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By BIJU UTHUP Founding Project Director, GHATAK Building on the success of the LCA Tejas program, the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) embarked on a new frontier, setting its sights on the ...
In an ambitious, unprecedented move, the Indian Air Force is currently in the final stages of a move that could ruffle feathers in Russia — mating a British missile system with its Russian-origin ...
The aerial face-off over the LoC has only amplified the urgency with which the IAF needs to replace its MiG-21s with the ready-to-go LCA Tejas.
Photo: Angad Singh After years of uncertainty and near abandonment, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has successfully resurrected its intermediate jet trainer, the HJT-36 Sitara, rebranded last ...
The Indian government is all set to clear paperwork in the coming months to acquire a U.S. ISTAR (Intelligence Surveillance Targeting and Reconnaissance) battlefield and ground surveillance aircraft ...
Four Tejas Mk1A fighters flew at the Aero India 2025 show that kicked off in Bengaluru today signaling the homegrown fighter’s upgraded variant is headed into Indian Air Force service soon. Flown in a ...
HAL's Hawk-i test plane will fire its first weapon this April over the Bay of Bengal, the honour falling on the DRDO's Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon.
Seven years after India ordered 36 Rafale fighters for the Indian Air Force, advance clearances went through today to procure 26 naval versions of the French fighter for the Indian Navy. The Indian ...
After angry exchange between naval veterans and HAL, top test pilot responds in detail, calls for calm and unity of purpose.
An unreliable nav system that pilots refused to rely on. Zero precision attack capability. Very limited night attack capability. Execrable airborne LRU reliability levels. Degradation of auto weapon ...
By Commander YASHODHAN MARATHE (Retd.) The heart-wrenching sight of the smoke billowing from the crashed Indian Coast Guard (ICG) helicopter at Porbandar on January 5th, 2025 brought back to my mind ...
In a first of its kind procurement, the Indian Army has just awarded Bengaluru-based startup Newspace Research & Technologies a $15 million contract to supply 100 swarm drone units. The contract was ...