By N. C. Bipindra Bengaluru: Another good news awaits the local aerospace and defence industry in the form of a $6.5-billion contract signing for 83 Tejas aircraft on day one of the biennial AeroIndia 2021 show tomorrow. This was announced by the Ministry of Defence today, a day […]
By Atul Kumar The Indian Air Force (IAF), the fourth largest in the world, presently operates an air fleet that integrates over 95 per cent of foreign-designed aircraft and weapon systems. Besides, it has been suffering from a massive aircraft shortage, including fixed-wing combat jets, trainers (both intermediate […]
New Delhi: India today inducted its second ‘Tejas‘ Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) squadron at Sulur air base in Tamil Nadu, marking the seriousness with which its air force takes the indigenous fighter jet and what’s in store for the ‘Make in India‘ programme. The Indian Air Force (IAF) […]
New Delhi: India will soon buy 83 Tejas Mk1A Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) for its air force that will boost the sagging combat fleet numbers of its fighter jets and energise the depleting order book of the state-run aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The proposal to buy […]
