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...
S Jaishankar along with ambassadors from African Union launch the logo, theme and website of 4th India Africa Forum Summit. (Photo: MEA)New Delhi: India and the African Union have jointly agreed to postpone the fourth India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS ...
New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday successfully conducted the maiden flight-trial of the tactical advanced range augmentation (TARA) weapon system off the coast of Odish...
New Delhi: Marking a significant step in India's push for defence self-reliance in the defence sector, Europe's largest missile manufacturer MBDA on Wednesday inked an agreement with the Indian Air Force (IAF) to establish a domestic maintena...
A Sukhoi-30MKI landing on a stretch of the Purvanchal Expressway in UP’s Sultanpur. (Photo: IAF)New Delhi/Sultanpur (UP): The Indian Air Force has carried out emergency landing drills on the Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultan...
An Indian Air Force MiG-29.New Delhi: The Indian Air Force is set to integrate the British-developed advanced short range air-to-air missile (ASRAAM) onto its fleet of Russian-origin MiG-29UPG fighters. This move is aimed to sharpen the service&rsquo...
An IAF Chinook helicopter carrying an Indian Army M-777 howitzer gun during Exercise Vayu Shakti – 2026. (India Sentinels photo)Pokhran: The skies over Pokhran in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district turned into a simulated battlespace on Frida...