USS Trenton at Port Everglades, FL, 2004, before it was sold to India to become the INS Jalashwa
U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class William Lovelady.
February 12, 2011 by Shiv Aroor LIVEFIST
Cleared to acquire more large amphibious ships, the Indian Navy has invited information from Indian shipbuilders for new landing platform docks (LPDs). The navy has stipulated that it wants ships constructed under the Indian government's "buy and make" procedure, which entails the local license build of proven foreign equipment. The navy currently operates a single LPD, the INS Jalashwa, formerly the USS Trenton (LPD-14), but wants LPDs slightly larger, while keeping capabilities, capacity and kit largely the same.
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Orbiter Mini UAV System. Photo: Aeronautics
February 11, 2011 Defense Update
IAI's 767/300 Multi-Mission Tanker-Transport (MMTT). Photo: IAI
February 11, 2011 by Noam Eshel / Defense Update
U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Rogers
10 Feb 2011 by JUNG SUNG-KI DefenseNews
Source India Defence
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US Army's 14th Cavalry Regiment soldiers prepare to rendezvous with Indian Army troops
after exiting an Mi-17 helicopter flown by the 107th Indian Army Aviation Helicopter Unit.
photo by Crista Yazzie, US Army
TNN, Feb 11, 2011, 04.53am IST
The first ERJ-145 configured for the DRDO light AEW&C mission will roll out in 10 days in Brazil. This model displayed at Aero-India by the CABS shows some of the unique design features of this aircraft.
February 10, 2011 Defense Update
Feb 10, 2011 By Bradley Perrett, Robert Wall AviationWeek.com
A transporter erector launcher (TEL) armed with four Babur cruise missiles,
on display at the IDEAS 2008 defence exhibition, Karachi, Pakistan.
Jeudi 10 février 2011 par Opexnews
10 Feb 2011 By ANDREW CHUTER DefenseNews
photo US Air Force
BENGALURU, India, Feb. 10, 2011 by Raytheon
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) completed a series of free-flight demonstrations of the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) AGM-154-C from an F-16IN fighter aircraft. The tests were part of the Indian Air Force's Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition.
JSOW is a family of low-cost, air-to-ground weapons that employs an integrated GPS- inertial navigation system and terminal infrared seeker that guide the weapon to the target. The system has a maximum range of 130 kilometers (80.5 statute miles) from high altitude and can penetrate more than 1.5 meters (approximately 5 feet) of reinforced concrete.
"We conducted the demonstration to show that JSOW-C, which is currently integrated on various F-16 international aircraft, could be easily, affordably and rapidly integrated on the F-16IN," said Phyllis McEnroe, Raytheon's JSOW program director. "JSOW is already integrated on the F/A-18 Super Hornet and has been employed from that platform numerous times, so this test proves that JSOW can now be employed from both U.S. MMRCA offerings."
The MMRCA program is a competition to procure 126 new aircraft for Indian air warriors.
Source www.embraerdefensesystems.com/
10/02/11 By Greg Waldron / Flight Daily News
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