Indian Air Force

28 May 2018

The 'Triumf' interceptor-based missile system can destroy incoming hostile aircraft, missiles and even drones at ranges of up to 400 km and is most advanced long-range surface-to-air missile defence system with Russia

11 May 2018

30 Apr 2018

20 Apr 2018

17 Apr 2018

The integrated land-air-sea combat exercise, Gagan Shakti 2018, with 1,150 fighter aircraft, helicopters and drones and over 15,000 IAF personnel participating, is being carried out with active participation of the Army and the Navy in a pan-India format

07 Apr 2018

07 Apr 2018

A number of fighter jets, including the Eurofighter Typhoon, Lockheed`s F-16, Saab’s Gripen and Russian aircraft MiG-35 are expected to vie for the contract worth over $15 billion that allows makers of both single engine and twin-engine combat jets to participate

17 Mar 2018

Until recently, Lockheed Martin’s F-16 and Saab’s Gripen were in a two-horse race supply at least 100 single-engine jets to the Indian Air Force. But the government has now reportedly asked the IAF to also evaluate Boeing’s twin-engine F/A-18 Super Hornet

24 Feb 2018

China has deployed its Chengdu J-10 Vigorous Dragon multirole fighters and Shenyang J-11, a modified version of the Soviet Sukhoi Su-27, air superiority fighters to counter India’s deployment of Su-30 MKI long-range fighters along the India-China border

19 Feb 2018

07 Feb 2018

06 Feb 2018

Boeing Co is in talks to sell its F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets to the Indian Navy, which is reviewing proposals for 57 jets – though several technical evaluation has yet to take place

05 Feb 2018

Chief of Staff of the US Air Force General David L Goldfein became the first foreign military chief to fly the indigenously developed Tejas single-seat, single-jet engine,  fourth-generation aircraft that can fly at 1,350 km per hour

21 Dec 2017

The 83 Tejas aircraft will be of Mark-1 configuration, an improved version of the single-engine fighter that is still in the design stage

22 Nov 2017

The 2.8-mach BrahMos, said to the world’s fastest anti-ship cruise missile, has a range of 290-km and its integration with an aircraft like Sukhoi is a big boost for India’s strike capabilities

22 Nov 2017

The 2.8-mach BrahMos, said to the world’s fastest anti-ship cruise missile, has a range of 290-km and its integration with an aircraft like Sukhoi is a big boost for India’s strike capabilities

04 Nov 2017

04 Nov 2017

24 Oct 2017

The IAF exercise, in collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh government, is the first on an expressway

06 Oct 2017

19 Sep 2017

While state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd had made planes under licence, some private players bidding for manufacturing collaboration are to start from scratch, according to commentators

19 Sep 2017

While state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd had made planes under licence, some private players bidding for manufacturing collaboration are to start from scratch, according to commentators

19 Sep 2017

While state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd had made planes under licence, some private players bidding for manufacturing collaboration are to start from scratch, according to commentators

18 Sep 2017

The national flag flew at half-mast at all government buildings in the national capital in honour of the iconic hero of the 1965 India-Pakistan war, who was the only IAF officer to be promoted to five-star rank

18 Sep 2017

The national flag flew at half-mast at all government buildings in the national capital in honour of the iconic hero of the 1965 India-Pakistan war, who was the only IAF officer to be promoted to five-star rank