Indigenous Equipment
3-Carrier Plan Shelved, India Wants Sharks ASAP
A long meandering debate over whether India would build a second aircraft carrier to fulfil a 3 x aircraft carrier-based naval doctrine appears to have been…
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Aircraft And Helicopters
F-35 For India: Trump’s Next Big Push?
Is President Donald Trump about to make 'F-35 for India' his new flagship project in the India-U.S. defence trade space? The new American President's recent insistence…
Aircraft And Helicopters
What U.S. Weapon Is Trump Pushing This Time?
In his first phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after assuming the presidency for a second time, Donald Trump wasted no time in pushing for…
Air Force
3rd Known IAF MiG-29 Canopy Loss, Pilot Saves Plane
A young Indian Air Force pilot has been decorated with a Shaurya Chakra, India's third highest 'peacetime' gallantry award, for his safe recovery of a damaged…
Defence Procurements
44 Years Later, India Chooses German U-Boats Again
Nearly half a century after it chose to buy and build German Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) Type 209 submarines for its navy, India has down-selected a new…
Aircraft And Helicopters
India’s Spiraling Tryst With The Su-57 FGFA
The “Fifth-generation Fighter Aircraft” (FGFA) program promised the Indian Air Force (IAF) a stealthy, highly maneuverable, highly agile, and advanced network-centric platform to face the evolving…
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HAL Under Fire: Narrative Or Fact?
In recent days and weeks there has been a growing amount of rhetoric aimed at the Light Combat Aircraft’s (LCA) production agency Hindustan Aeronautical Limited (HAL).…
Aircraft And Helicopters
How Much More Pilot Blood Before The Dhruv Is Fixed?
The Indian Coast Guard faced arguably its lowest point in history when the service lost its second Advanced Light Helicopter Mark III Maritime Role (ALH Mk3MR)…
Aircraft And Helicopters
Chinese Fighter Surprise Illuminates Indian Vacuum
China’s aerospace industry has once again taken the global defence community by surprise, unveiling not one but two new stealth fighter aircraft believed to be either…
Indigenous Equipment
Sense Prevails, India To Build 3 More Scorpene Submarines
Nothing is ever certain in Indian defence procurement. But sense most definitely appears to have prevailed with the Indian Government all set to sign up for…
Aircraft And Helicopters
8 Years After India Asked, Deal For 31 U.S. Armed Drones Signed
Nearly a decade after India first asked the United States about procuring armed Predator-type drones, the two countries signed a $3.8 billion deal for the supply…
Indigenous Equipment
Finally, India’s Homegrown SSN Project Kicks Off
After years of delay and uncertainty, the Indian Government approved funding Wednesday for one of India's most ambitious and crucial defence projects -- homegrown nuclear-powered attack…