Tag: Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)
HAL Conducts First Flight for FOC of LCA Tejas
New Delhi: In a major development for the indigenously-developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on March 17 conducted first flight for final operational clearance (FOC) standard […]
Government Adopts Two-pronged Strategy to Meet IAF Aircraft Shortage
New Delhi: In a move to overcome the shortage of fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF), the government has adopted a two-pronged strategy of midlife upgradation of existing […]
CDS Says India to Stagger Purchase of Fighter Jets
New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat said India will stagger the purchase of new foreign fighter jets for the Indian Air Force (IAF) in a move […]
UPEIDA Signs MoU with DRDO to Boost Development of UP Defence Corridor
Lucknow: In a big push to the state defence corridor, Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for knowledge partnership with Defence Research & […]
Sukhoi with Brahmos All Set to be Inducted at Thanjavur Airbase
New Delhi: The newly reinstated 222 Tigersharks Squadron of the Indian Air Force in Thanjavur gets ready to induct Sukhoi 30-MKI fighter aircraft equipped with BrahMos missile and will be […]
Maritime Economy Target US$250 billion by 2024, Says Defence Secretary
New Delhi: Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar has said with the country aiming to become a US$5 trillion economy by 2024, maritime economy is being targeted at US$ 250 billion […]
HAL Unlikely to Get Chopper But Mega Order for 83 LCA
New Delhi: Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) may not get Rs 21,000-crore project to manufacture naval helicopters which has been reserved for the private sector but […]
LCA Navy Successfully Makes Arrested Landing on INS Vikramaditya
New Delhi. After completing extensive trials on the Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF), Naval version of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) successfully made an arrested landing onboard INS Vikramaditya at 1002 […]
MoD Negotiates with HAL to Lower Down Price of 83 LCA by Rs 10,000
New Delhi: The Defence Ministry’s finance wing along with the Indian Air Force (IAF) through tough bargaining with Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) brought down the […]
India’s DRDO Scores Another First with Successful Night Time “Arrested Landing” of LCA by Navy
New Delhi. India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scored another first with the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) carrying out a successful nighttime “arrested landing” by the Indian Navy at […]
CCS Approval for Purchase of Airbus C-295 Transport Aircraft Initiated
New Delhi: The process for approval by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been set in motion with the resolution of technical issues […]
Let Them Take Flight
All major aerospace powers have possessed the capability to design airframes as well as power-plants and till such time that India can design and produce its own aero-engines, the performance […]
Flying into the Fifth Generation Future: How India’s Stealth Fighter is Taking Shape
Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Bhadauria’s statement that the advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA) has been given the go-ahead and that no imports of fifth generation fighter aircraft are planned indicates […]
IAF to Ink deal for 83 Tejas LCA from HAL
New Delhi. Negotiations on price are almost completed and the Indian Air Force (IAF) is likely to ink a deal with Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) for acquiring 83 Tejas Light […]
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Stresses on Indigenisation of Equipment
New Delhi. Keeping up the government’s aim of indigenisation in manufacture of defence equipment and the focus on Make in India, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asked scientists in the Defence […]
Aim for Systems with Technologies Which Remain Contemporary for Next 10-15 Years: DefMin
New Delhi. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has asked Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to aim for the systems with technologies that should remain contemporary for next 10-15 years so […]
IAF Chief makes case for indigenous 5th generation fighter, says chopper shot down by “mistake”
New Delhi: Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria made a strong case for indigenise production of Fifth generation fighter aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) saying there […]
Brahmos with 65% indigenous parts successfully test fired
New Delhi: BrahMos, the world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile, was successfully test-fired in Odisha’s Balasore district on September 30. The biggest benefit of the test which met all flight parameters […]