Indian Defense Minister A. K. Antony announced last week that the Indian air force will acquire between 250 and 300 Sukoi PAK-FA stealth fighters from Russia starting in 2017, according to Indian and US press reports. He made the announcement during Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov’s visit to New Delhi. These fifth generation fighter aircraft, as India calls them, will be jointly developed and manufactured by Sukhoi and India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, they stated. The agreement for the fighters is expected to be signed in December when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits India, reports Voice of America. The deal will be the largest military deal ever between the two nations, reports Indian Express. The PAK-FA flew for the first time in January. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has boasted that it will outclass the F-22. (See also Times of India report)
The Navy should complete the business cases for its proposed alternatives to GPS navigation so that Congress can properly oversee and fund the programs, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office. The Air Force’s business-case documents for its Resilient-Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System (R-EGI), on the other…