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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has fired off a strongly worded public clarification, lashing out at “so-called defence analysts,” “former pilots,” and even “arm-chair critics” for what it calls ...
The Indian Army’s Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) program is entering a crucial phase, with multiple factors shaping its future. While Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has positioned the LUH as a ...
Delays in the delivery of India’s Tejas Mk1A fighters, a flashpoint that hit newspaper front pages this month, has informed a vast public beyond the Indian Air Force, MoD planners and defence ...
By Commander YASHODHAN MARATHE (Retd.) The heart-wrenching sight of the smoke billowing from the crashed Indian Coast Guard (ICG) helicopter at Porbandar on January 5th, 2025 brought back to my mind ...
Photo: Angad Singh After years of uncertainty and near abandonment, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has successfully resurrected its intermediate jet trainer, the HJT-36 Sitara, rebranded last ...
Even as India’s dilemmas over its next manned fighter drastically deepen, even as the Indian government begins navigating the waters of a fresh Trump pitch of F-35 stealth fighters, a game changing ...
Photo/Maheswar Patel. Four Tejas Mk1A fighters flew at the Aero India 2025 show that kicked off in Bengaluru today signaling the homegrown fighter’s upgraded variant is headed into Indian Air Force ...
As the Indian Air Force juggles the pressures of sub-optimal fighter squadron numbers and a looming decision on imports, much-needed official timeline clarity in India's multiple homegrown fighter ...
Render of Abhimanyu by NewSpace | Edits by Livefist. In what is easily the most significant deal between the Indian military and a local startup company, the Indian Navy has selected Bengaluru-based ...
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 generation submarine offering from the ...
India's latest contract to import American-built Sig Sauer Inc. SIG716 rifles has triggered heat and a debate over whether this is representative of all that is wrong with India's weaponry ...
The Indian Government today announced the names of the four Indian Air Force fighter pilots who will be astronauts on the country’s first ever crewed space mission, Gaganyaan.Trained in Russia, the ...