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  New Delhi. The naval variant of the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas became the first aircraft in India to successfully perform an "arrested landing", in what is being billed as a major step...

New Delhi: With the opening of Indian defence sector, Swedish defence major Saab is planning to hold meetings with Indian companies next month to develop ecosystem in the country for manufacturing multi-role fighter aircraft,...

New Delhi: In a move aimed at keeping the armed forces in a state of preparedness, more than 5,000 troops of the Indian Army's only Mountain Strike Corps will carry out a massive war...

  Ambala. A Resurrection ceremony for 17 Squadron of the Indian Air Force, the Squadron which is soon going to well-equipped with state of the art French Rafale fighter aircraft, was held at Air Force...

  New Delhi. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will receive the first Indian Rafale combat aircraft in France on October 8. The aircraft manufactured by French firm Dassault Aviation will come to India only next year. "October...

New Delhi. In a major boost to Indian private defence industry, state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has outsourced works on the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mark 1A to companies like Larsen and Toubro,...

  New Delhi. With increasing threat perceptions on two fronts, the Government September five cleared the procurement of six squadrons of the indigenous Akash air defence missile systems worth Rs 5,000 crore to boost to...

  Anápolis, (Brazil). Embraer delivered to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) the first multi-mission airlift KC-390 at a ceremony held at Anápolis Air Base, in the mid-western state of Goiás, starting preparations for the aircraft’s...

  New Delhi. In a boost to Naval air arm, India is set to go ahead with a $3.1 billion deal with the US to acquire ten Boeing P-8I patrol aircraft with the Navy already...

  New Delhi. Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa on September 2 flew a MiG-21 sortie with Wg Cdr Abhinandan Varthaman from Pathankot air base. The flight lasted 30 minutes. Wing Cdr Varthaman...

  Moscow. Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation), Gazprombank Leasing and Norilsk Avia (part of Norilsk Nickel group) signed a contract to supply 10 multipurpose Mi-8AMT helicopters during the International Aviation and...

  New Delhi. In a boost to the current and future strategic airlift capability of the Indian Air Force (IAF), it got the 11th C-17 Globemaster III. This is a premier transport aircraft which is huge,...

New Delhi. Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh says Navy needs an "assured" budgetary support to build its capability while spelling out the challenges in realising the maritime potential of the country. He said allocation to...