Dinakar Peri NEW DELHI, AUGUST 04, 2018 THE HINDU To prevent time and cost overruns, the IAF will soon have effective control over India’s indigenous LCA programme The government is poised to hand over control of the Bengaluru division of State-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to the Indian Air Force (IAF). This is to […]
50% of Rafale deal value will be invested in India: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
By MEERA MOHANTY & Manu Pubby, ET Bureau | 11 May, 2015, 07.04AM IST NEW DELHI: Terrorists, irrespective of wherever they may be operating from, should be neutralised using all types of methods, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar told ET in an exclusive interview. He elaborated that “neutralisation” doesn’t necessarily mean killing terrorists but making them […]
OneIndia Exclusive: DRDO to abandon indigenous fighter jet engine Kaveri project
Written by: Dr Anantha Krishnan M,Wednesday, November 19, 2014, Bengaluru, Nov 18: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has decided to wind up the Kaveri engine (GTX-35VS ) programme, signaling an end to a desi dream of equipping its own fighter jet with a home-grown power plant. Sources in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) […]
PM scraps DRDO’s ‘retirement benefits’ committee
ABHINANDAN MISHRA New Delhi | 20th Sep 2014 – The Sunday Gaurdian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to scrap the Departmental Peer Review Committee (DPRCs) of the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) in an attempt to revamp the outfit. The main job of this committee of DRDO scientists is to grant extensions to fellow […]
Don’t delay Light Combat Aircraft project: Anthony to DRDO
Rajat Pandit, TNN Nov 6, 2013, 08.19PM IST NEW DELHI: Defence minister A K Antony on Wednesday directed the DRDO to ensure that the operational deadlines for the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft, first sanctioned 30 years to replace the ageing MiG-21s, are not delayed yet again. Addressing the parliamentary consultative committee on defence, Antony said […]
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 […]
The case to support the indigenous LCA programme
The case to support the indigenous LCA programme Ashok Parthasarathi and Raman Puri The facts with regard to perceived cost and time overruns and performance shortfalls in perspective There have been several articles in the press critical of projects of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in general, and specifically the programme relating to […]
