For both the compulsive trader and careful investor: 25 stocks to watch if risk appetite returns; some with upside potential, some notIf the price of crude oil softens, Indian equities may again see a risk-on phase. Tariff concerns are no longer the central issue; the larg...
24 May, 2026, 04.23 PM IST
'100% confident that Tejas Mk1A will be delivered this year': Defence Production Secy Sanjeev KumarSecretary of Defence Production Sanjeev Kumar expressed 100% confidence in the Indian Air Force receiving Tejas Mark 1A fighter jets this f...
20 May, 2026, 05.40 PM IST
Big boost to IAF: GE Aerospace, HAL seal technical pact on jet enginesIndia and the US have reached a significant agreement on coproduction of fighter jet engines. GE Aerospace and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd ha...
13 Apr, 2026, 12.25 AM IST
First LCA Mark1A fighter aircraft squadron to be deployed at Nal air baseThe Indian Air Force is planning to raise the first squadron of the indigenous LCA Mark1A fighter aircraft squadron at the Nal air base in ...
10 Dec, 2023, 06.59 PM IST
IAF to order around 100 more LCA Mark-1A fighter jets for over USD 8 billionThe Indian Air Force (IAF) is planning to purchase around 100 more LCA Mark1A fighter jets to replace its MiG-21 jets. The proposal has bee...
24 Aug, 2023, 07.26 PM IST
IAF chief VR Chaudhari reviews Light Combat Aircraft programmeThe Chief of Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari reviewed the status of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme in Air Headqua...
23 Aug, 2023, 05.10 PM IST
Project to develop unmanned variant of Tejas planes in worksIndia is also working on a project named AURA to make a futuristic combat drone that would be powered by a modified version of the Kaveri e...
14 Jul, 2018, 09.45 PM IST
Light Combat Aircraft to get radar; US, Israeli and European companies to bid for tenderUS firms had limited options to offer to New Delhi, with India now gaining Major Defence Partner status, transfer of sensitive technology a...
14 Jul, 2018, 09.37 PM IST
Tejas Light Combat Aircraft: The not so Indian fighterDespite being in the works since 1983, the fighter is nowhere near indigenisation and almost 70% of the aircraft’s systems still need to be...
14 Jul, 2018, 04.09 PM IST
Cmde C D Balaji appointed chief of Aeronautical Development EstablishmentAs a Project Director LCA (Navy), Balaji has been responsible for maiden flight of the first Naval variant of LCA (NP1) on April 27, 2012 .
14 Jul, 2018, 01.45 PM IST
CAG picks holes in LCA project, says it fails to meet IAF requirementsNot only that, IAF would be "constrained" to induct the fighter LCA without availability of a trainer model, thereby "adversely impacting p...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.23 PM IST
First Light Combat Aircraft likely to be handed over to IAF on January 17This will be the start of a process of induction of fighters being built at home under a project which has estimated to have cost exchequer...
17 Jan, 2015, 02.06 AM IST
IAF LCA squadron awaits first aircraft after fresh delayIAF raised its 45 Squadron at Bangalore for allowing its pilots to fly the aircraft & was supposed to induct first Tejas LCA in March
28 Jul, 2014, 08.28 PM IST
Sanctions led to delay in LCA project: DRDO chiefDRDO chief attributed the delay to "setbacks" caused by international sanctions and inadequate development of aerospace industry in the cou...
31 May, 2013, 08.41 PM IST
Perform or perish: Antony tells DRDOReflecting frustration over long delays of strategic projects, Defence Minister A K Antony today came down hard on DRDO.
29 May, 2013, 08.19 PM IST
- Tejas has just reached semi-final stage: Antony
The real induction of the first 40 Tejas jets will begin only towards end-2013, with the first two squadrons becoming fully operational at ...
11 Jan, 2011, 11.23 AM IST
- On for 27 years, LCA project gets Rs 8,000 crore more
Tejas will obtain initial operational clearance of additional funding soon.
03 Feb, 2010, 08.00 AM IST