August 2018

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Godrej Aerospace delivers the first airframe assembly for the Air Launched version of the BrahMos Missile

Godrej won the order for 100 sets of airframes for the air launched missile in December ’17 Mumbai. 31 August 2018. Godrej Aerospace handed over the first airframe assembly…Read more ›

Tagged with: BrahMos Aerospace Pvt. Ltd, BrahMos Missile, Defense Research Development Laboratories, Distinguished Scientist, Dr. Dashrath Ram Yadav, Dr. Sudhir Mishra, DRDL, First Airframe Assembly, Godrej Aerospace, Jamshyd Godrej, Technology

L&T Hands Over ICGS Vijaya (OPV-2) to Coast Guard

New Delhi. 30 August 2018. L&T delivered the Offshore Patrol Vessel ICGS Vijaya (OPV-2) to the Indian Coast Guard today. The 2,160-ton vessel is second in the series of…Read more ›

Tagged with: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, COAST GUARD, High-Speed Patrol Vessels, ICGS Vijaya, ICGS Vikram, Indian Armed Forces, Indian Coast Guard, Indian Shipyards, Jayant D Patil, L&T Board, L&T Kattupalli shipyard, Larsen & Toubro, Make in India, Ministry of Defence, Naval Fleet, Offshore Patrol Vessel, SN Subrahmanyan, Vice Admiral B Kannan

Mahindra Aerospace signs Botswana’s Major Blue Air as first customer for its Airvan 10

Mumbai. 30 August 2018. Mahindra Aerospace Private Limited [MAPL]has signed Botswana’s Major Blue Air Ltd as its first worldwide customer for its Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) certified 10-seater turboprop…Read more ›

Tagged with: aircraft fleets, Airlines, Arvind Mehra, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, GippsAero GA10 Airvan, GippsAero manufactures, Mahindra Aerospace, Mahindra Aerospace Private Limited, Mahindra Group and Chairman, Major Blue Air Ltd, MAPL, SP Shukla, turboprop aircraft, utility aircraft market

Indian Naval Ship Sahyadri in Darwin, Australia for Exercise Kakadu 2018

New Delhi. 30 August 2018. After having been deployed to the South China Sea and Pacific Ocean for over four months, which included representing Indian Navy in multinational…Read more ›

Tagged with: Captain Shantanu Jha, Exercise Kakadu 2018, Indian Naval Ship Sahyadri, Indian Navy, NAXA, Northern Australian Exercise Areas, RAAF, RIMPAC, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Australian Navy, South China Sea

BEL receives 4 PSE Excellence Awards

BEL CMD honoured for outstanding contribution to public sector Bangalore. 30 August 2018. Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has been conferred with four PSE Excellence Awards (2017),…Read more ›

Tagged with: Bharat Electronics Ltd, Dr Ajay Dua, Human Resource Management Excellence, Indian Chamber of Commerce, M M Joshi, Maharatna & Navratna, Ministry of Commerce, Navratna Defence PSU, Operational Performance Excellence, PSE Excellence Awards, Technology Development & Innovation

U.S. Navy Awards BAE Systems $146.3 Million Contract to Modernize USS Gettysburg

Norfolk, Virginia. 29 August 2018. BAE Systems has been awarded a $146.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy to modernize the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64). The…Read more ›

Tagged with: Aegis Combat System, BAE Systems, CANES, Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise Systems, Dave Thomas, Foreign Navies, guided-missile cruiser, Modernize USS Gettysburg, Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk shipyard, ship repair partners, U.S. Navy Awards, USS Gettysburg

Raytheon recognized for air traffic control excellence

STARS team receives the Air Traffic Control Association’s annual Industry Award DULLES, Va. 29 August 2018 . Raytheon Company’s Intelligence, Information and Services business’ Standard Terminal Automation Modernization…Read more ›

Tagged with: 11 Terminal Radar Approach Control, Air Traffic Control Association, Air Traffic Control Excellence, air traffic control system, airspace management, ATCA, Matt Gilligan, OEMs, Raytheon Company, Raytheon STARS team

General Dynamics Appoints Marzilli as Executive Vice President; Brady as President of General Dynamics Mission Systems; Johnson to Retire

Falls Church, Va. 29 August 2018. The board of directors of General Dynamics has elected Christopher Marzilli to be executive vice president of the Information Technology and Mission…Read more ›

Tagged with: Appointments, Christopher Marzilli, General Dynamics Appoints, General Dynamics Mission Systems, GTE Government Systems, Novakovic, S. Daniel Johnson

INS Teg lends assistance to MV Vela in the Gulf of Aden

New Delhi. 29 August 2018. On 25 Aug 18, whilst patrolling in the piracy infested waters of Gulf of Aden, INS Teg, a warship of the Western Naval…Read more ›

Tagged with: Chain Cable Specialist, Combined Task Force aircraft, Gulf of Aden, Indian Navy, INS Teg Lends Assistance, Machinery Specialist, MV Vela, Red Sea and Suez Canal, Seamanship Instructor, Western Naval Command

ISRO to send first Indian into Space by 2022

Chandrayaan-2 scheduled to be launched in January, 2019 New Delhi. 28 August 2018. India’s first Indian human mission will be launched by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) by 2022.…Read more ›