Pathankot (Punjab): Glimpses of a sortie of Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal B. S. Dhanoa, along with Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was on August 15 named for Vir Chakra, here today. This was the last sortie flown by the Chief of Air Staff in a […]
Tezpur (Assam): India’s air force lost a Sukhoi combat jet today when it crashed soon after take off from an airbase here. The two pilots ejected to safety just ahead of the aircraft going down. The Su-30 aircraft was on a routine training mission from Tezpur when it […]
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is working towards finding solutions to the rogue drones menace, as witnessed in Venezuala a year ago when President Nicolas Maduro was targetted with explosives, in an effort to protect critical national assets. The government has constituted a task force under the […]
New Delhi: The counter-drones technologies business is expected to touch market figure of $100 million in a year’s time by 2020, a research report by trade body FICCI and advisory entity EY India has estimated. As the market accelerates, the instances of misuse of this technology by nefarious […]
New Delhi: India has signed a 1,500-rupee ($220-million) deal with Russia to arm its fleet of Sukhoi Su-30MKI fleet with the R-27 air-to-air missiles that provide a medium-range stand-off capability to the air force. The missiles, with an extended range, would add to the capabilities of the Su-30 […]
New Delhi: American aerospace major Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced the arrival of the first four AH-64E Apaches for the Indian Air Force (IAF) at the Hindan Air Force Station. An additional four Apaches will arrive in the coming week, and the eight will then move to the […]