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After four months of work on INS Vikramditya, which reported a boiler malfunction, Russia has completed the brick-lining work and is getting ready to take the Indian Navy warship out for sea trials in the Barents by June this year.
The Russian-built warship, the erstwhile Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier, will be ready to join the Indian Navy fleet as per the revised schedule of last quarter of 2013, senior Indian Navy officers said here. Incidentally, The Indian Navy's this year tableau during the Republic Day parade will be a replica of the 44,500-tonne Vikramaditya.
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Indian defence researchers' latest success, Agni-4 nuclear-capable strategic missile, will make its debut for public display during this year's Republic Day parade down Rajpath on January 26, when President Pratibha Patil will take the salute from the nation's armed forces. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will be fielding the Agni-4 during this year's Republic Day parade, according to DRDO spokesperson Ravi Kumar Gupta. The DRDO contingent will be led by Lt. Col. V.S. Thapa. The DRDO will also showcase Prahaar missile.
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Indian Air Force's (IAF) latest acquisition, the Lockheed Martin C-130J transport plane, will be part of the fly past over Rajpath for the first time ever during this year's Republic Day parade in New Delhi on January 26. Three C-130Js will be part of the IAF's 29 aircraft, including air superiority Sukhoi 30-MKI and MiG29 combat plane fly past, a senior IAF officer said here. All six of the C-130J that India bought from US has been delivered to the IAF in 2011. As in the previous year, the highlight of the flypast will be the vertical Charlie manoeuvre by a lone Sukhoi aircraft that would mark the culmination of the flypast.
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India's National Cadets Corps (NCC), the country's official youth outfit for military training, is procuring 110 microlite aircraft to train its air wing cadets in flying techniques, apart from providing them with an adventure activity that will literally take them to the skies. These aircraft would be bought off-the-shelf. A Request for Proposal (RFP) for these planes was issued in May 2010 to global microlite manufacturers. The Indian Air Force (IAF) is helping the NCC in procuring these microlite planes and a decision on the winner of the deal will be announced.
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In order to achieve a complete network centric environment to augment its strike capabilities, the Indian Air Force (IAF) will soon be getting its first dedicated communication satellite. Although satellites are common for all the services, this dedicated satellite will address the issues of communication and will network IAF’s sensors and weaponry.
A network centric environment with the communications satellite is crucial to enhance the capabilities and stealth of IAF in warfare ...
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