Suman Sharma

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Russian air force lifeline for near-dead MiG-35

Russian air force lifeline for near-dead MiG-35

Rediff.com   8 Sep 2011

One factor which could have gone against the MiG-35 in the Indian deal is that the IAF's 62-odd MiG-29s coming up for upgradation to the UPG standard, will have features close to the MiG-35 or even better.

On the anvil: 5th generation Super Sukhois

On the anvil: 5th generation Super Sukhois

Rediff.com   8 Sep 2011

Alexey Fedorov, chief of the Sukhoi-making Russian company, Irkut, said at the recently concluded biennial airshow -- MAKS-2011 -- in Zhukovsky near Moscow, that the Sukhoi upgradation has two components, for which technical negotiations are on. One includes the modernisation of the aircraft to fit the BrahMos missile's air version on it, and the other is to upgrade the existing five Sukhoi-30MKI squadrons of the IAF.

Doc approaches army tribunal on PG admission row

Doc approaches army tribunal on PG admission row

Rediff.com   26 Jul 2011

In a first of its kind case that has come up in the Delhi-based principal bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal, a serving army doctor has approached the court for admission to the post graduate degree course being conducted in the army's Research and Referral hospital in New Delhi. The doctor, after having cleared the entrance, was turned out on the pretext of lack of resources and teaching faculty