IAF may acquire more ‘Heron TP’ and ‘Predator B’ Armed Drones
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is going in for a change in its unmanned arsenal. Two types of armed drones with capability to carry missiles are being finalised. The IAF is looking at the...
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Next stop for Naval LCA is Aircraft Carrier INS Vikramaditya
In the coming months from now, one of India’s most ambitious fighter aircraft development programmes will land on an actual Aircraft Carrier. The government, which has already spent Rs. 3,500 crore to develop the...
India’s Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft Programme Gathers Steam With New Developments
With the Indian Air Force (IAF) making it clear that it is looking for a homegrown solution for its fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) requirement, the Aeronautical Development Agency’s (ADA’s) Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft...
India’s air defence upgrades are eroding Pakistan’s offensive capability
Through its deployment of land-attack cruise missiles (LACM) and various ballistic missiles, Pakistan stated that it is maintaining “minimum credible deterrence.” However, while that might be accurate in terms of its nuclear deployment capability,...
C-295 transport plane clears cost negotiations
The Defence Ministry has concluded cost negotiations with Tata and Airbus for the purchase of Airbus C-295 transport aircraft as part of the long-delayed Avro replacement programme of the Indian Air Force (IAF). “Cost...
DRDO Bets Big On Indigenous Capabilities
The Government aims to take the Indian economy to $10 trillion by 2030, and it believes, the defence is one of the sectors that can help in contributing towards this. Echoing the same views,...
Short of fighter planes, Air Force wants HAL to hasten production
Faced with a depleting jet fleet, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has suggested to the government that it needed a speedier ‘make in India’ by public sector giant Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. Over the next...
India’s Muscular Diplomacy
He speaks fluent Mandarin, Russian, Hungarian, Japanese, Tamil, Hindi and English, has a Japanese wife and a legendary father, K Subrahmanyam, who formulated India’s nuclear doctrine. It’s no surprise that since his induction as...
Will help maintain T-90, Sukhoi arsenal: Russia
Russia on Wednesday agreed to India’s request to constitute specific teams to ensure proper maintenance support and supply of spares for crucial weapon platforms, ranging from the S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems to Sukhoi-30MKI...
Netra AEW&C – India’s battle proven ‘Eye in the Sky’
Netra is developed by India’s DRDO and it was the operational brain during February 2019 Anti-terror airstrikes that guided the Indian Air Force Mirage 2000-5 fighters as they flew towards Pakistan’s Balakot, 80 km...
