Tag: Lockheed Martin

Japanese back to operating fighter jets from sea

Posted on by india defence | 1707 Views | 3 min read

After a gap of 75 years, the Japanese are back to operating fighter jets from flat-deck warships at sea. The last time the Japanese Navy launched a plane from an aircraft carrier was during the World War II (1939-1945).

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$ 20 billion Indian fighter jet deal to make progress

Posted on by india defence | 2780 Views | 4 min read

Ending months of silence on buying new fighter jets, India has announced it will push the case of getting 114 jets from a foreign maker under a deal expected to be in around $ 20 billion.

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Indian Import ban list does not bar foreign OEM’s

Posted on by india defence | 2505 Views | 6 min read

We are atmanirbhar (self-reliant) in these 209 items on the list, but we need your help in improving these systems, said Rajnath Singh”

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F35C, a 5th-gen jet, does first mission at South China Sea

Posted on by india defence | 2737 Views | 4 min read

On September 10, the US Navy announced it was the first time that a carrier strike group was operating in the South China Sea with the advanced capabilities of the F-35C Lightning II and Navy CMV-22B Osprey tilt rotor helicopter.

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Largest deployment of F35’s just exercised in the Indo-Pacific

Posted on by india defence | 2106 Views | 6 min read

the largest concentration of F-35 fighter jets – a fifth generation jet made by Lockheed Martin — carried out continuous cross deck operations for 48 hours in the Philippine Sea in the last fortnight of August.

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IAF’s C-130J, head for depot maintenance at Lockheed Martin facility

Posted on by india defence | 2020 Views | 4 min read

The first lot of five C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will undergo 12-year servicing – called depot maintenance —  at a Lockheed Martin-approved Heavy Maintenance Center (HMC) beginning 2022.

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Indian carrier Vikrant opens a $ 12 billion opportunity

Posted on by india defence | 2288 Views | 6 min read

Just the future supply of fighter jets for the carrier would entail an estimated $ 12 billion one-time order. Besides this other major procurement could be air-to-ship and air-to-air missiles which these jets would be kitted with.

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MH-60R copters bring India-US ‘ops’ on same page

Posted on by india defence | 2478 Views | 7 min read

India and the US now increasingly look at each to operate in tandem or in coordination in the Indo-Pacific and also in the Quadilateral, or the Quad – that has Australia and Japan besides US and India.

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Rolls Royce marine engine for India can change dependence on GE

Posted on by india defence | 3443 Views | 4 min read

Rolls Royce will bring its MT30 marine engines, targetting the growing business of making warships in India. In the past decade or so, the General Electric LM2500 series of engines are the preferred choice of Indian Navy warships. For now, the General Electric dominates the market when it comes to providing engines for warships.

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Lockheed & Boeing top arms sales; EDGE breaks in

Posted on by india defence | 4470 Views | 5 min read

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), headquartered EDGE, has broken into the top 25, making it the first company from the middle east to break into the exclusive club dominated by US, European, Russia and Chinese companies.

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