In a move that could signal the end of one of the world's most protracted defence procurement sagas, the Indian Government is ...

The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) two-decade quest for mid-air refueling tankers may finally be moving past the stage of perennial ...

French firm Dassault Aviation is gathering big momentum towards an Indian Navy contract for 26 Rafale-M naval fighters intended for operations off the deck of India’s new aicraft carrier INS Vikrant.

I still remember that crisp Bengaluru morning of 4th January 2001—the day the Tejas first took to the skies. Twenty-five years have passed since that moment, yet it remains etched in my mind with the ...

That’s an Israeli Derby missile tearing off from an Indian Navy Sea Harrier as part of a clear separation test. Taken during the aircraft fleet’s ‘LUSH’ upgrade program, the picture popped up on ...

In a first of its kind procurement, the Indian Army has just awarded Bengaluru-based startup Newspace Research & Technologies a $15 million contract to supply 100 swarm drone units. The contract was ...

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 ...

It’s the latest in India’s meandering search for more airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft. Six Airbus A320 airliners operated by India’s national carrier Air India will be modified, integrated with ...

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 the struggles we had with HAL when I was ...

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 ...

An unprecedented decision taken in 2020 to develop India’s fifth generation fighter aircraft under a novel public-private partnership has remained stalled for well over three years, with no sign of ...

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 ...