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31 Dec

Finally, Philippines will have India’s Brahmos missiles

New Delhi: Exactly six months before his term expires, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has added final touches to the modernization of the country's armed forces with acquisition of missile corvettes, Black Hawk combat helicopters, Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) and India's BrahMos supersonic cruise missile. Philippine government's Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on December 27 released two Special Allotment Release Orders (SAROs) to cover the initial funding requirements of the 'Shore-Based Anti-Ship Missile System Acquisition Project' of the Philippine Navy under the Revised Armed Forces of the Philippines Modernization Programme. While the first SARO is worth PHP1.3 billion (over $27 million),…

25 May

DRDO successfully test-fires guided bomb from Sukhoi fighter

New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday successfully flight tested a 500 kg class Inertial Guided Bomb from the IAF's frontline Su-30 MKI fighter at the Pokhran test range in Rajasthan. According to a Defence Ministry statement, the guided bomb achieved the desired range and hit the target with high precision. All the mission objectives have been met and the weapon system is capable of carrying different warheads, the statement added.The test comes days after the IAF successfully fired the BrahMos missile's air-launched version from the Su-30 MKI.The 2.5 ton supersonic missile air to surface cruise missile…

22 Nov

Air variant of BrahMos missile test fired from Sukhoi jet

New Delhi: India on Wednesday successfully test fired the air variant of BrahMos missile from a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet to hit a sea-based target in the Bay of Bengal.BrahMos, the world's fastest supersonic cruise missile with a multi-platform, multi-mission role, is now capable of being launched from land, sea and air, completing the tactical cruise missile triad for India. BrahMos is a joint venture between the Defence Research and Development Organisation of India and NPOM of Russia."BrahMos created history on November 22 after it was successfully flight-tested for the first time from the Indian Air Force (IAF) frontline fighter aircraft Sukhoi-30MKI…

28 Jun

NASA a step closer to building quieter supersonic X-plane

Washington: In a major step towards building an actual X-plane, NASA has completed the preliminary design review of its Quiet Supersonic Transport or QueSST aircraft design. QueSST is the initial design stage of the agency's planned Low Boom Flight Demonstration (LBFD) experimental airplane, otherwise known as an X-plane, NASA said in a statement on Tuesday. Senior experts and engineers from across the agency and the Lockheed Martin Corporation concluded that the QueSST design is capable of fulfilling the LBFD aircraft's mission objectives, which are to fly at supersonic speeds, but create a soft "thump" instead of the disruptive sonic boom associated…