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Tejas’ Most Heavyweight Backer Straps In
India’s Tejas fighter program, already in a steady slipstream of service and onward development, got some very welcome thrust today when India’s prime minister Narendra Modi strapped in for a back-seat sortie in the homegrown combat jet. With two squadrons…
Tejas Squadrons Forward Deployed Next?
This picture of an Indian Air Force Tejas fighter at the Awantipur air force station in Jammu & Kashmir has rekindled speculation that new squadrons of the homegrown combat jet could next find a home at forward bases close to…
A330 AWACS Plan Shelved, India To Go Narrow Body
Eight years after they began, India has dropped plans to develop a homegrown AWACS (airborne warning and control system) capability around the Airbus A330 platform and has decided to focus all energies around the A321. Less than two years after…
Delays Endless, Now Indian Army Wants To LEASE Light Helicopters
In the latest chapter of its stupefyingly endless quest for critically needed light helicopters, the Indian Army has just sent word officially out that it is looking to lease 20 light helicopters for the reconnaissance and surveillance role. The reason…