India Air Force (IAF)

Indian Space Command to Meet Futuristic Challenges

Modern day warfare has been witnessing an exponential use of space enabled capabilities to support conventional warfare. For the armed forces, space-based Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT), Meteorology and...

Rejuvenating India’s Defence Partnership with Japan, South Korea and ASEAN

India’s Act East Policy for the Southeast Asian and East Asian countries is pursued bilaterally and multilaterally to promote regionalism and maintain regional order and security. As a rising global power, India is strategically...

IAF and Its Strategic Choices

The Indian Air Force, one of the world’s largest and oldest Air Forces, completes 92 years of glorious service to the nation on the 8th of October this year. As the new CAS (Chief...

Why is HB Report on 1962 War Not Being Declassified?

Did the HB Report on the 1962 war suggest the war might have been triggered by India provoking China through its ‘Forward Policy’ launched in 1954? Under this policy, Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru...

Under New Contract, HAL Delivers First AL-31FP Engine of Su 30MKI to IAF

Bengaluru: The first AL-31FP Aero Engine, manufactured under the 240 engine contract, was handed over to the Indian Air Force by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at Koraput in Odisha. Bengaluru-headquartered Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in a...

Request For Information to Procure 6 AEW&C for IAF Issued by Defence Ministry

New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence has issued a request for information (RFI) to procure six Airborne Early Warning and Control Systems (AEW&C), along with associated ground equipment for the Indian Air Force. The offer,...

Tejas Engine Delay: Starting November, GE Assures Delivery Under New Schedule

Jodhpur: American engine maker General Electric (GE) has assured India of a fresh delivery schedule, starting November this year, for the F404-IN20 engines that will power the country’s Tejas MK-1A aircraft. Media reports quoting sources...

Touching Lives, Touching the Moon: India’s Space

India will celebrate the National Space Day on August 23, 2024 for the first time, to mark India’s historic feat of soft landing the Vikram Lander and deploying the Pragyaan rover on the lunar...

Tarang Shakti 2024: The Largest Multilateral Air Exercise Hosted by the IAF

For the last ten days, the skies above Sulur, Tamil Nadu were abuzz with the roar of fighter aircraft, including Eurofighter Typhoons, French Rafales, and India’s own LCA Tejas. These fighter aircrafts were participating...

Strategic Push: Dassault Aviation to Acquire Land for MRO Facility, Strengthen Rafale’s India Operations

New Delhi: Giving a strategic push to its India operations, Dassault Aviation SA is in the process of acquiring land near Jewar international airport for a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility for India’s...

P-8I Poseidon – Indian Navy’s Versatile Long Range Maritime Patrol (LRMP) Aircraft

The P-8I Poseidon long-range maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft is the Indian Navy’s backbone for anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare (ASuW), as well as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. One of the most...

Could India Match China Militarily by 2047?

Usually, a comparison is made between China and India, based on several factors such as proximity to each other, and both’s ambition to be seen as the regional power and ultimately a global super...

Indigenous Long-Range Cruise Missile ‘Nirbhay’ Successfully Test-Fired

New Delhi. On April 18, India successfully test-fired the long-range indigenous Nirbhay cruise missile off the Odisha coast. Also known as Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile (ITCM), Nirbhay is equipped with an indigenous propulsion system and the...
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