IAF Phalcon catwalks on Rajpath!
This tacky (and wasteful) mock-up of a Phalcon AWACS rolled past the crowds as part of the Republic Day parade this morning. The IAF usually […]
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AIR FORCE
Photos: Tejas completes 1,000 test-flights
The break-down of the 1,000 flights is TD1-233, TD2-294,PV1-182,PV2-105,PV3-116,LSP1-31,LSP2-33. Photos Courtesy DRDO/HAL
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IAF wants American firms back in attack copter competition
The Ministry of Defence may extend conditions that will facilitate American firms Boeing and Bell back into the 22 attack helicopter competition for the Indian
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The MMRCA hustle!
With the kind of stakes involved (upto $16 billion) in India’s medium multirole combat aircraft (MMRCA) competition, it isn’t remotely surprising that there are so
IAF leans towards A330 as its next flight refueller
Spoke to some senior officers in the IAF on January 15 at the Army Chief’s reception at Army House, and it seems fairly clear that
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FOCUS: DRDO’s Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) System
An update in DRDO’s Technology Focus journal from Dr S Christopher, Director of the Indian AEW&C System Programme: “Development tasks on various subsystems like the
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Has she arrived?!
Mixed signals aplenty. Reports emerging about the Phalcon having landed in India, but everyone in the IAF, from the Chief to the Base Commander at
DARE completes IAF MiG-27 upgrade
Defence Avionics Research Establishment under the aegis of Defence Research and Development Organisation achieved the successful completion of avionics upgrade of MiG-27 aircraft. This pioneering
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One supreme sacrifice, please. No extra cheese.
It will never fail to astound the unfamiliar just how easily India as a nation digests the deaths of its soldiers. A Lebanese friend of
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2008: One bad year…
I’m sure anyone with even a sliver of concern has noticed how acutely ironic these times are, and just what a gloomy year 2008 has
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