Russia To Sell Additional RD-93 Jet Engines To China

| Published Tuesday, 16 November 2010



Russia's state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport is preparing acontract for the delivery of additional RD-93 jet engines to China, asenior official from the company said on Tuesday.

Beijing concluded a $238-mln contract with Moscow in 2005 for suppliesof a 100 RD-93 engines with options for another 400 to equip its FC-1Fierce Dragon fighter jets, jointly developed with Pakistan.

"We are holding new talks with the China National Aero-TechnologyImport & Export Corporation [CATIC] on another option foradditional 100 RD-93 engines," Deputy General Director ofRosoboronexport Alexander Mikheyev said at the Airshow China 2010,which is being held on November 16-21 in Zhuhai.

"We hope that this contract will be signed," Mikheyev added.

The RD-93 engines is a variant of the RD-33 engine developed to power the MiG-29 fighter jet.

The RD-93 was developed by Russia's Klimov design bureau specificallyfor the FC-1 fighter, known in Pakistan as the JF-17 Thunder.

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US Offers Israel more F-35 fighters

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U.S  offers   Israel of more Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters and other military equipment in return for a 90-day settlement freeze is an offer that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu "cannot refuse," the Haaretz daily said Monday.

According to media reports, U.S. President Barack Obama offered to add 20 F-35s to the 20 Israel ordered in October under a $2.75 billion contract.
The additional F-35s would give the Israeli air force a formidablestrike capability unmatched in the region, and indeed the world, thatcould deliver massive blows against an adversary, such as Iran.

"The offer by President Obama is very enticing," Haaretz commentator Amos Harel observed.

"The addition of 20 F-35s to the package discussed two months ago tipsthe balance very clearly. From Israel's point of view, it's an offerthat cannot be refused."
Israel has reportedly taken delivery of the first batch of 1,000 newU.S. 250-pound GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs it ordered in 2009. TheSDBs, manufactured by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, can be carriedby Boeing F-15s or Lockheed F-16s.
The bombs can penetrate 8 feet of concrete, making them ideal forstrikes on Hezbollah's rocket bunkers and underground command posts inLebanon.
The offer of another 30 F-35s for Israel, which will be the firstforeign state to acquire the fifth-generation fighter, could mean itwill get the jets before U.S. forces do.

Israel, along with the United Arab Emirates and India, led the worldover the last five years in the procurement of new fighter aircraft,according to a study by the Stockholm International Peace ResearchInstitute issued last week.

It said Israel bought 82 aircraft in 2005-10, mostly Lockheed MartinF-16I jets tailored for its air force, preceded by the emirates with108 and India with 115.

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China Unveiled Its Latest Predator-Reaper Like UAV--Zhuhai Air Show


These Chinese Uavs are equipped With AR-1 laser guided missiles and these are chinese attack Uavs.

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J-10 has been Deployed in Tibet For India

| Published Tuesday, 9 November 2010


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Power And Capability Show of Al-Khalid Tank, Bahawalpur


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L-15 new pics






L-15 new pics

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Indian LCA-Tejas NEW PICS

| Published Tuesday, 2 November 2010



NICE IMAGES OF LCA-TEJAS INDIAN FIGHTER.

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Indo-Russian PakFA Pact To Be Sign soon


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U.K.-France Joint Weapon Development Plans

A 10-year strategic plan for complex weapon development and anew unmanned air vehicle joint venture are among the industrialhighlights of two defense treaties announced by Britain and France at asummit meeting here Nov. 2 between U.K. Prime Minister David Cameronand French President Nicolas Sarkozy.


The treaty on defense and security cooperation covers a series ofpotential air and sea equipment programs, as well as an operationalalliance involving the sharing of aircraft carrier capabilities and thecreation of a joint expeditionary force.


A second treaty covers cooperation in the testing of nuclear warheadsfor safety and reliability at facilities in the U.K. and France.

The two sides have been partners on several projects in the past, butthe new deal potentially brings industrial and nuclear cooperation toan unprecedented level.

Cameron said the agreement was "big, bold and radical … and shows a level of trust never equaled in our history."

The British prime minister said the agreement was "practical and hard-headed cooperation between two sovereign countries."
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IAF faces shortage of 400 pilots



The Indian Air Force is facing shortage of about 400 pilots in variouscategories and plans to fill the vacancies within the next two years,Chief of Air Staff P V Naik said on Tuesday.
 
"There is shortage of about 300 to 400 pilots. We have upped our intakerate. It will take a year or two to fill up the posts," Air ChiefMarshal Naik said at a joint press conference with his Britishcounterpart Stephen Dalton on the final day of the 15-day India-UKjoint air exercise 'Indradhanush' at at Kalaikunda air base in WestBengal's West Midnapur district.

While Mirage-2000, Sukhoi 30 and MiG-27 from the Indian sideparticipated in the exercise, the Royal Air Force showcased itsEurofighters, Typhoons and airborne warning and control system. An IAFAWACS aircraft also participated in the exercise for the first time.

Pointing out that the Air Force had more than 32 squadrons Naik saidthat there was a need to increase their number. "We also need moresatellites, so that we become a networked air force."

With India planning to acquire 126 Medium-weight multi role combataircraft a cost of $ 12 bn (about Rs 5,300 crore), the air force hassubmitted the test reports of MMRCAs like the F-16, F-18, Typhoon,Gripen and MiG 35 to the government on July 31.

"The MMRCAs will help us tremendously. I have no reservation on any ofthem. Although our present capability is sufficient to complete ourmission of protecting the country from any threat from air or space,"Naik said.

In reply to a question, Naik said he was not aware of the governmentfurther short-listing two out of the six models of MMRCAs it had chosen.

Naik said that the Mach-I version of the indigenous light combataircraft would be ready around the middle of next year and it wouldtake another three years to complete the Mach-II version. The initialLCA squadrons would be located at Surut in south India.

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