Indian Air Force (IAF) Archives - Page 22 of 25

Naval Commanders Conference to Discuss Ways to Enhance Combat Potential of Navy

Admin - October 21, 2019

New Delhi. The deliberation of the second edition of Naval Commanders' Conference 2019 will the contemporary security paradigms while seeking ways to enhance the combat potential of the Indian Navy (IN) and to make...

Bengaluru to form Backbone for Swedish Company SAAB

Admin - October 18, 2019

Bengaluru. The capital of Karnataka would be the backbone for the Swedish armament manufacturer SAAB for the Gripen, a light single-engine multi-role fighter aircraft offered to the Indian Air Force. “I would like to emphasise...

Top Army Commanders Discuss Synergy Between Services

Admin - October 17, 2019

New Delhi. Months after the announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the creation of a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) with overall charge of the three Service, top commanders of the Army deliberated...

Indian and Oman Air Force to have Four-day Joint Exercise Later this Month

Admin - October 16, 2019

New Delhi. The Air Forces of India and Oman are slated to have a four day joint Exercise, Eastern Bridge-V, later this month which is to deepen and consolidate military ties between the two...

Put Square Pegs in Square Holes

Admiral Arun Prakash - October 13, 2019

It is indeed very much the need of the hour for India to have a Beaverbrook considering that top officers of the Armed Forces and other security experts keep talking of a two-front war...

HTT-40 completes successfully six-turn spin test

Admin - October 4, 2019

New Delhi: In yet another feather in its cap, State-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) does it again with HTT-40 (Basic trainer aircraft) successfully completing critical six-turn spin test capability and is going to seek...

Indian Army to Hold Seminar on Artificial Intelligence on September 25

Admin - September 23, 2019

New Delhi: With artificial intelligence emerging as an important area which could well change the nature of future military warfare, Indian Army is holding a first-of-its-kind thematic seminar on the subject at the Hisar...

DRDO Successfully Tested BVRAAM ‘Astra’

Admin - September 19, 2019

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...

Fortnight Long Indo-Thai Army Joint Exercise Begins in Meghalaya Sep 23

Admin - September 18, 2019

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...

Indian Army’s Mountain Strike Corps, Indian Air Force to Carry out War

Admin - September 12, 2019

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...

Private Sector Gets Boost in Defence Industry

Admin - September 9, 2019

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,...

WAC Commanders’ Conference Concludes

Admin - September 6, 2019

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...

Pricing Issue for LCA Settled says DGA

Admin - September 5, 2019

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...