Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.

Sunday, 4 July 2010

Testing times ahead for HAL: ARDC prepares for dangerous Tejas and IJT flight tests

The first Limited Series Production version of the Sitara IJT. The vertical fin below the engine and the lateral fins at the front, ahead of...

Broadsword July 04, 2010 31

Thursday, 1 July 2010

UAV

Helicopter-mounted radar to tackle Naxal IEDs

An IED-protected vehicle developed by Ashok Leyland, one of the many such offerings on display at the Defexpo 2010 in New Delhi in Feb 2010....

Broadsword July 01, 2010 23

Wednesday, 30 June 2010

offsets

HAL confronts Snecma in light helicopter project

The full scale mock-up of the Light Utility Helicopter (LuH), which was an important part of the first design target that the MoD set laid d...

Broadsword June 30, 2010 31

Monday, 28 June 2010

US military

McChrystal gazing

Sacked US commander in Afghanistan, Lt Gen Stanley McChrystal. A soldiers' soldier, McChrystal was legendary for many things: his intell...

Broadsword June 28, 2010 19

Sunday, 27 June 2010

US military

Air Force says DRDO stalling Tejas fighter engine

The EJ200 engine, which powers the twin-engine Eurofighter, is the front-runner in the contest to power the single-engine LCA Mk 2. Also in ...

Broadsword June 27, 2010 24

Monday, 21 June 2010

US military

DRDO policy gaffes attract international flak

by Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 22nd June 10 New Delhi’s moral and ethical protestations that India’s space programme is entirely peaceful...

Broadsword June 21, 2010 67

Thursday, 17 June 2010

Software

Arms spending: India grows as west shrinks: Deloitte-CII report

by Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 17th Jun 10 With global arms majors focused on the commercial opportunities presented by India’s military ...

Broadsword June 17, 2010 6

Tuesday, 15 June 2010

Software

Grob Aircraft targets 181 trainers for the IAF: eyes HAL's share of 106 basic trainers

T he Grob-120TP at Berlin, sheltered from the sun in between flying displays The instrument panel, by Elta. The analog dials help rookie fli...

Broadsword June 15, 2010 16

Monday, 14 June 2010

strategy

Naxalism: arranging the facts

The Salwa Judum, a movement to organise local tribals against the Naxals, in order to compensate for police inefficiency, has resulted in ma...

Broadsword June 14, 2010 20

Wednesday, 9 June 2010

US military

European fighters become 25% cheaper

A Luftwaffe Eurofighter climbs steeply, even as its price falls relative to its American rivals. European fighters in the MMRCA contest have...

Broadsword June 09, 2010 18

Monday, 7 June 2010

strategy

New MoD policy to boost Indian arms industry

Production of Airbus airliner doors at Hindustan Aeronautics. HAL has not been able to move up the technology chain, even after years of sup...

Broadsword June 07, 2010 19

Friday, 4 June 2010

LCA

Tejas LSP-4 tests the skies, boosts test programme

The Tejas LSP-4 taxying in after its first test flight on Thursday. It was accompanied on the flight by a "chase aircraft", which ...

Broadsword June 04, 2010 36

Tuesday, 1 June 2010

Visiting HAL, Bangalore, for a couple of days... any specific questions?

Please don't write stuff like: What is the latest position on LCA? I mean specific questions!

Broadsword June 01, 2010 91

strategy

Fundamentally different: legal issues spin off from fighter bases tussle

A forward airfield that also serves as an Indian fighter base. Italian company, Selex, had stalled the modernisation of 30 airfields by goin...

Broadsword June 01, 2010 11

Home Top Ad

Breaking

Sunday, 4 July 2010

Thursday, 1 July 2010

Wednesday, 30 June 2010

Monday, 28 June 2010

Sunday, 27 June 2010

Monday, 21 June 2010

Thursday, 17 June 2010

Tuesday, 15 June 2010

Monday, 14 June 2010

Wednesday, 9 June 2010

Monday, 7 June 2010

Friday, 4 June 2010

Tuesday, 1 June 2010

Recent Posts

About Author

Blog archive

Facebook

Twitter

Recent

Popular

Comments

Recent in CAG

Recent Broadsword

Contact form

Recent in Civil Aviation