IAF plans to order 50 more LCA Mk1A jets
Battling its notorious and long-spiralling depletion in fighter aircraft squadron strength, the Indian Air Force is is believed to have firmed up plans to order …
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Indian Navy Greenflags Rafale In Deck Jet Contest
French firm Dassault Aviation is gathering big momentum towards an Indian Navy contract for 26 Rafale-M naval fighters intended for operations off the deck of …
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HISTORY! Indian Fighter Lands On Indian Aircraft Carrier
In a landing/take-off cycle that goes straight into the aviation history books, an Indian-built fighter today landed and then launched for the first time from …
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Ready In All Respects, $5.2 Billion Order For 83 LCAs By December
A long awaited $5.2 billion contract for 83 indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk.1A jets is ready in all respects and is likely to …
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This Month, HAL’s Intermediate Jet Trainer Gets Final Shot
Four years after failed spin trials brought the aircraft program to a halt, HAL’s HJT-36 Sitara intermediate jet trainer (IJT) will restart a crucial set …
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Bid To Choose Pvt Partner In India’s 5th Gen Fighter JV Begins
Never before has an Indian private sector company been offered the opportunity to be an equal partner in a military aviation project. Military aircraft development …
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Finally, Decks Cleared For $5.2 Billion LCA Tejas Fighter Order
And it’s done! Phew. In what will be the biggest, and most industrially crucial contract for indigenous aviation, the Indian MoD today cleared the decks …
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Your Day Needs These Onboard Videos Of The N-LCA Deck Launch
With two prototypes, the N-LCA test crew has been churning out sorties from on board INS Vikramaditya. Starting with a historic arrested landing on January …
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HISTORY: India’s LCA Makes 1st Landing On Aircraft Carrier Deck
Making it the first homegrown aircraft to land on an aircraft carrier deck, a prototype of the naval Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) ‘trapped’ on the …
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India’s DRDO Forced To Ditch LCA Navy Mk2 For Cleansheet Twin-Engine Jet Design
A new twin-engine naval fighter design proposal is taking shape at India’s principal combat aircraft design house in Bengaluru to supply the Indian Navy with …
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