By A Correspondent Bengaluru (Karnataka): In a significant boost to India’s indigenous defence manufacturing capabilities, state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has received the first centre fuselage assembly for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk1A from Hyderabad-based VEM Technologies on May 30, 2025. India’s Secretary (Defence Production), Sanjeev […]
By N. C. Bipindra In a significant push to enhance indigenous defence capabilities and foster a robust domestic aerospace industrial ecosystem, India approved the execution model for its ambitious fifth-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme on May 27, 2025. The decision comes just days after India’s indigenous […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India has signed an INR 64,000-crore (~US$7.5 billion) government-to-government contract with France to buy 26 Rafale Marine fighter jets for the Indian Navy aircraft carriers INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya. Under the deal, French plane-maker Dassault Aviation shall build a fuselage production […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India‘s Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Mar. 28, 2025, signed two contracts with state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the supply of 156 Light Combat Helicopters (LCH), also called Prachand, along with training and other associated equipment worth INR 62,700 crore (US$7.3 […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: It is official now. US President Donald Trump has effectively set up a contest between American F-35 and Russian Su-57 for India‘s big-ticket need for a fifth-generation fighter aircraft to catch up with arch-rival China on high-end combat jets. Trump, after meeting […]
By A Correspondent Bengaluru (Karnataka): Indian UAV manufacturer Raphe mPhibr has joined forces with Hensoldt, a European security solutions firm, to co-develop cutting-edge landing aid radar based on Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) technology for next-generation aviation platforms. The partnership was formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at AeroIndia […]
By Sakshi Tiwari for EurAsian Times New Delhi: India has finally secured the delivery of its first C-295 aircraft, two years after the country signed a contract with Airbus Defence and Space to acquire 56 of these transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF). The deal was […]
By Air Chief Marshal V. R. Chaudhari The foremost lesson that can be drawn from the twentieth century and indeed the early twenty-first century is that no war can be successfully prosecuted without aerospace power and in the words of Field Marshal Montgomery, ‘If we lose the war […]
By Neeraj Rajput and N. C. Bipindra for EurAsian Times New Delhi: India is sending its Rafale combat jets to France for a multi-nation air exercise. This is the first time the 2020-inducted Indian Air Force (IAF) fighters have flown overseas to join a wargame in a friendly […]
In an interview during DefExpo-2022, Rolls-Royce India and South Asia president Kishore Jayaraman tells our editor N. C. Bipindra that the company aims to partner the Indian Navy for design, development and deployment of India’s first electric warship. Q. Kindly provide an overview of the progress of Rolls-Royce’s […]
New Delhi: India today said it has signed a $56-million contract with the United States to buy torpedo and missile counter-measures for its navy’s P-8I long range maritime surveillance aircraft from the Boeing Co. stable. The Rs 423-crore procurement of the MK 54 Torpedo from American defence firm […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Lt Gen Prakash Katoch. The United States identifies Russia as its top adversary. On Jul. 19, 2021, the Russian frigate ‘Admiral Gorshkov’, sailing […]
New Delhi: Acquisition of new technologies and promotion of indigenisation will be the key result areas of Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, a fighter pilot, who took over as the Indian Air Force (IAF) chief today from Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Bhadauria, who retired from service. […]
New Delhi: India today gave its approval for procurement of $1.8-billion worth of weapons and military equipment for its armed forces, focusing on buying domestic products worth $1.55 billion among them. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh, accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) […]
Pune: Indian company Bharat Forge Limited‘s Aerospace Business Division today said it has becoming the first organisation to successfully achieve the Nadcap accreditation for metallic materials manufacturing in the country. With this, Bharat Forge has raised the bar for quality standards for its products and manufacturing facility , […]
