Indian Air Force Modernisation

Tejas is not being inducted as a replacement of the MIG-21 fighter aircraft, but as part of the modernisation of the Indian Air Force, the Ministry of Defence told the Rajya Sabha today.

Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria on Friday strongly backed indigenous development of a fifth generation fighter jet and said the IAF was working on an ambitious modernisation plan to bolster its combat capability.

The defence budget remained unchanged at Rs 3.18 lakh crore, the amount set aside in the interim budget in February, notwithstanding expectations of steep hike in resources to modernise the armed forces and procure critical military platforms.

The Indian Air Force is "very much alive" to emerging threats that could arise in the Indo-Pacific region, Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa said Sunday, and asserted that his force was prepared to deal with any challenge to protect India's national interests.

India is planning to revise the specifications for one of the world's biggest fighter jet orders, people familiar with the matter said, a move that would allow manufacturers such as Boeing Co. and United Aircraft Corp. to pitch their twin-engine combat aircraft.

The Trump Administration is "considering" India's request for armed drones for its air force, according to a senior American official. "Yes, yes," the administration official told PTI when asked about India's pending request about the purchase of armed drones as part of its armed forces' modernisation drive

Modernisation of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will turn it into an even more potent and strategic force which can take on all future challenges, said President and Commander-in-Chief Pranab Mukherjee today, on the eve of its 84th anniversary.

For India to have a greater strategic footprint in the existing world order, it will have to improve its aerial platforms, Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said today.

The Defence Ministry has agreed to buy 56 planes from Airbus for $1.87 billion, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi moves to modernise the country's military, an official said Thursday.

Europe's Airbus and Tata Sons have bid for a multi-billion dollar contract to replace the Indian Air Force's ageing fleet of AVRO cargo planes, as New Delhi looks to boost the role of the local private sector in modernising its armed forces.

The Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne today said that on-going modernisation of Indian Air Force will be accomplished by 2022.

In a move towards allowing large-scale private sector participation in the defence sector, leading power utility Tata Power Company has been awarded the contract to modernise the airfield infrastructure of the Indian Air Force (IAF) for an undisclosed amount. In a statement today, Tata Power said it has got the order to modernise the airfie...

Tejas is not being inducted as a replacement of the MIG-21 fighter aircraft, but as part of the modernisation of the Indian Air Force, the Ministry of Defence told the Rajya Sabha today.

Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria on Friday strongly backed indigenous development of a fifth generation fighter jet and said the IAF was working on an ambitious modernisation plan to bolster its combat capability.

The defence budget remained unchanged at Rs 3.18 lakh crore, the amount set aside in the interim budget in February, notwithstanding expectations of steep hike in resources to modernise the armed forces and procure critical military platforms.

The Indian Air Force is "very much alive" to emerging threats that could arise in the Indo-Pacific region, Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa said Sunday, and asserted that his force was prepared to deal with any challenge to protect India's national interests.

India is planning to revise the specifications for one of the world's biggest fighter jet orders, people familiar with the matter said, a move that would allow manufacturers such as Boeing Co. and United Aircraft Corp. to pitch their twin-engine combat aircraft.

The Trump Administration is "considering" India's request for armed drones for its air force, according to a senior American official. "Yes, yes," the administration official told PTI when asked about India's pending request about the purchase of armed drones as part of its armed forces' modernisation drive

Modernisation of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will turn it into an even more potent and strategic force which can take on all future challenges, said President and Commander-in-Chief Pranab Mukherjee today, on the eve of its 84th anniversary.

For India to have a greater strategic footprint in the existing world order, it will have to improve its aerial platforms, Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said today.

The Defence Ministry has agreed to buy 56 planes from Airbus for $1.87 billion, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi moves to modernise the country's military, an official said Thursday.

Europe's Airbus and Tata Sons have bid for a multi-billion dollar contract to replace the Indian Air Force's ageing fleet of AVRO cargo planes, as New Delhi looks to boost the role of the local private sector in modernising its armed forces.

The Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne today said that on-going modernisation of Indian Air Force will be accomplished by 2022.

In a move towards allowing large-scale private sector participation in the defence sector, leading power utility Tata Power Company has been awarded the contract to modernise the airfield infrastructure of the Indian Air Force (IAF) for an undisclosed amount. In a statement today, Tata Power said it has got the order to modernise the airfie...