“LCA-Navy Not What We Want, But It’s Ours”: FONA
“It may not be what we want, but it is our own aircraft,” says the Indian Navy’s Flag Officer Naval Aviation (FONA) Rear Admiral Sudhir […]
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There Are Issues, But We’re Reasonably Happy: IAF Vice Chief On Tejas IOC
I asked IAF vice chief Air Marshal PK Barbora this morning about rumoured issues that the service had with the LCA Tejas IOC parameters. Here’s
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COLUMN: An IAF View Of The FGFA Partnership
The following column, exclusive to Livefist, is by a senior IAF officer, who for obvious reasons, cannot be named. I sought his views on the
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COMING UP: Truths About The FGFA
On the day the FGFA preliminary design contract was signed, I received some pointers from an old IAF source of mine. I requested him to
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MAIL TODAY: FGFA Not What It Seems
This was the only piece I saw in the papers this morning that sought to question the FGFA deal — all the others were mostly
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India, Russia Formalise 5th Gen Fighter Effort
India and Russia have signed a preliminary design contract (PDC) for their joint Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) programme. According to a government statement, “The
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MMRCA To Be Shown Its Place This Week
On Tuesday afternoon, if there are no last-minute hitches (last heard, there are none), India and Russia will sign their largest, most expensive and ambitious
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PHOTO: Tejas Bomb Trials On Target
Photo Courtesy DRDO
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Tejas Clears All Low-level Flight Test Points
Word just in that the LCA Tejas has completed all test points for low-level flight off the coast of Goa towards initial operational clearance. The
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