India Air Force (IAF)

New Delhi: Five capital acquisition proposals worth over Rs 21,772 crore were accorded acceptance of necessity (AoN) by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), under the chairmanship of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on December 3,...

New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is advancing its missile capabilities with the development of the Astra MK-IV, a brand new Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) aimed at countering enemy fifth-generation...

New Delhi: In a step forward for advanced pilot training, the Indian Air Force (IAF) inaugurated a C-295 full-motion simulator (FMS) at the Air Force Station, Agra. The simulator, unveiled by Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...