NEW DELHI: Grappling with just 30 fighter squadrons when at least 42 are needed to tackle China and Pakistan, the IAF has called for majorly ramping up the production rate of indigenous Tejas fighter jets, even using the public-private partnership route.The good news is that US company General Electric is now likely to begin from…
NEW DELHI: A mega over Rs 26,000 crore deal to procure 240 aero-engines to power and sustain the Sukhoi-30MKI jets was cleared by the PM-led cabinet committee on security on Monday, at a time when the IAF is grappling with just 30 fighter squadrons when at least 42 are needed to tackle the twin threat…
NEW DELHI: The Cabinet Committee on Security on Monday approved the proposal for procurement of 240 aero-engines (AL-31FP) for Su-30 MKI aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) under Buy (Indian) category from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at a cost of over Rs 26,000 crore. The delivery of these aero-engines will start after one year…
NEW DELHI: Grappling with just 30 fighter squadrons when it is authorised 42 to face the threat from China and Pakistan, the IAF will to wait further for the deliveries of the indigenous Tejas Mark-1A jets to begin.The first of the 83 “improved” Tejas jets was to be delivered to IAF by March 31 this…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, has hit out at the opposition’s claims of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) being in disarray under Narendra Modi government, by listing 10 points on the performance of these entities.In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Sitharaman has said that the collective market capitalization of the 81 publicly traded PSUs has experienced…
BENGALURU: The first production series fighter of LCA Tejas Mark-1A, an advanced variant of the LCA Mk-1 that has already been inducted by the Indian Air Force (IAF), Thursday completed its maiden flight in Bengaluru. Defence PSU HAL, which is manufacturing the Tejas Mk-1A or LCA Mk1A or developed by Bengaluru-based DRDO lab Aeronautical Development…
