IAF to adopt new process to lease refuelling aircraft
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It will be based on hours of availability
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It will be based on hours of availability The Indian Air Force (IAF), which is looking to lease mid-air refuelling aircraft, will adopt a new methodology for the process based on the number of hours of availability per year as criteria, a senior defence official said.
“The leasing will be based on hours of availability per year indicating the minimum and maximum hours required,” the official said. “We will use the leased tankers for training purposes and keep the existing IL-78s in service for operational purposes,” the official stated.
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Fourth Scorpene submarine likely to be inducted by year end
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Conventional diesel-electric Vela is undergoing advanced stages of sea trials
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Indian naval soldiers attend the commissioning ceremony of the INS third Scorpene-Class submarine Karanj in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, March 10, 2021.
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Conventional diesel-electric Vela is undergoing advanced stages of sea trials
The 4th Scorpene conventional diesel-electric submarine Vela is expected to be commissioned into the Navy by year end while Vagsheer, 6th and last Scorpene submarine which is under construction, is expected to be launched into water by year end, according to a defence source.
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Chaubatia (Uttarakhand): With the much awaited deal for AK 203 getting delayed, the Army is equipping its over 400 infantry battalions with the American Sig Sauer assault rifles, procured under fast-tracked process (FTP), as against the original plan to arm only its frontline troops with the latest weapon.
The Army had initially bought the Sig 716 G2 Patrol assault/battlefield rifles, chambered for the 7.62×51 mm rounds, in 2019 under FTP for frontline soldiers posted at the borders and involved in counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations.
However, all infantry battalions are now getting equipped with the American rifles, sources in the defence establishment said.
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Scope of the exercise is to conduct sub-unit level operations in counter terrorism
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Uzbek soldier practicing helicopter slithering from a static platform as an Indian soldier looks on and is seen with a SIG-716 assault rifle.
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Scope of the exercise is to conduct sub-unit level operations in counter terrorism
At the ongoing India-Uzbek exercise Dustlik-II at Ranikhet, Uzbek troops learnt the handling of SIG-716 assault rifles, recently inducted into service by the Army and also got orientation in slithering from helicopters for heli-borne operations in a counter terrorist (CT) environment.
“As far as weapons are concerned we have Sig Sauer rifles. we are sharing our weapons with the Uzbek troops. At present Uzbek troops are learning firing from Sig Sauer rifles,” Col. Amit Malik, Commanding Officer of the 13 Kumaon Regiment, nominated for the exercise from the Indian side, told visiting journalists at Chaubatia near