India has long sought to maintain an air power advantage over its potential adversaries as a key aspect of its conventional deterrence posture. To get a view of how Indian air power continues to evolve in relation to its...
The recent withdrawal of the move to import 114 'single-engine fighters' (SEF) by India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) opens a window of opportunity for the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), controlled by the Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO), to...
The Indian Air force (IAF) has committed to buying at least 15 units of a future production version of India's indigenous SARAS light transport aircraft (LTA). This was revealed by Dr Harsh Vardhan, India's Minister for Science & Technology (S&T)...
It was 1700 hrs, and in the helicopter unit based at Jammu, nicknamed the 'Condors', Wing Commander Vishal Jain and Squadron Leader Soumya Das were reviewing the days’ work in the process of 'packing up' for the weekend. Little...
Visiting US Air force (USAF) Chief of Staff, General David L. Goldfein flew a sortie earlier today on a trainer variant of India's indigenous light combat aircraft, the Tejas, at Air Force Station Jodhpur. The plane was flown by...
India has long felt the need to develop domestic jet engine capability. Apart from the PTAE-7 turbojet developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's (HAL's) Engine and Test Bed Research and Design Centre, which is used to power the Lakshya pilotless...
Swarming is being projected to be the next big thing in warfare. Some scholars even categorize swarming as a potential fourth evolutionary stage of warfare- the first three being melee, mass and maneuver. While militaries today predominantly conduct maneuver...
In a manner similar to a test in March 2017, the Defence Research and Development Organization's (DRDO's) AAD endo-atmospheric ballistic missile defence (BMD) interceptor successfully destroyed a test target at an altitude of 15 km yesterday morning at 0945 hours...
Of late, there has been much consternation in the media over the issue of fighter aircraft acquisitions by the Indian Air Force (IAF). But the fact is, both the deal with France for 36 Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft, which...
Editor's note: Even as the Indian Air force will soon begin inducting a number of new standoff strike powered munitions from the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) stable, the Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune, DRDO’s premier...
