the Indian Air Force (IAF) has a road map for all three structures within the space domain, which are communications, surveillance, and positioning and navigation, and it is prioritising on the communication capabilities right now, said Air Chief Marshal (ACM) V. R. Chaudhari on Thursday. “We have a road map on what we need for the future [the space domain]. Right now, our first focus is on building communications systems on our next INSAT7C [satellite],” ACM Chaudhari said. On the unmanned efforts being perused by the IAF, he said that, right now, the IAF was focussing on some of the unmanned technologiess such as Medium Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and High Altitude Long Endurance UAVs, while noting that the concept of MannedUnmanned Teaming is a bit futuristic for now. ‘IAF has a road map for all 3 structures within space domain’
IAF and HAL conclude ₹6,800crore contract
The Indian Air Force and the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited on Thursday concluded a ₹6,800crore contract for 70 HTT40 indigenous Basic Trainer Aircraft. In all, 451 Memoranda of Understanding (MoU), transfer of technology agreements and product launches took place during the Bandhan ceremony at the 12th DefExpo. It envisages investment worth ₹1.5 lakh crore, the Defence Ministry said.