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...
Capt Bharat Bhardwaj proposing to his fiancée Arushi. (Viral photo via X)New Delhi: At the Combat Army Aviation Training School (CAATS) in Nashik, Army Aviation Corps pilot Captain Bharat Bhardwaj did something on Tuesday that no regulation ma...
HTT-40 trainer aircraft (File photo)New Delhi: A United States aerospace firm – Honeywell – has finally begun delivering engines for India’s indigenous basic trainer aircraft after prolonged supply chain disruptions, but the de...
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 ...
Squadron Leader Anuj Vashisth and Flight Lieutenant Purvesh Duragkar (Photo: IAF)New Delhi: An Indian Air Force Sukhoi-30MKI went down in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Thursday, killing both pilots aboard.The aircraft had departed Jorhat Air ...
An early prototype of Su-57. (Photo: Wikipedia/Creative Commons)New Delhi: The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is evaluating a landmark partnership with Russia’s Sukhoi Design Bureau to manufacture the Sukhoi-57E (Su-57E) “Felon” fift...
An Indian Air Force Tejas-MK1 (File photo)New Delhi: The Indian Air Force has expressed serious reservations about Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s capacity to deliver the first batch of Light Combat Aircraft Tejas-Mk1A fighters by the revised d...
Pragya Thakur (R) and Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit.Mumbai/New Delhi: A special National Investigation Agency court in Mumbai acquitted all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case, on Thursday. This puts an end to a 17-year legal saga tha...
An Indian Air Force MiG-21 Bison. (File photo)New Delhi: The Indian Air Force’s remaining MiG-21 Bison squadrons will be decommissioned by mid-September, defence officials said on Tuesday. This will bring the curtains down on the longest-servin...
HAL receives first centre fuselage assembly for LCA Mk1A (Photo: HAL)Bengaluru: In a significant boost to India’s indigenous defence manufacturing capabilities, state-owned plane maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) received the first cent...