NEW DELHI — A request for proposals for a wargaming center for the Indian air force (IAF) is expected in the last quarter of this year, according to Boeing, one of the likely competitors. Boeing responded to India’s request for information (RFI) issued late last year, says Eugene Beckles, senior managing director for international strategic development and experimentation at Boeing Phantom Works. According to the RFI, the center should be capable of simulations at the strategic and operational levels in collaboration with other security agencies.
NEW DELHI — Aviation trials of India’s second aircraft carrier are set to begin soon in anticipation of the refurbished Russian carrier’s induction into India’s navy on Dec. 4. The “aviation facilities complex trials” of the 45,000-ton, 284-meter (932-ft.) long INS Vikramaditya, formerly the Russian Kiev-class Admiral Gorshkov, will begin before mid-August in the Barents Sea, off Russia, a naval official says.
