The wheels are in motion and the Indian Air Force’s official files proposing the procurement of 114 Rafale fighters (and, in effect, ending the pursuit […]
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A year after India signed a $3.8 billion deal for 31 U.S.-built MQ-9B Sea/SkyGuardian drones for the armed forces, a potential procurement of 87 more
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In a major push to accelerate India’s next-generation stealth air combat capability, the government is preparing to shortlist two private companies to co-develop and co-produce
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At an Indian Air Force seminar in Subroto Park on Tuesday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh used the hard-won lessons of Operation Sindoor, India’s large-scale punitive
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After 62 years, across wars, variants and uninterrupted service, the Indian Air Force retired the last of its MiG-21 fighter interceptors last week. And coinciding
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India’s most ambitious military aviation program, the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), is entering a new chapter. Hopefully. India’s dominant military airframer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has fired off a strongly worded public clarification, lashing out at “so-called defence analysts,” “former pilots,” and even “arm-chair critics” for
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In the wake of a SECRET report submitted by the Defence Secretary to the Ministry of Defence (MoD), outlining urgent recommendations to address the Indian
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By Commander YP Marathe, NM, Retd Having flown HAL produced helicopters right from 1989 till I retired 2008, I have had first-hand experience of the
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In modern aerial warfare, the ability to strike first and strike decisively defines the outcome of battles. The race for air superiority is no longer
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