AMCA for IAF on hold due to Light Combat Aircraft

The Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), one of the agencies working on light combat aircraft — Tejas had struck an agreement with BAE Systems Overseas Inc for supply of 15 ship sets of integrated flight control systems line replacement units ...

At the recently concluded 37th Directors Conference, Defense Minister AK Antony asked DRDO (Defense Research & development Organization) to speed up work on the indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), and not to extend the date of final ...

Defense Minister A.K. Antony warned the government's defense businesses to make sure the long-awaited Light Combat Aircraft is ready no later

Troubles in India's ambitious Light Combat Aircraft project have inflicted gaping wounds on the Indian Air Force (IAF) where it would hurt the most — plans for an Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA). The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has put on ...

Troops slithering down ropes in "enemy territory", transport aircraft flying low to evade radar in the combat zone and supersonic fighters smashing targets with precision missiles and rockets - the Indian Air Force's 'Iron Fist' firepower display in this ...

INS Hansa (Goa), May 11: In a simulated world, A.K. Antony takes off in a MiG29K fighter aircraft from this base, the Indian Navy's biggest air station, eyes focused on the multi-function displays in the cockpit. Hands firmly on the stick with ...

NEW DELHI: It was a pleasantly warm morning in 1963, when India's first truly supersonic fighter soared into the sky with a sonic boom to shatter the calm. The MiG-21 is still flying high in the Indian skies, even though its stellar track-record got ...

Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory director S Anantha Narayanan addressing a press conference organised in connection with Suraksha 2013 in Kochi on Thursday | Express The National Defence Exhibition on Science and Technology Intervention, ...

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), which enjoys absolute monopoly in India's military aviation, is the butt of many jokes. American defence historian and strategist Edward Luttwak refers to it as a "fossil of a company" famous for not delivering ...