New Delhi – India’s state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) has opened an electronics facility in the southern state of Kerala to produce advanced avionics for aircraft and helicopters. The $12 million factory is located in the Kasaragod district and will make airborne special purpose systems such as mission computers, display processors, and radar computers for Sukhoi Su-30s , MiG-27s and Light Combat Aircraft.

NEW DELHI – India’s defense research agency is preparing to test its ballistic interceptor missile this week, the country’s top scientist says. The Advanced Air Defense (AAD) interceptor, capable of destroying any hostile ballistic missile at low altitude, will blast off from Wheeler Island in India’s eastern state of Odisha, says Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) Director General V.K. Saraswat.

The Indian government, which to date has received more questions than serious responses to its foreign direct investment (FDI) proposal, is considering consulting airline operators about amending the two-month-old policy. While private airlines, such as Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines and SpiceJet, were elated at the government’s decision to open FDI, no foreign airline has shown any genuine interest or approached the government with a proposal, a civil ministry official said.