Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo says it will add 28 new Airbus A320 aircraft to its fleet by 2014. “We have been granted permission by the Indian Civil Aviation Ministry to import new aircraft. The additional aircraft will enable IndiGo to take its low-fare and hassle-free service to more customers and enable stronger connectivity,” a spokesman for the airline says.

NEW DELHI — Pilatus plans to establish a manufacturing facility in India, as the country looks at acquiring more aircraft from the Swiss aircraft maker. The facility will initially manufacture airframes for its single-engine turboprop PC-12 aircraft. “This will be our third support facility for PC-12 aircraft, the other two being in Portugal and Poland. It will be part of our offset commitment in India,” says Pilatus Vice President Jim Roche. Plans call for shipping the airframes to Switzerland for final assembly.

NEW DELHI — India is in the final stages of developing a guided bomb and is likely to deploy the indigenously made kit on its fighter aircraft by the end of 2014. Developed by India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), the “glide bombs” are designed to improve the accuracy of air-to-ground bombing by the Indian air force (IAF). Several tests have been performed both through simulation and flight tests over the last few years to reach the required performance levels of precision attacks, Ravi Gupta, DRDO spokesman, tells Aviation Week.