray & Sangeeta Saxena New Delhi.31 January, 2016. Seventy five years and India…Read more ›

Bombay Sappers’ tryst with Victoria Cross

By Arvind Bhakuni. New Dehi. 31 January, 2016. The Bombay Engineer Group, popularly known as the “The Bombay Sappers”, is one of the three Groups of the Corps…Read more ›

VICE ADMIRAL GIRISH LUTHRA ASSUMES COMMAND OF SOUTHERN NAVY

New Delhi. 30 January, 2016. Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, AVSM, VSM, took over charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command from Vice Admiral Sunil…Read more ›

GEN KV KRISHNA RAO, FORMER CHIEF OF THE ARMY STAFF PASSES AWAY

New Delhi. 30 January, 2016. General KV Krishna Rao, the 14th Chief of the Army Staff of Indian Army passed away today in Army Hospital (Research and Referral),…Read more ›

Boeing-built Intelsat 29e Satellite Begins New Intelsat Constellation

Seattle. 26 January, 2016. The first of six Boeing built Intelsat EpicNG satellites for Intelsat, the leading provider of satellite services, has launched successfully from French Guiana…Read more ›

Indian Army gets Beta version of Integrated QuarterMaster Package (IQMP)

By Col NB Saxena New Delhi. 28 January, 2016. The Beta Version of Integrated Quartermaster Package (IQMP) was released by the VCOAS, Lt Gen MMS Rai, as a…Read more ›