Indian Air Force's active squadrons have fallen to 31 against the authorised 42, with an ageing fleet and delayed inductions exacerbating the issue
GE Aerospace has reportedly promised to start deliveries by either March or April 2025, amounting to a two-year delay
PM Modi began a three-day visit to the US on September 21, including a meeting with US President Joe Biden
Business Standard was granted an exclusive briefing at HAL Bengaluru on the progress of the AMCA project
Embark on the first leg of a four-part journey as the Tejas fighter undergoes an evolution
This will connect the older Tejas fighter's analogue ports and cabling with the new digital world
Owaisi's attack came after PM Modi flew a sortie in the indigenously designed, developed, and manufactured Tejas Twin Seat Light Combat Fighter aircraft in Bengaluru on Saturday
The Indian Air Force is in the process of finalising a Rs 1.15 lakh crore deal to procure an additional batch of 97 Tejas Mark-1A aircraft besides upgrading 84 Sukhoi-30MKI jets at a cost of Rs 60,000 crore, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari said on Tuesday. In February 2021, the defence ministry sealed a Rs 48,000-crore deal with state-run aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd for the procurement of 83 Tejas MK-1A jets for the IAF. With the additional 97 Tejas Mark-1A jets, the total number of indigenously-developed aircraft being procured by the IAF would go up to 180. Addressing a press conference ahead of the Air Force Day on October 8, the Chief of Air Staff also said that 84 Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets will be upgraded at a cost of a little over Rs 60,000 crore. The defence ministry is also looking at signing a contract with the HAL next year to procure a total of 156 light combat helicopters (LCH) out of which 66 will be for the IAF. The IAF now operates 1
The IAF's confidence in the Tejas is underlined by the latest order for 83 Mark-1A fighters
Given the economic and military-technical realities, India needs to jump-start indigenous aero engine programmes for combat aircraft without delay
HAL officials say they would have preferred to offer customers the sophisticated Mark 1A version of the Tejas, which has mid-air refuelling, AESA radar, and the ability to fire BVR missiles
IAF will participate in a three-week multilateral air exercise at Waddington in the UK from March 6 with a fleet of five Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA).
Gripen-E fighter priced at euro 100 million each
Bhadauria: Tejas fighters 'will make the core of the aerospace industry'
Defence minister also offers to deploy retired officers on pandemic service
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's Tejas Light Combat Aircraft's second production line here on Tuesday, according to HAL officials.
The government has approved procurement of 83 indigenously-developed light combat aircraft 'Tejas' for the Indian Air Force
India's largest indigenous defence procurement deal is worth Rs 45,696 cr
India is also working on an ambitious $5 billion project to develop a fifth-generation medium weight deep penetration fighter jet to significantly bolster its air power capability.
Aerospace experts believe Malaysia will choose between three light fighters: Tejas, the South Korean FA-50 Golden Eagle and the Chinese-Pakistani JF-17 Thunder