Tejas MK1A takes maiden flight at HAL facility in Bengaluru

New Delhi: India’s most advanced home-produced fighter jet, the light combat aircraft Tejas Mk1A, took to the skies for the first time at a Hindustan Aeronautics Limited facility in Bengaluru, on Thursday. HAL said the aircraft successfully com...

DAC gives nod to procure weapons worth ₹2.23 lakh crore for Indian armed forces

An Indian advanced towed-gun system during trials. (Photo: DRDO) New Delhi: The defence minister, Rajnath Singh-headed Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) gave the acceptance of necessity (AoN) for procurement of defence platforms, including LCA T...

Indian Air Force deputy chief Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit reviews indigenous combat aircraft projects

Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit on Tejas Trainer-01 at National Flight Test Centre, Bengaluru, on June 15, 2023. (Photo by special arrangement.)New Delhi: The deputy chief of the Indian Air Force, Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, visited the National Flight Te...

All remaining Indian Air Force MiG-21 fighters grounded, marks end of a long, glorious, and controversial service record

An Indian Air Force MiG-21. (File photo)New Delhi: The Indian Air Force has grounded all its remaining MiG-21 fighter jets, India Sentinels has learned. This development comes within days of a MiG-21 crash in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district. T...

Starting from LCA Tejas, Uttam AESA radars to be fitted into all Indian Air Force and Indian Navy fighter planes in two years

A display of an Uttam radar fitted on a transparent nose cone of Tejas. (Photo via Twitter)Bengaluru: The Defence Research and Development Organization said all Indian Air Force and Indian Navy fighter jets will be equipped with the indigenously desi...

Air Force and HAL to sign mega LCA Tejas deal worth ₹48,000 crore

LCA Tejas.New Delhi: The Indian Air Force and the state-owned aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited will sign a mega deal crore for 73 Light Combat Aircraft Tejas Mk-1A and 10 LCA Tejas Mk-1 trainer jets. The deal would be worth ₹48,000 ...