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12 Jul

HAL Signs MoU with Government; Aims Higher Revenue

New Delhi: HAL signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the financial year 2017-18 with Ministry of Defence (MoD) in Delhi yesterday. The annual MoU was signed between Mr Ashok Kumar Gupta, Secretary, Department of Defence Production and Mr T Suvarna Raju, CMD-HAL. The MoU outlines targets on various performance parameters of the Company during the year 2017-18. The revenue from operations has been targeted at Rs. 17,900 crores, the highest ever. The Company has also laid specific emphasis on capacity building, modernization, solar power plants, aiming to achieve capital expenditure of Rs.1300 crores. The Company’s thrust is on Make-in-India projects such…

22 Jun

Reliance Defence delivers newly built Panamax bulk carrier

Mumbai: Ship building and repair infrastructure major Reliance Defence and Engineering Limited (RDEL) on Thursday said it has built and delivered an "Ice-class Panamax Bulk Carrier" -- 'Golden Opal -- to an international customer.According to RDEL, it successfully delivered the 73,500 DWT (deadweight tonnage) bulk carrier on June 21, 2017, to one of the largest international shipping companies. "Reliance Shipyard has delivered till date eight similar size, Ice-class Panamax vessels to its international customers," the company said in a statement."The vessel has been built as per one of the best-in-class international standards, meeting the toughest environmental emission norms as well as…

30 May

Raksha Mantri Confers Awards for Excellence on HAL

Bengaluru: HAL has bagged Raksha Mantri’s awards under the categories of ‘Excellence in Performance’, ‘Innovation’, ‘Indigenisation and Design Efforts’ and ‘Best Performing Division’. The award for ‘Excellence in Performance for the year 2015-16’ was received by Mr T Suvarna Raju, CMD-HAL along with Mr V M Chamola, Dir (HR) and Mr C V Ramana Rao Dir(Fin)-HAL from Raksha Mantri, Mr. Arun Jaitley at a function in New Delhi today for achieving significant improvements in the areas of organisational performance, indigenisation, outsourcing and HR initiatives. Expressing his happiness on receiving the award, Mr. Raju said with these prestigious awards, HAL has set…

16 Feb

Rudy flies Rafale at Aero India

Bengaluru: Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Wednesday flew a Rafale fighter jet at Aero India. The Skill Development Minister, who holds a commercial pilot licence, flew for around 35 minutes, and said he reached 8G. "It's a great machine it's going to empower IAF. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a right decision in inducting such a great machine," Rudy said after flying the machine at Aero India 2017. "I have been flying other aircrafts too. I've flown in Su-30. This is a different machine. We reached up to 8G and I am not at all tired," he said. India and France…

07 Sep

Turkish Airlines plans to expand operations in India

Istanbul: Describing India as a favoured market, Turkish Airlines' Chairman of the Board and Executive Committee Ilker Ayci said on Tuesday that the company is keen on expanding its operations to various parts in India like Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. "India is a market that is close to our heart. But unfortunately we have a problem of getting permission to fly. We want to fly to Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. We are right now flying to Delhi and Mumbai," Ayci told reporters on the sidelines of a press meet at the headquarters of the national carrier.Turkish Airlines started operations in India…

04 Jan

India must end dependence on weaponry imports: Modi

Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday it was now time that India ended its dependence on imported weaponry and become self-sufficient as it did in respect of food grains. "Indian armed forces are second to none, and now the time has come to ensure that the weapons and equipment they carried and used are also the best in the world, for this, India needs to end dependence on imported weaponry, which is expensive and is not of the latest technology," he said after laying the foundation stone for Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's (HAL) new helicopter manufacturing unit in Karnataka's Tumkur…

29 Apr

India successfully test fires exo-atmospheric missile interceptor

Bhubaneswar : India Sunday successfully test-fired an exo-atmospheric missile interceptor for the first time at a defence base in Odisha as part of its efforts to create a shield against incoming enemy missiles, a senior defence official said. The indigenous Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile was fired from Wheeler Island off the coast near Dhamra port in Bhadrak district, about 170 km from here. It successfully intercepted an incoming ballistic missile, a modified variant of the Prithvi fired from a ship off the coast near the integrated test range at Chandipur-on-sea in Balasore district, about 70 km from Wheeler Island.…

16 Sep

India test fires n-capable Agni-V missile

Bhubaneswar : India Sunday successfully test fired its longest-range Agni-V nuclear-capable missile for the second time in less than one and a half years, defence ministry sources said. It was fired from the Inner Wheeler Island, a launch site at Bhadrak, about 200 km from Bhubaneswar. The missile can hit targets deep inside China and Pakistan, the sources said. "The test was successful," spokesman R.K. Gupta for the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) told IANS. The missile flew on a predefined path and reached its destination with expected precision. Powered by three stage solid rocket motors, the missile had a…

04 Jul

Bigger industry role suggested in defence production

Kolkata : Greater participation of Indian industries is needed in defence equipment production and procurement, especially in the eastern region, and this requires well integrated private-public partnerships, an army official said Thursday. "India is a fast growing economy, yet it largely relies on imports of defence equipment. It is about time the Indian defence industry delivers and proves its mettle in superior defence preparedness and self-sufficiency in producing defence equipment," General Officer Commanding (GOC) Bengal Area Lt. Gen. A.K. Choudhary said here. "Many of our private industries are now global players. Now, we want to see more productive roles by all…

02 Apr

India must wake up to cyber-terrorism

New Delhi : In early March, suspected Chinese hackers breached the computers of India''s top military organisation, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in what was touted to be amongst the biggest such security breaches in the country''s history. Defence Minister A.K. Antony ordered a probe into the matter, though an official statement denied any sensitive file had been compromised. India has seen many such attacks on its critical installations and the misuse of social media and Internet has brought home the threat of cyber-terrorism, which cyber security experts say the country is poorly equipped to handle. Experts believe the…