Sponsored Links
Indian Air Force (IAF) has finalised the long awaited deal of 126 Medium
Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) with Dassault, a leading aviation
industry of France. Dassault will deliver 126 Rafale MMRCA to India in
the next decade. The first batch of 18 aircrafts will be delivered from
France. The remaining aircraft will be built in India. The $11bn (£7bn)
contract is the biggest ever procurement made by the IAF. The Rafale
Multirole fighter/bomber aircraft can participate in air, ground and sea
operations in both short and medium ranges. In an additional
multi-billion weapons package for these 126 aircraft, India will buy
air-to-air and air-to-ground Precision Guided Munitions (PGM) and Joint
Stand Off Weapons (JSOW). With a top speed of Mach 1.8, service ceiling
of 50,000 feet and a range of 3,700km, it is no doubt a potent weapon
for IAF and a threat to both China and Pakistan.
India took around five years to decide the best bidder as a mainstay
aircraft for its air force. During these years, IAF conducted flight
trial of Mig-35, F-16, F-18, JAS-39, Eurofighter and Rafale on different
locations in India. The purpose was to look out for the lowest bidder
and the most favourable combat aircraft, which will replace the aging
Mig-21 fleet. As India moved forward in search for MMRCA platform,
Pakistan aimed to counter India’s plans by reassessing its military
doctrines of airpower and assessed the shortcomings.
India’s conventional arms build-up threatens Pakistan. The MMRCA deal is
especially threatening for Pakistan because it augments India’s air
power and worsens the conventional arms asymmetry between the two
arch-rivals. To counter India’s increasing air power, PAF has followed a
multi-pronged strategy which involves: replacing aging fleet of fighter
aircraft; modernizing its existing fleet; procurement of force
multipliers like Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) systems
and Multirole Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft; induction of F-16C/D
Block52 aircraft; and, rapid indigenous production of JF-17 Thunder. The
procurement of FC-20/J-10B Multirole combat aircraft from China is a
long term solution to IAF’s increasing airpower. Meanwhile, PAF is also
enhancing skills of its pilots and aircrew by regularly participating in
national and multinational exercises.
Sponsored Links
 |
| Goojje Chinese search engine |
Say hello to Goojje, a Chinese search engine that looks remarkably
like one we’ve seen before. It launched on January 14, and yes, it’s
filtered for less flavour.
The way the name works is this: Jie Jie (Goojje) is mandarin for
sister, while “ge ge” (Google) means big brother (er, shouldn’t that be
the other way round?) The Web Monster (ie, the real one) is being
exhorted to stay by its sino-doppelganger, with a message on Goojje that
reads, “Sister was very happy when brother gave up the thought of
leaving and stayed for sister.”
Sponsored Links
 |
| Israeli submarine Dolphin |
One of the world’s most advanced German manufactured submarines is
slated to be sent to Israel this year. German media reported last week
that the 68-meter Dolphin submarine, the largest post-World War II
submarine to be built in the Federal Republic, was openly placed in the
harbor of the northern city of Kiel.
The Dolphin submarines are mainly constructed in Kiel, located in the
German state of Schleswig-Holstein on the border of Denmark. According
to the daily Kieler Nachrichten, the submarine can now be viewed on the
harbor compound operated by Howaldtswerke- Deutsche Werft.
The highly
sophisticated submarine, which is believed to contain secondstrike
nuclear weapons capability, is the first of three advanced “Super
Dolphin” vessels to be delivered to Israel’s navy. ThyssenKrupp Marine
Systems, the giant German engineering firm, owns the ship manufacturer
subsidiary in Kiel.
The Kieler Nachrichten reported that a heavy police presence is guarding
the Super Dolphin. Water-based boat patrols, including the police boat
Vossbrook, are frequently circling the submarine.
Sponsored Links
The hackers behind the attacks on Google Inc and dozens of other
companies operating in China stole valuable computer source code by
breaking into the personal computers of employees with privileged
access, a security firm said on Wednesday.
The hackers targeted a small number of employees who controlled source
code management systems, which handle the myriad changes that developers
make as they write software, said George Kurtz, chief technology
officer at anti-virus software maker McAfee Inc.
The details from McAfee show how the breach of just a single PC at a
large corporation can have widespread repercussions across the broader
business.
Google said in January that it had detected a cyber attack originating
from China on its corporate infrastructure that resulted in the theft of
its intellectual property.
Sponsored Links
 |
| JF-17 |
The Chengdu works of Avic’s combat aircraft subsidiary is developing a
two-seat version of the JF-17 Thunder fighter in cooperation with the
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, say Chinese industry executives.
The two-seater will be adaptable for conversion training and combat
roles, they say, though as a fighter it will not perform as well as the
single-seat version. The JF-17 is being built in a joint program with
Pakistan for the Pakistan Air Force. The program, which began,
unusually, without a conversion trainer, will deliver about 100 JF-17s
to Pakistan, the executives say.
Development of the two-seater has not advanced to a point at which
Avic International, the export division of Avic, could sign a contract
for delivery, the executives say, adding that they were unsure when the
aircraft would be available. The single-seat version was designed with
development of a two-seater in mind, they say.
Sponsored Links
In late 2011 an internet rumor spread about Pakistan's development of
nuclear submarines and in early 2012, we have heard major news networks
in Pakistan announce the development of Pakistan's nuclear submarines
"in 5-8 years". The earliest news of Pakistan's nuclear submarine
project was in 2006 when General Musharraf announced that Pakistan now
has the technology to build nuclear submarines.
The first point to ponder is that Pakistan, unlike certain other
countries, prefers to develop weapon systems quietly. If this kind of
announcements are coming out, it all probability Pakistan already has a
nuclear submarine, or at minimum critical components, well underway. The
most critical component is the nuclear power plant, and the news thus
points to the development of a miniature power plant.
RUMINT suggests that Pakistan's nuclear submarine is likely to be based
on the Qing Class Chinese SSK, which Pakistan is believed to receive 6
units of. Given the giant size of the Qing Class (5,000-6,000 tons), the
submarine is ideally suited as the basis for a Pakistani SSN / SSBN.
RUMINT also suggests that Pakistan is seeking a smaller sized nuclear
sub that sacrifices speed for simplicity and ease of maintenance. The
basic idea is that instead of hydraulic propulsion, the Pakistani subs
will utilize an all-electric propulsion system that is charged by the
nuclear power plant.
Sponsored Links
 |
| T-50 PAK-FA |
The Indo-Russian fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) is superior
than the similar Chinese and American rival fighter jets which include
the J 20 Black Eagle and the F-22 Raptor, a top Russian military
commander has claimed.
India and Russia are jointly developing the Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA FGFA for
their respective air forces and have plans of producing over 400 of
these highly-advanced fighter jets.
Commander of the Russian Air Force Colonel General Alexander Zelin told
Russian news agency RIA Novosti that his country's government has
decided to give top priority to the development of the joint venture
aircraft.
"While comparing Russia's T-50 PAK FA with the US F-22 Raptor and
China's Chengdu J-20 Black Eagle, one concludes that the T-50 is
superior to its foreign analogues in terms of its maximum speed in
afterburner and standard modes, maximum range and thrust-to-weight
ratio," he said.
The Russian Air Force Commander said that despite the comparable
dimensions and weight of the Chinese J20 Black Eagle and the F-22
raptor, "the T-50 has much shorter take-off and landing runs. Moreover,
its on-board equipment has better specifications than its foreign
equivalents."
Sponsored Links
 |
| Chinese Z-10 And Z-19 Attack Helicopter |
 |
| Chinese Z-10 And Z-19 Attack Helicopter |
 |
| Chinese Z-10 And Z-19 Attack Helicopter |
|
Sponsored Links
 |
| Su-35 |
 |
| Su-35 |
China hopes to acquire new Russian S-400 Triumph air defense system by
2015, but only the question of delivery of Su-35 fighters to this
country is being discussed at the moment, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports.
"The Chinese party has shown interest in acquisition of a number of
Su-35 jets and submitted a proposal to us in 2011. At present this
problem is being elaborated by the designated institution of Russia", -
said the First Deputy Director General of Federal Service of
Military-Technical Cooperation, Alexander Fomin.
Speaking of prospects of air defense systems deliveries to China, Fomin
has reminded that during a period from 1993 to 2010 a large number of
Russian air defense missile systems, including S-300PMU2 “Favorit”, have
been delivered to China.
"As for further cooperation with China in the area of air defense, at
present the Chinese partners are showing interest in acquisition of
next-generation S-400 Triumph air defense systems. They want to acquire
the first batch in 2015", - Fomin said.
Sponsored Links
India plans to develop new-generation Electronic Warfare (EW) systems to be fitted on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, aircraft and satellites that would help it see "deep inside enemy territories", a key defence research and development official said here on Tuesday.
Chief Controller, Research and Development (Electronics and Computer Sciences), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), R Sreehari Rao, said the present EW system, especially ground-based ones fitted on Naval platforms have got "limited range" (10-20 km) and "can't intercept beyond the line of sight".
He noted that EW systems (to be) fitted on higher platforms like UAVs, aircraft and satellites would give "very long range". The ones on UAVs and aircraft would give the country a 400-500 kms range capability and those on satellites "much longer range".
Sponsored Links
 |
| Derby Missile |
 |
| LCA Tejas Fighter |
India’s new Tejas fighter will be armed with Israel’s Derby missile, according to an Indian website. The Derby is medium-range active-radar seeker air-to-air missile, that can hit targets at about 50 km. away. Missiles that can achieve this range are known by the acronym BVR - beyond visual range.
A contract for supplying the Derby will be signed by March with Rafael
Advanced Defense Systems. Rafael will also fit the missiles on about 200
jets, according to P.S. Subramanya, director of India’s Aeronautical
Development Agency, which is developing the light combat aircraft.
The Indian Air Force (known, like its Israeli counterpart, as the IAF) has ordered 40 Tejas fighters to be built. The Indian Air Force also wants 100 units of the Mk-II version of the fighter, and the navy wants 60 of the naval versions, Subramanya said.
Sponsored Links
 |
| Britain Wajid Shamsul Hassan |
Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Britain Wajid Shamsul Hassan
said that Pakistan would be left with no option but to support Iran if
Israel attacks it.
In an interview Hassan expressed his concerns over the United
States’ “Drone Wars” that have taken the lives of hundreds of innocent
civilians in Pakistan.
“We know the damage — destroyed schools,
communities, hospitals. They are civilians — children, women, families.
Our losses are enormous,” the newspaper quoted him as saying.
“I
think time is running out until the Pakistan government can take a
stand. They will have to at some stage take punitive actions to stop
them. They have got means to take such actions to defend their own
frontier and territories,” Hasan further added.
Sponsored Links
 |
| IAF Mi-17-V5 |
India, formally inducted its latest Mi-17 V5 armed helicopters
from Russia to enhance its operational capabilities including carrying
troops and cargo to high altitude areas.
Marking the
commissioning of the choppers in the Indian Air Force (IAF), Defense
Minister A.K Antony symbolically handed over its keys to the Commanding
Officer of one of the units operating the machines.
"The new
Mi-17 helicopters will help in adding muscle to IAF's capabilities to
carry out operations assigned to it", the Defense Minister said while
addressing the gathering of
Senior IAF officials.
India has
placed orders for 80 such choppers from Russia and the first batch
arrived in the country in the last week of September last year.
The first three units of the helicopters will be raised at Bhatinda (Punjab), Srinagar (J-K) and Bagdogra (West Bengal).
Sponsored Links
 |
| DRDO NAG Missile |
A war scenario in which miniaturised missiles
equipped with Precision-Guided Munitions (PGMs) are unleashed from a
mother missile to take out select enemy targets like an ammunition depot
while avoiding collateral damage.
A mother missile
acts as a “force multiplier” and to achieve the desired result, each
miniaturised missile will have a seeker to ensure its independent
motion, irrespective of the mother missile's motion.
Seekers,
which are of two types — radio-frequency and infra-red, enable a
missile to acquire, track and home in on to the target. They are
required for all tactical missiles (less than 300 km range).
Scientists
at the Research Centre Imarat (RCI), a key laboratory of Defence
Research and Development Organisation's (DRDO) missile complex here,
have embarked on developing such seekers to eventually equip mother
missiles with smaller missiles packed with PGMs.
The
mandate of the RCI is to deliver avionic systems for all missiles,
including anti-ballistic systems and anti-aircraft missiles.
Sponsored Links
PAF Chief of Air
Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman has said that the Pakistan Air
Force can effectively counter India’s new war doctrine.
Talking
to the media here at the Shahbaz Air Base, the air chief said PAF has
modified its plan within the existing infrastructure in view of the new
war doctrine of India. The Indian Air Force, he said, has been given a
very crucial and critical role in India’s ‘Cold Start’ doctrine.
Suleman
told the media that the Shahbaz Air Base was totally in the control of
the Pakistan Air Force and existing hardware procured and being acquired
by the PAF was sufficient to fulfill its requirements. “We are in the
process of consolidating the hardware procured so far,” the air chief
said.
Sponsored Links
 |
| M-346 |
The
Israeli Ministry of Defense has decided to procure the Italian M-346 to
replace the antiquated Skyhawk training aircraft. IAF pilots examined
both aircrafts and submitted reports to indicate which plane met their
demands.
Earlier in the week, South Korean representatives complained about the lack of transparency on the deal.
Before
the decision was made, the Israeli Ministry of Defense responded by
saying, “The Ministry is conducting contacts with the South Korean and
Italian industries and governments, with full transparency and while
providing both industries with an equal opportunity. Contacts were
conducted in the recent months within the framework of the process,
which allowed the industries to offer the best exchange deal to the
defense establishment, as well as present the aircraft and its
capabilities to the IAF in the most detailed manner.
Sponsored Links
Israeli Mossad’s deputy head Teseby Ashkolov was assassinated by an
explosive device which blew up in his car in Spain, while another
Israeli source reported that an assassination attempt aiming
at Minister of Defence Ehud Barak was thwarted in Singapore.
The news followed that of the bomb attack against the Israeli Embassy
in New Delhi, that of the explosive device defused in Tbilisi and of the
blast near two Israeli buildings in Bangkok. Further details on the
assassination attempt remain vague.
Meanwhile, Israeli channel 2 reported Barak’s assassination attempt,
whereas the radio station ‘Sound of Israel’ reported the Minister of
Defence as saying that Iran exaggerated while expressing how advanced
its nuclear programme is. Barak added that "such a declaration makes it
imperative to intensify the international sanctions against Iran so as
to paralyze its abilities”.
Barak confirmed in a radio interview that the Iranian nuclear programme
has not reached the point of no return yet. He then suggested that
Ahmadinejad's country might be behind the three attacks against the
Israeli embassies.
Sponsored Links
Lockheed Martin unveiled a new version of the F-16 today at the Singapore Airshow. The F-16V will feature enhancements including an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar,
an upgraded mission computer and architecture, and improvements to the
cockpit – all capabilities identified by the U.S. Air Force and several
international customers for future improvements.
With nearly 4,500 F-16s delivered, this is a natural step in the
evolution of the world’s most successful 4th generation fighter. The
Fighting Falcon program has continually evolved as it began with the
F-16 A/B as the lightweight fighter then transitioned to F-16 C/D and
Block 60 versions as customers’ requirements changed.
AESA radars offer significant operational capability
improvements. Lockheed Martin has developed an innovative solution to affordably retrofit this key technology into existing F-16s. The F-16V
configuration is an option for new production jets and elements of the
upgrade are available to most earlier-model F-16s. The “V” designation
is derived from Viper, the name fighter pilots have called the F-16 from
its beginnings.
Sponsored Links
India has decided to buy 126 fighter jets from France, taken delivery
of a nuclear-powered submarine from Russia and prepared for its first
aircraft carrier in recent weeks as it modernizes its military to match
China's.
India and China have had tensions since a 1962 border war, and New Delhi
has watched with dismay in recent years as Beijing has increased its
influence in the Indian Ocean.
China has financed the development of ports in Pakistan, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh and Myanmar, and its recent effort to get access in the
Seychelles prodded New Delhi to renew its own outreach to the Indian
Ocean island state off western India.
With its recent purchases, running into tens of billions of dollars,
India is finally working to counter what it sees as aggressive
incursions into a region India has long dominated.
Sponsored Links
New Delhi. Dassault Aviation has selected Reliance Industries Limited
(RIL) as its private sector partner to manufacture the Rafale Combat
jets in India.
Details are not known but Dassault confirmed the agreement with the
Mumbai-based Mukesh Ambani-led Indian conglomerate. It was signed a week
or so after the Government announced the Rafale as the winner in the
Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) fray Jan 31.
In a statement, the French company said: Dassault Aviation, a major
player in the global aerospace industry has entered into an MoU with
Reliance Industries Ltd., India’s largest private sector company, for
pursuing in strategic opportunities of collaboration in the area of
complex manufacturing and support in India.
Dassault manufactures Rafale combat jets and Falcon business jets, and
the proposed venture should foray into both these sectors.
Company sources also pointed out that much of the tooling and weapons of
IAF’s Mirage 2000, which are being upgraded to Mirage 2000-5 standards,
are common with those of the Rafale, and therefore it would be easier
to absorb the new generation technologies, both in manufacturing and
operations.
Sponsored Links
Pakistan has decided to build nuclear submarine for Pakistan Navy to better meet its defense requirements.
The nuclear submarine would be build in the country.
It
would take anywhere from 5 to 8 years to build the nuclear submarine
after which Pakistan would join the list of countries that has a nuclear
submarine.Presently Pakistan has a fleet of five regular submarines.
Sponsored Links
 |
| Irani Anti Ship Zafar Cruise Missile |
 |
| Irani Anti Ship Zafar Cruise Missile |
 |
| Irani Anti Ship Zafar Cruise Missile |
 |
| Irani Anti Ship Zafar Cruise Missile |
Iran on Saturday inaugurated the production line of a newly unveiled naval cruise missile, called Zafar (Triumph).
The production line was inaugurated by Iranian Defense Minister
Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi in a ceremony at the Defense Ministry'
Aerospace Industries Organization on the occasion of the Ten-Day Dawn
ceremonies, celebrating the anniversary of the victory of the Islamic
Revolution back in 1979.
The ceremony was also attended by Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Naval Force Brigadier General Ali Fadavi.
During the ceremony, the first cargo of Zafar missiles was delivered to the IRGC.
Speaking to reporters, Vahid said that "Zafar is a short-range,
anti-ship, radar guided missile capable of hitting and destroying small
and medium-sized targets with high precision".
He added that the missile can be mounted onto light and speed boats,
enjoys a high capability in anti-electronic warfare and is highly
destructive.
Iran has made giant progress in arms production, specially in area of missile technology, in the last decade.
Iran's latest cruise missile production, Qader (Mighty), was displayed
to the public during the military parades marking the Week of Sacred
Defense in September.
Sponsored Links
 |
| Sino-Pakistan PAF ZDK-03 AWACS Karakoram Eagle |
 |
| Sino-Pakistan PAF ZDK-03 AWACS Karakoram Eagle |
 |
| Sino-Pakistan PAF ZDK-03 AWACS Karakoram Eagle | | | |
|
|
|
Sponsored Links
France could seal a long-awaited deal for Dassault
to sell at least 60 Rafale fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates by
April, turning around what appeared to have been a lost cause, French
newspaper La Tribune reporte.
The French-built jet emerged on
Tuesday as preferred bidder in a $15 billion contest to supply India
with 126 warplanes, lifting hopes for a sale that would boost French
national pride and restore the lustre of its aviation sector.
Citing
unidentified sources, the paper said on its website that President
Nicolas Sarkozy would go to the UAE in March or early April when the
contract is likely to be finalised.
The
deal, potentially worth $10 billion has been in the works since 2008,
but was thrown into doubt in November when the world's fourth-largest
oil exporter said the proposed terms were "uncompetitive and
unworkable." It asked for details of a rival aircraft, the Typhoon built
by the Eurofighter consortium.
Sponsored Links
 |
Brahmos cruise missiles
|
In an attempt to match China’s massive deployment of forces and other military assets from occupied Tibet, India has given the go-ahead for the deployment of the supersonic Brahmos cruise missiles in Arunachal Pradesh.
This will be India’s first offensive tactical missile deployment against China, reported the Indian Express Oct 17.
The report said that with a range of 290 km, these cruise missiles were being deployed to improve India’s military reach into the Tibet Autonomous Region and counter China’s elaborate missile deployment along the India-Tibet border.
The report cited sources as saying the decision was in keeping with India’s second border force expansion plan but was being fast-tracked because of urgency shown by the armed forces.
The five-year expansion plan includes fresh accretion of 89,000 troops, with 400 officers, in one of India’s biggest one-time military expansion effort.
The report said the Brahmos missile regiment to be set up in Arunachal Pradesh will be India’s fourth, with the previous three being deployed in the country’s western sector to counter the Pakistan.
Sponsored Links
United States Defense Secretary Leon Panetta believes there is a growing possibility Israel will attack Iran as early as April to stop Tehran from building a nuclear bomb, according to reports.
The Washington Post first reported that Panetta was concerned about the increased likelihood Israel would launch an attack over the next few months. CNN said it confirmed the report, citing a senior
Obama administration official, who declined to be identified.
"Panetta believes there is a strong likelihood that Israel will strike Iran in
April, May or June - before Iran enters what Israelis described as a 'zone
of immunity' to commence building a nuclear bomb," Washington Post columnist
David Ignatius wrote.
"Very soon, the Israelis fear, the Iranians will have stored enough enriched
uranium in deep underground facilities to make a weapon - and only the
United States could then stop them militarily," Ignatius wrote.
Ignatius did not cite a source. He was writing from Brussels where Panetta was
attending a NATO defense ministers' meeting.
Sponsored Links
 |
| China's Silicon Valley |
Zhongguancun may be
hailed as China's most famous village by foreigners. Dubbed as "China's
Silicon Valley", the country's biggest high-tech park in west Beijing is
not only home to Chinese high-tech companies such as Lenovo, Baidu and
Sohu.com, it is also the China headquarters of world-renowned technology
companies such as Google, Microsoft and Intel.
As part of China's efforts to build an
innovative economy, the State Council, China's Cabinet, recently
approved a development plan called the Zhongguancun National Innovation
Demonstration Zone (2011-2020) that allows companies in the area to try
out new measures and pilot projects.
The plan, which includes a drive to
boost the total revenues of companies in Zhongguancun to 10 trillion
yuan ($1.8 trillion) in 2020 from 1.55 trillion yuan last year, is
designed to help the area become one of the world's most famous
technology hubs. The predicted income increase will come from increased
sales on the back of tax incentives for companies moving there and
research and development subsidies.
"Zhongguancun has entered a new phase of
development," said Yang Jianhua, deputy director of the administrative
committee of Zhongguancun Science Park. "I think in the next 20 years
Zhongguancun will have the three top technology industry clusters in the
world and will form a grouping of the world's top technology
entrepreneurs."
Zhongguancun's history can be traced
back to a crowded electronic avenue in the 1980s. Close to China's top
universities and national academies, China's biggest technology hub
first emerged as a small market for electronic components and devices
for technicians and researchers.
In October 1980, Chen Chunxian, a
researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, founded a technological
development service department under the Beijing Society of Plasma
Physics in Zhongguancun, making it the first civilian-run scientific and
technological institution in the area.
Sponsored Links
China plans to make Shanghai, the country's financial
hub, a global center for innovation, transaction, pricing and clearing
of RMB-denominated financial products by 2015, the country's top
economic planner said Monday.
The plan will be part of China's bid to build Shanghai into an
international financial center by 2020 amid a shifting global financial
landscape, with China's economic weight and its currency taking a more
prominent position on the world stage.
The 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015) will be "a period of
strategic opportunities" for the construction of the international
financial center, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)
said in a statement.
The government aims to increase the total transaction value of all
financial markets in Shanghai, barring foreign exchange markets, to
around 1 quadrillion yuan (158.5 trillion U.S. dollars) by 2015, the
statement said, quoting an unnamed Shanghai government official.
That will be more than double the transaction value of 2010, which
stood at 386.2 trillion yuan, up 10 times from 2005, according to the
statement.
Sponsored Links
Italy has presented a proposal to Turkey in creating the country’s first
fighter jet including technology transfer and establish local
production, Italian Ambassador to Turkey Gianpaolo Scarente said.
Italy has given a proposal to Turkey to build the first Turkish national
fighter jet in the country, according to Italian Ambassador to Turkey
Gianpaolo Scarante.
“There is a proposal for a project. We would like to participate in a
very important program to create a national fighter for Turkey. It is in
the phase of evaluation of the studies right now, but we have the
proposal,” Scarante told the Hürriyet Daily News in a recent interview
at the Venice Palace in Istanbul.
“The most important fighter in the world now is Eurofighter system. We
would like to share with Turkey in order to cooperate to realize this
important aim to have a national Turkish jet,” he said
Scarante said since beginning cooperation with Turkey, Italy has decided
to transfer technology to Turkey and delocalize the production in order
to bring the industrial capability to the country.
‘We want to share our technology’
“Our attitude is to cooperate in technology transfer in order to
establish an industrial cooperation. So we do not only want to sell
products, objects, systems, etc., but also to share technology and build
together in order to improve the technology and the capability in the
country,” he said.
Scarante said this was proved with the production of the attack helicopter Agusta in Turkey.
Sponsored Links
The leading Israeli
manufacturer of tankers, aircraft refuelers, fire fighting trucks,
armored vehicles and special purpose trailers, Hatehof Ltd., reportedly
provides Pakistan's Air Force with military equipment under a
clandestine contract.
Nearly a month ago, 11 aircraft refueling trucks departed Hatehof's
plant in the Tzippori industrial zone in Galilee region, situated 6
kilometers (3.7 miles) northwest of Nazareth, for the Port of Ashdod,
located about 40 kilometers (24 miles) south of Tel Aviv, in the dead of
the night.
The trucks were later boarded on a cargo ship in the Ashdod Port and
dispatched to Turkey from where they were transported to Pakistan,
according to a recent report aired on Israel's Channel 2 television
network.
The report comes as the Israeli firm has sent several convoys of
aircraft refueling trucks to Pakistan in order to equip the Muslim
states' Air Force.
Sponsored Links
by Haroon [ANTIBODY]
 |
| Jf-17 Block-2 Fighter Jet |
JF-17 is the only modern day lightweight fighter providing world class performance at low operating expenditures.
This advanced fighter will be poised as a lower budget alternative for countries gearing up for the 21st century Net Centric Warfare Environment, especially for those who cannot afford the massive price tags of other similarly performing fighters. The fourth prototype saw major design upgrades, indicating that the capabilities required by the PAF for a baseline fighter had increased significantly. This prototype emerged as a potent BVR platform capable of undertaking precision strike, escort, interdiction, air patrol, reconnaissance and ant-ship roles. It can operate in dense, hostile electronic warfare environment thus ensuring the provision of deterrence against existing and future threats.
The JF-17 evolved into a fighter with advanced aerodynamic features such as diverter-less supersonic inlets (DSI). DSI improved the performance, reduced weight and cut down the frontal radar cross section (RCS) of the fighter. Large Leading edge extension provided higher angle of attack and more lift to the mid mounted wings. It has impressive instantaneous and sustained turn rates. The flight control surfaces are operated by a computerised flight control system (FCS).The fighter has digital quad-redundant Fly-by-wire (FBW) system in the pitch axis and dual-redundant FBW system in the roll and yaw axis
It’s enhanced man-machine interface, advanced cockpit layout and good all round field of view reduce the work load of the pilot thus providing greater operational effectiveness. The pilot can access vital cockpit functions and fly the fighter without having to remove his hands from throttle and flight control.
For Reading More News Click On Older Post.
