HAL’s Light Utility Helicopter successfully undertakes maiden flight
On 6 September, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s Light Utility Helicopter successfully undertook its maiden test flight.
Asia Pacific
India may step away from additional Scorpene submarines
The Government of India may walk away from the idea of acquiring an additional three Scorpene conventional submarines from France’s DCNS.
India & Russia will raise logistics hub to support IAF Flankers.
India and Russia have agreed to a $300 million U.S. plan to establish a logistics hub to support the Indian Air Force’s Su-30MKI Flanker fleet.
China consolidates aircraft engine development efforts
By establishing Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC), Beijing is looking consolidate its aircraft engine development and manufacturing efforts.
India test launches scramjet engine
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully test-launched its scramjet engine from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh.
French shipbuilder DCNS suffers major data leak
Confidential details of DCNS’s Scorpene-class submarine, which is in use by India, Malaysia, and Chile were leaked in a 22K+ page document.
Indian Ministry of Defence will shift development funding to procurement
The Indian Ministry of Defence will re-allocate $8.46 billion U.S. in unspent development funding to procurements.
Second batch of Bangladesh Navy corvettes enter production
The second batch of C13B (i.e. Type 056) corvettes for the Bangladesh Navy has recently entered production in China.
Sri Lanka presses ahead with new fighter plans
The Government of Sri Lanka has approved the Sri Lankan Air Force’s plan to procure a squadron of new fighter aircraft to supplant its ageing...
The Pakistan Air Force’s Chief of Air Staff visited Sri Lanka
The Pakistan Air Force Chief of Air Staff (CAS)’s visit to Sri Lanka is a bid to continue enhancing defence ties between Sri Lanka &...