Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has fired off a strongly worded public clarification, lashing out at “so-called defence analysts,” “former pilots,” and even “arm-chair critics” for what it calls ...

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 ...

What makes the LUH indispensable is its unique suitability for high-altitude operations, which are crucial for India’s military deployments in regions like Ladakh and Siachen. Unlike foreign ...

Delays in the delivery of India's Tejas Mk1A fighters, a flashpoint that hit newspaper front pages this month, has informed a vast public beyond the Indian Air Force, MoD planners and defence ...

By Commander YASHODHAN MARATHE (Retd.) The heart-wrenching sight of the smoke billowing from the crashed Indian Coast Guard (ICG) helicopter at Porbandar on January 5th, 2025 brought back to my mind ...

Photo: Angad Singh After years of uncertainty and near abandonment, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has successfully resurrected its intermediate jet trainer, the HJT-36 Sitara, rebranded last ...

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 ...

When President Donald Trump declared yesterday that the U.S. was “paving the way to ultimately provide India the F-35 stealth fighters”, he changed two decades of history in the India-US defence trade ...

Four Tejas Mk1A fighters flew at the Aero India 2025 show that kicked off in Bengaluru today signaling the homegrown fighter’s upgraded variant is headed into Indian Air Force service soon. Flown in a ...

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 ...

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 ...

In his first phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after assuming the presidency for a second time, Donald Trump wasted no time in pushing for increased weapons sales, urging India to expand ...