Aircraft And Helicopters
Aero India 2019 Emphasises The Long, Hard Road To India’s Next Fighter Jet
At one end is an old MiG-21 fighter, that unignorable emblem of what must pass. A short distance away, nestled in a hangar is a new…
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EXCLUSIVE: HAL All Set To Announce LCA-Based Jet Trainer
When India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) announced last week that it would be revealing a new program at Aero India 2019 called ‘Supersonic Omni Role Trainer…
Aircraft And Helicopters
New MiG-29 Buy Afoot, Less Than Half The IAF’s Fighter Suitors Are Showing Up For #AeroIndia2019
The Indian Air Force has revealed that it is very inclined to signing up with Russia for 21 MiG-29 fighters — jets that will be manufactured…
Aircraft And Helicopters
EXCLUSIVE: Aero India Jet Exhibitors Flustered, Stumped By New Customs Barrier
All's not well on the road to Aero India 2019, India's flagship aviation show. With a month to go for the event in Bengaluru, aircraft manufacturers…
Air Force
Amidst Storm, Rafales Confirm Participation At Aero India Show
Amidst a political storm that only promises to intensify as India's national elections draw nearer, three Rafale fighters are confirmed participants at the AERO INDIA show…
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Aero India Agony Continues: Major Exhibitors Warn Of Clash With Abu Dhabi Show
There's more potential agony ahead for India's flagship aviation show, AERO INDIA 2019. After navigating out of an earlier proposal to hold the show months in…
Air Force
Phew! Aero India 2019 Stays In Bengaluru. And Here’s Why
The 2019 edition of Aero India takes place from February 20-24 at its traditional site, the Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru. The Indian MoD today ended…
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Made-in-India UAVs Headline Aero India 2017. Again.
India's drone wave continued at Aero India this year. Several foreign vendors, notably Israel's IAI and Elbit-Adani, U.S. firms Textron Defense and General Atomics, Europe's Thales…
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EXCLUSIVE: India’s 5th Gen AMCA Targets 2030
As your correspondent reports, the first 1:1 full scale model of India's fifth generation concept Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) is being built in Bengaluru. Later…
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EXCLUSIVE: Indian Twin Engine Fighter Bid After ‘Strategic Partnership’ Policy
If the doomed six-way M-MRCA contest was fierce, expect a great deal of blood in the next two jet fighter competitions: a Make in India single…
