Giant Super Tejas revealed: Our analysis
The Tejas effort to create an indigenous fighter for India took a dramatic turn with last week’s reveal of a plan for a twin-engined variant with twice the thrust and almost doubled weight. The...
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India’s plans for the Reaper drone and the Hellfire missile that killed Soleimani
The MQ-9 Reaper drone and the Hellfire missile: One a high-flying, silent and deadly unmanned aircraft that made its first appearance in 2001, the other a staple missile of US military aircraft since the...
HAL on a war-footing to roll out 4 new Tejas variants in 3 months
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) is targeting to roll out the first four Final Operational Clearance (FOC) variants of Light Combat Aircraft Tejas in the next 3 months. This will bear the series production numbers...
National Aerospace Laboratory wants govt. push for Saras Mk2 takeoff
The government needs to be the “launch customer” to make Saras Mk2 commercially viable, the National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL), which has developed the first indigenous light transport aircraft, told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on...
Pak ditches Iran, extends tacit support to US for resumption in military cooperation: Report
Pakistan has extended tacit support to the United States over its action against Iran earlier this week in exchange for the resumption of military cooperation with Washington, in a move that led to the...
TEDBF :- Indian Navy Futuristic Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter
In twelve years from now, a twin engine variant of India’s Tejas fighter could start replacing Russian built MiG-29K jets deployed on board the Indian Navy’s aircraft carriers INS Vikramaditya and Vikrant which is...
Air Force set to get Airbus 330 warning systems
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) last month cleared a Rs 9,000 crore joint proposal of the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force to purchase two Airbus 330s and convert...
Agni-V ICBM could enter in service in 2020
The latest generation of Indian-made nuclear-capable ICBM InterContinental Ballistic Missile Agni-V could enter in service in 2020 after a few additional firing tests. On December 10, 2018, India has successfully test-fired its ICBM Agni-V,...
Defence in 2019: Balakot Air Strikes, CDS and military modernisation
India’s doctrinal policy shift in combating terror by carrying out the Balakot air strikes inside Pakistan, appointment of a Chief of Defence Staff and hastening work on military modernisation marked a new beginning in...
ORCA Twin Engine :- India’s Next Gen Plane Render Revealed
Harsh Vardhan Thakur, Test Pilot with HAL greeted his followers on occasion of New Year along with a render of fighter aircraft from his Twitter account what seems to be a first official render...