Indian Air Force (IAF)

  New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) ‘Astra’ from Su-30 MKI platform off the coast of Chandipur, Odisha. The trials were held over...

New Delhi: The fortnight long annual bilateral military exercise of India and Thailand MAITREE-2019 begins at Umroi in Meghalaya on September 23. The annual bilateral joint exercise aims at the training of troops in Counter-Terrorism...

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...

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. Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal B.S. Dhanoa September 6 emphasized on the need to maintain a very high level of operational orientation and preparedness and exhorted Commanders to revise their operational...

  New Delhi. The pricing issue for 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)-Mk1A, which is to be manufactured by Defence Public Sector Undertaking (PSU), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), has been finalised and the contract could be...

  New Delhi. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved some measures for re-organisation of Army Headquarters based on a detailed internal study conducted by the Army Headquarters. Among the various steps approved by the minister...

  New Delhi. It was indeed ironical when the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa said that the Indian Air Force is still flying 44-year-old MiG-21 fighter jets when no one even...

  New Delhi. With the government increasingly focusing on “Make in India”, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh emphasised on the need to progressively reduce dependence on foreign manufacturers and indigenously develop comprehensive capabilities in the defence...

  New Delhi: Defenc PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has made a bid for manufacturing four additional squadrons of the Su-30 MKI jets to strengthen the Indian Air Force which appears to be only keen...

  New Delhi. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh paid homage to the martyrs at the National War Memorial (NWM) on the occasion of 20th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas in New Delhi on July 26. The Defence...

New Delhi. In a touching gesture, a former Indian Air Force (IAF) Airman donated Rs 1.08 crore to the Defence Ministry, saying that he wanted to give back to the armed forces what he...

New Delhi. Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa PVSM AVSM YSM VM ADC, Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) and Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Indian Air Force (IAF) is embarking on...