The Indian Air Force intends to purchase 114 fighter planes. Out of the 114, 96 will be built in India, with the remaining 18 coming from a foreign vendor selected for the project. According to sources, all fighter planes would be manufactured in India as a result of a technology transfer from an OEM to … Read more
India’s Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) and the Chinese-Pakistani JF-17 have long been long speculated to be in the race for Malaysia’s new fighter jet contract. However, there’s more to it than meets the eye. A recent study by Research & Markets listed Tejas and JF-17 ‘Thunder’ as two of the top light fighter jets … Read more
With countries around the globe ramping up the air defence ecosystem in order to get strategic advances over their enemy, the Indian Air Force (IAF) recent defence details are the same shot towards making India foolproof. 83 Tejas fighter jets In a whopping ₹48,000 crore deal with state-run aerospace & defense company Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd … Read more
After several setbacks and delays, India re-launched the Kaveri jet engine project. The development of a jet engine for aircraft is a major milestone in the history of aviation. Now the Cauvery engine project in India is getting a clear picture. It was launched to power the Tejas fighter plane. But it failed to meet … Read more
Last month Argentina has rejected reports claiming that it is going to buy JF-17 Thunder aircraft from China. The statement comes days after a number of media outlets from China and Pakistan reported that Argentina was planning to buy a dozen JF-17 Block-3 fighter jets. Earlier Defence View reported that Argentina is not happy with … Read more
The final design for the medium weight fighter (MWF) Tejas Mk2 and AMCA (Advanced medium combat aircraft) has been frozen and steel cutting of Tejas MK2 is expected to begin soon. India’s ADA (Aeronautical Developmental Agency) confirms that Tejas MK2 is going to roll out in mid of 2022 and the first flight schedule in … Read more
In September 2016, India and France signed a €7.87 billion Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) for 36 Rafale multi-role fighter jets in fly-away condition. India chose Dassault over its traditional partner Russia’s MiG. The deal has a 50% offset clause to be executed by Dassault Aviation and its partners in partnership with Indian companies. The basic cost … Read more
LCA “Glorious” fighter has finally welcomed the first real-life deployment of its service. The Indian Air Force’s 45th Flying Knife squadron of LCA fighters has been deployed to the western front airbase near the border with India and Pakistan. This is the first real-life deployment of the LCA Shining fighter in service. Sources declined to … Read more
The Uttam is an advanced active phased array radar (APAR) system being developed by Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE) for the HAL Tejas and other combat aircraft of Indian Air Force. After 12 years of research and development LRDE (Electronics and Radar Development Establishment) finally, give green signal for induction The home-grown Uttam Active … Read more