India Air Force (IAF)

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has invested enormous efforts into phased indigenisation of license-manufactured products. This has come at considerable cost, but it has meant that license-production in India is not mere assembly but involves...

New Delhi: With the government y come under fire over the Defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for borrowing Rs 1,000 crore from banks in an unprecedented move for paying staff salaries and routine...

  Narendra Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister who has allowed the armed forces a free hand while dealing with Pakistan. For the first time since Independence, India has started responding to Islamabad’s terror...

  New Delhi. Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief and Chairman Chief of Staff Committee (COSC) Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa launched the upgraded 3D Air Combat Mobile Game “Indian Air Force: A Cut Above” at...

  New Delhi. There is a shortage of 9427 officers in the three armed forces – Army (7399), Navy (1545) and Air Force (483) while it is 68,864 in Personnel Below Officers Rank (PBOR) with...

New Delhi. In a boost to cadets of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) and encourage youth to join the armed forces, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved the increase in the number of awards given...

The US has a new command called the Army Futures Command which aims to modernise the Army. It had six priorities- long range precision fire, next generation combat vehicle, future vertical lift platforms, a...

  New Delhi. Indian Air Force will induct the first four AH-64E (I) Apache helicopters ahead of Independence day next month with the US based aerospace giant Boeing having delivered four of these machines and...

New Delhi. A total of 1,76,255 personnel of the three wings of the Armed Forces retired during the three years 2016 to 2018 with the maximum being from the Army 1,43,696 while 17,502 retired...

  New Delhi. In a move to boost communications between its warships, aircraft and shore-based units, the Indian Navy has placed an order worth Rs 1,589 crore with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for...

Bengaluru. With immense potential for the industrial growth of defence and aerospace (both civil and military) and the imperative need for meeting the financial needs for mega aviation projects in India, it is important...

  New Delhi: In a major development, the Defence Ministry has banned for a year the Swiss firm Pilatus, which has supplied the bulk of trainer aircraft currently in operation with the Indian Air Force...

  New Delhi. Expressing confidence in the ability of the Indian Air Force (IAF), Air Chief , Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa said that it was prepared for dealing from skirmishes to a full-scale war. Speaking...