GE F-414 jet engine (Photo: X)Two GE Aerospace engines – two programmes, two separate crises – have placed India’s indigenous fighter aviation ambitions under a degree of stress that is difficult to explain purely by market forces o...
Netra AEW&C. (Screenshot from IAF video.)New Delhi/Bengaluru: India’s indigenous airborne early warning programme reached a definitive milestone on Wednesday when the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) formally handed...
New Delhi: The defence ministry is considering invoking contractual penalty clauses against state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) over its failure to deliver a single Tejas Mk1A fighter jet to the Indian Air Force (IAF), more than two years...
Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit. (Photo: IDS)New Delhi: The government has appointed Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit the next vice-chief of the air staff (VCAS) of the Indian Air Force, placing one of the service’s most experienced fighter pilots and sen...
Rafale fighter jet (Photo: IAF)New Delhi: Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal AP Singh landed in France on Monday for a four-day visit as New Delhi formally triggered negotiations for 114 Rafale fighter jets – one of the largest defence ac...
New Delhi: The chief of the air staff, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, is expected to fly with the Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team (SKAT) on Tuesday, a symbolic gesture marking three decades since the Indian Air Force’s premier display squadron ...
An Indian Air Force Rafale fighter jet. (File photo)New Delhi: When France and India finalize what could become the largest arms deal in Indian history – the acquisition of 114 Rafale F4 jets under the MRFA (multi-role fighter aircraft) program...
An IAF Tejas. (File photo)New Delhi: Earlier this month, on the morning of February 7, a Tejas-Mk1 single-seat fighter of the Indian Air Force came to grief at a forward base along the country’s western front. The aircraft – returning fro...
An IAF Tejas fighter. (File photo for representation)New Delhi: In a bid to break the prolonged deadlock over the Tejas-Mk1A programme, the Indian Air Force and the Ministry of Defence have worked out a set of limited concessions for HAL, allowi...