Dr Kamat is a Helpless Head of DRDO because during his one-year extension he is not able to preforms his responsibilities given by GOI. Like first and most important task was to implementing Dr Raghwan Committee recommendations why because he has not had the charisma to convenience his colleges the clear massage of PMO vision […]
India-Embraer jet deal under scanner for graft, Defence Ministry seeks firm’s reply within 15 days
Jugal R Purohit, New Delhi, September 10, 2016 – Indiatoday.in “We are as surprised as anyone else. If there was an investigation, they should have informed us. This is mentioned in the contract,” said a senior Defence Ministry source. Rocked by allegations of corruption in its deal with Brazilian aviation firm Embraer, which is under […]
LCA will not be able to penetrate enemy lines
Kalyan Ray, New Delhi, May 08,2015, DHNS: The indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) will experience a major handicap in defeating the enemy due to non-availability and poor performance of three electronic warfare instruments, developed by Indian agencies. During the trial, the all-important counter measure dispensing system that protects the aircraft against radar and heat-seeking […]
CAG picks holes in LCA project, says it fails to meet IAF requirements
By PTI | 8 May, 2015, 07.40PM IST – The Economic Times NEW DELHI: India’s Tejas Light Combat Aircraft project, in the works for over three decades, came under severe criticism from CAG today as it pointed out that its Mark-I version has 53 “significant shortfalls” which have reduced its operational capabilities as well as […]
‘Army Takes a Day to Reach where PLA Can Rush In’
By Express News Service Published: 28th April 2015 06:00 AM NEW DELHI: Commenting on poor border roads connectivity, a Parliamentary panel has said that in the event of a war, the Army will take more than 24 hours to reach a border area where the Chinese PLA can arrive at in two or three hours. […]
Over Rs 16,000 cr spent, DRDO yet to finish vital projects
The first of the LCAs was handed over to IAF 32 years after the project started. ABHINANDAN MISHRA New Delhi | 7th Mar 2015 Vital defence projects that have been taken up by the country’s premier Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) over the last several years, do not show any signs of completion […]
DRDO claim on LCA export premature: Former top IAF officers
29 Jun, 2014, 1430 hrs IST, PTI DRDO’s claim about being in a position to export Light Combat Aircraft Tejas has been dismissed as premature and unrealistic by former top IAF officers. NEW DELHI: DRDO’s claim about being in a position to export Light Combat Aircraft Tejas has been dismissed as premature and unrealistic by […]
India-Israel joint venture to manufacture missiles fails to take off
Jatinder Kaur Tur, TNN Nov 14, 2013, 12.01PM IST HYDERABAD: The joint venture between India’s Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Israeli Aerospace Industry to manufacture Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LR SAM) and Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MR-SAM) has turned out to be a non-starter. The long range missiles were to have been delivered […]
Chinks in the Armour – What ail DRDO, India’s Premier Defence Organigation?
Rediff.com – News-Special Part- II ‘The LCA won’t take off in the near future’ George Iype The Light Combat Aircraft is perhaps the most ambitious of all DRDO projects. But 17 years and four postponements of its test flight later, the multi-role fighter meant to replace the MiG-21 is still a dream. What has happened […]
Perform or perish: Antony tells DRDO
Perform or perish: Antony tells DRDO PTI | May 29, 2013, 08.08 PM IST – Times of India NEW DELHI: Reflecting frustration over long delays of strategic projects like Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), defence minister A K Antony came down hard on DRDO, saying there is a “limit to time slippages” and that it should […]
Zero for DRDO
Bharat Karnad | 26th Apr 2013 – Deccan Chronicle The Indian Air Force has been clever over the years in a petty sort of way. Short-range or medium-range combat aircraft and so on are uniquely IAF nomenclature; no other Air Force has such categories. In the age of aerial tankers, describing warplanes by their radii of action […]
