If everything goes according to plan, the prototype Hindustan Aeronautics ( HAL) basic trainer is expected to make its first flight today in Bengaluru.
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France, India to discuss Rafale deal at Shangri-La Dialogue
India’s Financial Express says the defense ministers of France and India will meet on the sidelines of the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore this weekend to discuss the Rafale deal.
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By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (Rafale – RIAT 2013) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Russia developing railgun technology too
Russian senator Franz Klintsevich told RIA Novosti that Russia is actively developing its own railgun technology.
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RTN S-70B did well against USS San Francisco during ASW exercise
The Royal Thai Navy and the U.S. Navy carried the bilateral Exercise Guardian Sea in the Andaman Sea May 23-27 and a senior RTN officer said his service’s S-70B anti-submarine helicopter did very well in the exercise.
Photos: Royal Thai Navy
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South Korea pursuing SLBM program
An anonymous South Korean official was quoted by Korea Joongang Daily as saying that Seoul intends to fit submarine-launch ballistic missile (SLBM) on its next generation Chang Bogo-III submarine.
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