12 Days After Rudra Crash In Lake, Army Pilot’s Body Recovered
Twelve days after his Army Rudra helicopter crashed, the body of Lt Col Abheet Singh Batth was recovered from the wreck at the depth of nearly…
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Unprecedented, vicious oscillations, pilot fights blackout to save Su-30
An incredible tale of fighter pilot grit adds to increasing lore of Su-30 mid-air emergencies encountered over the years by Su-30 MKI pilots in the Indian…
1st Major LCA Tejas Mid-Air Scare Wins Pilot Shaurya Chakra
It is likely the first major mid-air emergency in India's in-service Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas squadron. The Indian government has decorated Wing Commander Varun Singh…
Air Force
India’s $3-billion ISTAR Takes Shape, MoD Clearance This Year
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…
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India’s Combat Teaming Drones Emerge At AeroIndia 2021
The Aero India show this week at the IAF's Yelahanka air base already has its core flavour nailed -- a mammoth and long-awaited deal for 83…
Air Force
Finally, Deal Cleared For LCA Tejas Mk.1A Fighters
We'd told you this deal would be signed by December 2020. Okay, so we're about two weeks off the mark, but finally, after months of procedural…
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Indian Army Hands Landmark $20-Mil Deal To Indian Drone-maker IdeaForge
In what can only be interpreted as the Indian Army choosing to closing the door firmly on foreign drone products that were inbound to meet a…
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Race Heats Up To Ready Indian AIP For Scorpene Submarines
Work has speeded up to ensure that a crucial piece of Indian equipment meets its deadline for the Indian Navy's fleet of Scorpene (Kalvari class) submarines.…
12 Years After Pitch To Indian Navy, Boeing ‘Ski-Jumps’ Super Hornet
It was in 2008 that Boeing officially communicated to the Indian Navy that F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters could operate off the (then under refurbishment) Admiral Gorshkov…
Aircraft And Helicopters
DRDO Cleared To Convert 6 Air India A320s Into IAF AEW Jets
It's the latest in India's meandering search for more airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft. Six Airbus A320 airliners operated by India's national carrier Air India will…
Aircraft And Helicopters
2 SeaGuardian Drones Arrive On Year-Long Lease With Indian Navy
Two U.S. General Atomics MQ-9B SeaGuardian intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance drones arrived at the Arakkonam naval air station in India's Tamil Nadu state earlier this month to boost the Indian…
‘We’ll Soon Double Speed Of Current BrahMos Missile’
On the back of a successful anti-ship test firing of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from Indian Navy destroyer INS Chennai on the Arabian Sea today,…