Tag: Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)
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 […]
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 […]
Indigenous Fighter Aircraft Completes Full Cycle from Aircraft Carrier
New Delhi. Technology in Defence took a major step forward when indigenous aircraft LCA Naval Prototype-2 on September 29 launched off the ski jump at 1621 hours and subsequently “trapped” […]
DRDO Stresses on Indigenous Defence Production
Shillong: There is a need to improve indigenous defence production emphasised Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman G Satheesh Reddy in Shillong on September 28 saying that the country […]
LCA to Graduate to Next Level with OBOX
New Delhi: In yet another feather in its cap, the indigenously-built Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas will be graduating to the next level with the installation of the On-board Oxygen […]
Lockheed Martin Congratulates Defence Establishment on “Arrest Landing”
New Delhi. American aerospace giant Lockheed Martin congratulated the Indian defense establishment for carrying out a successful “arrest landing” of India’s indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, saying that the […]
LCA (Navy): Love at First Trap!
Recall the old proverb: ‘success has many fathers. Defeat is an orphan’. Nowhere does it ring as true as in aviation. Here, you are only as good as your last […]
Defence Minister Makes History Flying in LCA Tejas as First Minister
New Delhi: It was “thrilling and special” what Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who scripted history September 19 by becoming the first Defence Minister to fly the fourth-generation indigenously built Light […]
Defence Minister to Fly in Tejas on September 28
New Delhi: It will be a day in the air and a day at sea for Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who on September 28 will be taking a close look […]
Naval Variant of Indigenous LCA Performs Successful “Arrested Landing”
New Delhi. The naval variant of the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas became the first aircraft in India to successfully perform an “arrested landing”, in what is being billed […]
Adani submits last minute bid for submarine project
New Delhi: Top industry major Adani Group has made a last-minute entry for the Rs 4,500 crore Indian Navy submarine project by submitting a bid which has taken other contenders […]
Private Sector Gets Boost in Defence Industry
New Delhi. In a major boost to Indian private defence industry, state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has outsourced works on the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mark 1A to companies […]