Shaurav Gairola

May 30, 2024 | janes.com | Gareth Jennings |Shaurav Gairola

Ukraine conflict: Sweden pledges AEW&C aircraft for Kyiv, Belgium firms up F-16 donation 30 May 2024 by Gareth Jennings & Shaurav Gairola Sweden is to contribute a Saab ASC 890 to Ukraine's war effort, providing airborne early warning against Russian aircraft and cruise missile attacks.

Sep 11, 2023 | janes.com | Richard Scott |Gareth Jennings |Jon Grevatt |Shaurav Gairola

by Richard Scott Pictured at the Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose on 5 September is one of two Crowsnest-configured Merlin HM2 helicopters from 820 NAS now embarked on HMS Queen Elizabeth for CSG23/Operation ‘Firedrake'. (Richard Scott/NAVYPIX)The UK Royal Navy (RN) has achieved initial operating capability (IOC) for its much-delayed Crowsnest airborne surveillance and control (ASaC) capability.

Sep 11, 2023 | janes.com | Gareth Jennings |Jon Grevatt |Shaurav Gairola |Mike Plunkett

by Gareth Jennings Airbus is impatient for the UK MoD to proceed with its New Medium Helicopter requirement, for which it is offering the H175M. (Janes/Gareth Jennings)Airbus has repeated its call for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to progress its New Medium Helicopter (NMH) requirement at a quicker pace, with a senior official telling Janes and other defence media that it is “chomping at the bit” to fulfil the requirement with its H175M offering.

Sep 11, 2023 | janes.com | Jon Grevatt |Shaurav Gairola |Mike Plunkett

Update: North Korea launches new ‘nuclear attack submarine' 11 September 2023 by Jon Grevatt & Shaurav Gairola & Mike Plunkett A TV screen at a railway station in Seoul shows an image of the launch of North Korea's new ‘tactical nuclear attack submarine'. (Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)North Korea has unveiled a new “tactical nuclear attack submarine”, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on 8 September.

Jun 7, 2023 | janes.com | Shaurav Gairola

India's Varunastra torpedo has undergone ‘combat' test-firings, with the weapon fitted with a high-explosive warhead, for the first time. (Bharat Dynamics Limited)The Indian Navy and the country's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) undertook the first ‘combat' test-firing of the Varunastra heavyweight torpedo on 5 June.