Dassault Aviation sings MOU with Reliance Industries in defence pact

India's Reliance Industries and France's Dassault Aviation have signed a pact for partnering in the defence and homeland security sector in Asia's third-largest economy, a spokesman for the Indian conglomerate said on Sunday.  The accord comes less than two weeks after Dassault's Rafale warplanes emerged as the preferred bidder in a $15 billion contest to supply India with 126 fighter jets. India is the world's largest arms importer with plans to spend $100 billion on weapons over the next decade.

Reliance Industries, India's most-valuable company, did not give any further detail on the tie-up with the French company. Controlled by Mukesh Ambani, the world's ninth-richest man, Reliance Industries has been looking to diversify as growth in its core oil and gas business slows. The company has expanded into newer sector such as retail and telecom in recent years.

India to buy 57 more hawk jets

British Aerospace has won a Rs 3,640 crore ($800 million) order to provide the Indian Air Force and Navy with 57 additional Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers. The final terms and conditions for the contract were signed in the presence of British Prime Minister David Cameron, who is in India on an official visit. India has already contracted BAE to supply 66 Hawks for the Indian Air Force. The jets are being assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics in Bengaluru (HAL). The Advanced Jet Trainer Hawk aircraft enable young pilots to make the transition from basic trainer aircraft to high performance fighters like the Sukhoi 30 or the Mirage 2000 which the Indian Air Force operates.

Boeing close to securing a deal with IAF

The Indian Air Force is negotiating talks with Washington for the order of 10 C-17 Globe Master aircraft. If the talks go well then Boeing is set to bag an order worth $5.8 billion. This deal would mean a double boost to the US aerospace and defense group. India has become a focal point for the European and US contractors as it has plans for modernizing its Air Force fleet in the next decade and it is expected that India is ready to spend $100 billion in acquiring around 125 new fighter aircrafts and is considering bid's from US, Europe and Russia.

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UFO Spotted over Motorway in UK

 An Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) was spotted flying over a motorway in UK. A mystery video footage was released, which shows two fighter jets in pursuit of the UFO.

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HAL's Light Combat Helicopter gets airbourne

The first flight of the Light Combat Helicopter already a year late happened at the HAL airport Bengaluru (Bangalore) , India. The LCH is facing a lot of criticism for being over weight.
The LCH has got one of the most complex aeronautical stealth sensor and weapon technology. It is aimed at crashing the other light attack copters like the Eurocopters' Tiger and the China's ultra secret Zhisheng-10 (Z-10).
It is capable of high altitude performance like taking off from altitudes of 10,000 ft, operating guns and rockets upto 16,000 ft and launching missiles at over 21,000 ft. It is also capable of flying 20-30 ft AGL to escape the radar.
It is expected that LCH might enter service by 2015-2016, and HAL is gearing up to deliver 65 of these to the Indian Air Force (IAF) and 114 to the Indian Army.
HAL remains confident that the LCH will not let them down, as the key technologies used in this have already proven in the Dhurv Light Helicopter, of which 160 are already being build for the IAF and Indian Army.

World War II plane crash site spotted

A world war II US Navy plane has been spotted in the woods along the Oragon coast.
The tail section, a wing and the landing gear where the debris spotted scattered over 200 yards.
It seems the area has been preserved untill the investigators can come to a conclusion, no signs of explosives that could have resulted to the fatal. The aircraft has been identified as a Dash five.