Saturday, 21 April 2012 10:46
WASHINGTON: The Air Force Two plane carrying Vice President Joe Biden was struck by birds in California on Thursday, a spokeswoman for his office said, but it landed without problem and the vice president, passengers and crew were safe at all times. The incident occurred on Thursday night as Air Force Two was landing in Santa Barbara, California. A person familiar with the situation said the landing felt normal to people on board. "The vice president left Santa Barbara this afternoon as scheduled, aboard an alternate U.S. Air Force aircraft," the spokeswoman said. Lieutenant Gregg Johnson of the 89th Airlift Wing at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, which is responsible for transporting the president, vice president and other senior U.S. officials, said the crew and passengers of Air Force Two had been "safe at all times." "There was no emergency - no emergency landing declared," he said, adding it was not possible at this stage to characterize the level of damage, if any, that the modified Boeing 757 aircraft sustained in the bird strike.
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Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:30
By Ajai Shukla  
By Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 19th Apr 12 The tension sharpened at the launch area at Wheeler Island, on the Odisha coast, this morning as the massive, 50-tonne, 17.
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Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:30
By Ajai Shukla  Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, in a major foreign policy speech in New Delhi, argued for membership of four strategic export control regimesby Ajai ShuklaBusiness Standard, 19th Apr 12Three weeks after the Prime Minister suggested to world leaders at a nuclear summit in Seoul that India should get membership in the worlds’ four major export control regimes, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai today fleshed out that statement into a detailed case. Addressing a gathering of diplomats and proliferation experts in New Delhi today, Mathai described the export control safeguards that India had instituted in recent years, which qualified it for membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), Australia Group (AG), Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) and the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). Mathai said that India’s “law based export system, covering about nine different legislations,” was not just “in line with the highest international standards,” but also, in some cases, “extends beyond the controls of the multilateral regimes.
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Wednesday, 11 April 2012 12:30
NEW DELHI: After remaining grounded for over a month after two crashes in close succession, the Mirage-2000 multi-role fighters are expected to take to the skies by end-April.
Air chief marshal (ACM) N A K Browne, on the sidelines of IAF annual commanders' conference on Tuesday, said the Mirage-2000 fleet was undergoing systematic technical checks and would resume flying operations by month-end. French original equipment manufacturers Dassault Aviation and Snecma are also part of the probes into the crashes that were caused due to some engine problems.
IAF, incidentally, swears by the Mirage-2000s, which have a much better flight safety record compared to other fighters like MiGs and Jaguars. Only 10 Mirages have crashed since their induction in the mid-1980s.
India recently inked two deals worth over Rs 17,500 crore for the progressive upgrade of IAF's 51 Mirage-2000s by French companies Dassault Aviation (aircraft manufacturer), Thales (weapons systems integrator) and MBDA (missile
While the first two fighters have been sent to France for the upgrade, the rest will later be retrofitted with new avionics, radars, mission computers, glass cockpits, helmet-mounted displays, electronic warfare suites, weapon delivery and precision-targeting systems in India by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd under transfer of technology.
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Tuesday, 03 April 2012 17:43
By Ajai Shukla  It is for the government -- through FDI caps and licensing -- to nurture Indian defence players rather than exposing them to a brutal marketplaceby Ajai ShuklaBusiness Standard, 3rd Apr 12In a timely article on this page, Nitin Pai has addressed the vital question of how to equip India’s military, without delays and with bang for the buck (“Buying into superstition instead of military strategy”, April 1). A debate on this crucial issue is a black hole in our national discourse. The defence of the realm will cost some Rs 2 lakh crore this coming year. With defence spending rising some 15 per cent annually, that figure could double every five or six years. Pai’s conclusions, however, are questionable. He argues that the dogmatic pursuit of indigenisation is a mistake that has led to powerful defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs) capturing policy, and to burdensome procurement regulations.
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