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Indian Navy Boeing P-8I Maritime Patrol Aircraft completes first flight

December 7, 2011

Boeing’s first long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft P-8I for the Indian Navy recently completed its initial flight at the Boeing Field in Seattle, USA. Its worth note that India had awarded a $2.1 bn contract to Boeing in ..

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ALH Rudra

November 5, 2011

Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) ‘Rudra’ ready to be inducted into Army Aviation Corps ‘Rudra’: India’s first weaponised chopper It is all set to be inducted into the Army Aviation Corps soon Rudra built in the country by the HAL (Hindustan ..

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Russia to give 5 MiG-29K fighters to India

November 4, 2011

The India-Russia 2004 contract of 16 MiG-29K/ KUB carrier-based fighters to the Indian Navy is going to be completed by the end of this year. The contract, a part of USD 1.5 billion Gorshkov aircraft carrier deal inked in January ..

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Phaseout of MiG-21

October 30, 2011

The Flying Coffins MiG-21s, which have been in news for frequent crashes, will be phased out by the Indian Air Force by 2017 and replaced by modern fighter aircraft such as Su-30MKI and indigenous LCA. The phase-out will begin from ..

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Induction of C-130J in Indian Armed Forces

February 27, 2011

Lockheed Martin C-130J "Super" Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. This is also India’s first acquisition from the US through the foreign military sales route in decades. Recently, it arrived to India at the Hindon airbase ahead of ..

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Current Affairs For All Examinations: January 18, 2010

January 26, 2010

Abbreviations:PACS : Primary Agricultural Credit SocietyPCPS : Perpetual Cumulative Preference SharesRCPS : Redeemable Cumulative Preference SharesSACRED : Scheme for Agricultural Credit DevelopmentSCARDB : State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank Appointments:Senior Advisor Citi Asia – Alasdair MorrisonCitigroup appoints Alasdair Morrison ..

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