Tejas fighter to make international debut at Bahrain

By Ajai Shukla

Business Standard, 2nd Jan 16



India�s home-grown fighter is set to debut
on the international stage. The defence ministry has announced that the Tejas
will perform aerobatic displays at the Bahrain International Air Show from
January 21-23.



�The show will witness flying demonstration
of the �Tejas�, the latest and state of the art Light Combat Aircraft, the
�

Engine of indigenisation

By Ajai Shukla

Business Standard, 22nd Dec 15



The defence ministry estimates that India
will buy foreign military aero engines worth Rs 350,000 crore over the next two
decades. While indigenising our military fleet, successive governments have neglected
the development and manufacture of aero engines, which account for one-third
the cost of a new military aircraft. Unless we build a

Offsets fetch growing interest from aerospace manufacturers

By Ajai
Shukla

Belgaum

Business Standard, 19th Dec 15



On Thursday
in Hyderabad, a small Indian firm called Aequs Aerospace signed an agreement
with global giant, Boeing, for manufacturing components for the Chinook CH-47 helicopter
that the Indian Air Force (IAF) bought this year.



Aequs,
which operates from a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Belgaum (officially Belagavi),
will be a

US to help India develop engine for Gen-5 fighter, AMCA likely to be powered by GE's Enhanced F-414 engine

US cites �strengthening
relationship� with India to clear engine technology release



By Ajai Shukla

Business Standard, 12th Dec 15



On Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar�s
first official visit to the United States from December 7-10, Washington has
signalled its willingness to co-develop with India an aircraft engine for
India�s indigenous fifth-generation fighter that is called the

Defence equipment parameters should be realistic

By Ajai Shukla

Business Standard, 11th Dec 15



It has been reported that the secretary to
the Department of Defence Production complained, in a lecture earlier this week
at the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses, that the military frames such
ambitious specifications for equipment being procured that Indian companies get
left out of the procurement -- because they simply cannot