Army chief General Bipin Rawat flew the Tejas fighter jet during the Aero India 2019 show in Bengaluru. The Army chief described the Made-In-India combat jet as a ‘wonderful aircraft’ that will enhance the firepower of the Indian Air Force. General Rawat occupied the seat behind the pilot in the two-seater trainer variant of the Tejas, an indigenously built Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) and took to the skies above Yelahanka Air Force Station. (Hindustan Times)read more

India’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas has received the final operational clearance (FOC) from military aviation regulator Cemilac for induction into the Indian Air Force (IAF) as a weaponised fighter jet, said an official in Bengaluru on Wednesd... read more

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has said that his country sees an opportunity to invest as much as $100 billion in various sectors in India in the coming few years. Addressing a joint press conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the crown prince said his country had invested $44 billion since 2016 in India, when PM Modi had visited the country, and had benefitted from it.

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India’s rapidly aging fighter jets make it a lucrative potential prize for the likes of Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co. read more

Rafale fighter jet flew at a lower speed at the Aero India 2019 show that took off in Bengaluru on Wednesday. read more

In the Vayu Shakti exercise, the IAF showcased fire power capability of indigenously-developed platforms like Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) and efficacy of Akash surface-to-air missile and Astra air-to-air missil... read more

Between 2004 and 2015, the aircraft was often close to being ejected from IAF’s jet competition. read more

The Opposition, in particular the Congress, has underlined that not manufacturing the fighter planes in India was a national loss. The Congress party has accused the government of deliberately leaving HAL out of the deal. read more

CAG report on Rafale deal was tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday amid renewed attack on the Modi government over the 2016 defence contract. read more

The CAG report said the NDA government’s deal to purchase 36 Rafale aircraft saved money compared to the UPA’s deal to buy 126 fighter jets. read more

A MiG-27 aircraft out on a training mission crashed near the Pokharan range on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan around 6.10 pm on Tuesday. read more

Congress President Rahul Gandhi along with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress general secretary in-charge of east Uttar Pradesh and other senior leaders are seen during a roadshow, in Lucknow. “We will play on front foot not on back foot. Obviously, the aim is Lok Sabha polls, but I have told Priyanka and Scindia that the bigger aim is to win UP in 2022,” Rahul Gandhi said.

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An emotional poem penned by Abrol’s brother Sushant, posted on Facebook, states it is an “unforgiving” job to be a test pilot given the risks it posses. read more

The interim budget includes a capital outlay of \u20B91,08,248 crore for buying new weapons and systems at a time when the military has sharpened its focus on upgrading its capabilities with new fighter jets, submarines, artillery guns, missiles and other... read more

Saying that the truth of the Rafale deal can’t be hidden, Rahul Gandhi claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi can’t sleep comfortably at night and that he gets nightmares every time he sleeps. read more