IAF set to raise second squadron of Rafale jets in Hasimara, West BengalThe second Rafale squadron being raised at the next main operating base at Hasimara in mid-April this year. India is expected to get more R...
India to start trials of 160 km strike range Astra missile this yearThe Astra is a beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM), which flies over four times the speed of sound at Mach 4.5. Efforts are now...
Three more Rafale jets arrive in India from FranceThe Rafale jets are capable of carrying a range of potent weapons. European missile maker MBDA's Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air miss...
Astra air combat missile to be soon tested from Tejas fighterThe all-weather day and night capable Astra, which currently has a strike range of around 100-km, will eventually replace the expensive Rus...
Five Rafale jets formally inducted into Indian Air Force in boost to India's air powerTen Rafale jets have been delivered to India so far and five of them stayed back in France for imparting training to IAF pilots. The delive...
French defence minister likely to visit India next month to attend Rafale's inductionThe first batch of five Rafale combat jets, manufactured by French aerospace major Dassault Aviation, arrived at the Ambala air base on Jul...
First batch of five Indian Air Force's Rafale jets takes off from France to India"You can call them (Rafale) both beauty and the beast," said Indian Ambassador to France Jawed Ashraf who interacted with the IAF pilots at...
First batch of six Rafale jets likely to arrive in India by July 27; to be based in AmbalaThe IAF has been on a high alert for the last two weeks in view of escalation in tension with China following clashes between troops of the...
There will be no delay in supply of Rafale jets to India: FranceThere will be no delay in delivery of 36 Rafale jets to India as the timeline finalised for the supply of the fighter jets will be strictly...
First four Rafale jets likely to arrive in India by last week of JulyIndia had signed an inter-governmental agreement with France in September 2016 for procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets at a cost of aroun...
Indian Air Force’s LCA to get Astra missile firepower, not Rafale’s meteorSources said after the missile is inducted into the Su30MKI fighter jets from which it has been tested, the system would be integrated on o...
In ode to former IAF Chief BS Dhanoa, Rafale jets to have tail numbers with BS initialsSix Rafale trainer aircraft will carry RB series tail numbers which stand for Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, the current Chief of Air Sta...
15 years on, DRDO's supersonic missile ready for IAF fightersIndia has joined countries like US, Russia & France in developing such advanced air combat missiles.
IAF successfully test-fires air-to-air Astra missileAstra is the best in class weapon system and has undergone more than twenty developmental trials.
Astra missile's final development flight trials successfulThe trials were carried out during September 11 to 14, a DRDO source today said, adding that a total of seven trials were conducted against...
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter may have big problems fighting at long rangeThe F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) was supposed to fill fulfilling multiple roles for the Air Force, Navy, Marines, and US foreign partner...
- 'Astra' prototype test fired
A prototype of 'Astra', the indigenously developed air-to-air missile was test fired from the Interim Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, near h...