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By BIJU UTHUP Founding Project Director, GHATAK Building on the success of the LCA Tejas program, the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) embarked on a new frontier, setting its sights on the ...
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 be modified, integrated with ...
HAL's Hawk-i test plane will fire its first weapon this April over the Bay of Bengal, the honour falling on the DRDO's Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon.
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 surveillance aircraft ...
Having flown HAL produced helicopters right from 1989 till I retired 2008, I have had first-hand experience of the quality of their products, and I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment that ‘mazaa ...
Even as India’s dilemmas over its next manned fighter drastically deepen, even as the Indian government begins navigating the waters of a fresh Trump pitch of F-35 stealth fighters, a game changing ...
Nearly half a century after it chose to buy and build German Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) Type 209 submarines for its navy, India has down-selected a new generation submarine offering from the ...
An Raphe MPhibr MR-20 drone during trials in Leh, Ladakh What you’re looking at is the first public image of the Indian Army’s new cargo drone type, an MR-20, developed by Indian firm Raphe Mphibr.
Indian firearms firm SSS Defence has won a small but enormously significant deal with the Indian Army to upgrade a limited number of AK-47 frontline assault rifles.
Render of Abhimanyu by NewSpace | Edits by Livefist In what is easily the most significant deal between the Indian military and a local startup company, the Indian Navy has selected Bengaluru-based ...
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 India’s new aicraft carrier INS Vikrant.
As the Indian Air Force juggles the pressures of sub-optimal fighter squadron numbers and a looming decision on imports, much-needed official timeline clarity in India’s multiple homegrown fighter ...