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Saudi Arabia to get F-35 fighters as Trump approves sale, the first Middle East nation after Israel to own the stealth jetsSaudi Arabia F-35 sale: President Trump confirmed plans to sell advanced F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, a move raising national securit...18 Nov, 2025, 12.15 PM IST- WindRunner is coming! Can the world's largest cargo plane ferry 4 F-35Cs, 4 F-16s, 12 AH-64 Apache choppers in its belly?Compared to the military cargo planes in service, an aircraft which will dwarf all of them is being proposed and is likely to take off by 2...22 Sep, 2025, 03.30 PM IST
- Super Sukhoi Su-57M1, the better and more lethal version of Russia's first stealth fighter rivalling US F-35 and China’s J-20, J-35The war against Ukraine has not stopped the Russian defense manufacturing industry from developing and improving existing weapons. One such...09 Sep, 2025, 12.19 PM IST
- How the US once acquired Soviet MiG-29s in a top-secret mission to prevent Iran from acquiring themIn 1997, the U.S. acquired 21 MiG-29 fighters from Moldova for $40 million, preventing their potential sale to Iran. The aircraft were stud...06 Sep, 2025, 12.04 AM IST
- New York to Los Angeles in just 3 hours? Supersonic travel may be back sooner than you think, as early as 2027Supersonic passenger travel may return to U.S. skies soon, potentially cutting the New York to Los Angeles flight time to just three hours....11 Aug, 2025, 09.28 PM IST
- Bangladesh Air Force’s F-7 BGI that crashed was a Chinese copy of the MiG-21. Here's what we know about the jetA Bangladesh Air Force F-7 BGI fighter jet, a Chinese-made variant of the MiG-21, crashed into a school in Dhaka, resulting in a tragic los...21 Jul, 2025, 06.10 PM IST
- India to get Tejas Mk1A this fiscal: Here is how it compares with China's JF 17, Rafale, F-16The HAL Tejas Mk1A, India's indigenous light fighter jet, demonstrates competitive capabilities within the global lightweight multirole fig...26 Jun, 2025, 04.01 PM IST
- Get ready to travel anywhere in the world in 4 hours for only $100Supersonic flights are set to make a comeback with Boom Supersonic's XB-1 and NASA's X-59 preparing for tests. The XB-1 aims to break the s...28 Jan, 2025, 09.50 PM IST
- Watch: India's SAMAR air defence missile system in action and here's all about itThe SAMAR air defence missile system, developed by the Indian Air Force's Maintenance Command and Indian Air Force's 7 Base Repair Depot Tu...17 Feb, 2024, 09.04 PM IST
- China struggling to find enough trained pilots for its three aircraft carriers: ReportThe People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is struggling to meet increased demand for qualified ship-borne fighter jet pilots to operate the ...01 Oct, 2022, 07.41 PM IST
- London to New York in less than four hours! All you need to knowBoom's jets are extremely quick, but they can't match the speed of the fabled Concorde, which reached a speed of Mach 2.04. Due to a series...17 Aug, 2022, 03.43 PM IST
- 36 Rafale fighter jets fleet will be a game changer for India: ExpertsThe timing of induction of the 4.5 generation combat jets assumed significance as it came in the midst of India's tense border row with Chi...29 Jul, 2020, 08.06 PM IST
- Russia first casualty as India takes baby steps on the road to self-relianceAs India pushes military modernisation, it is making some key things locally and also diversifying its purchases. Russia is no longer the d...14 Apr, 2018, 08.46 PM IST
- China tests latest stealth fighter aircraft FC-31 Gyrfalcon; strategically important for India as Pak shows interest in jetIndia is yet to have stealth aircraft in its arsenal. The jet can carry eight tonnes of weapons. The plane can hold six missiles in its int...26 Dec, 2016, 05.28 PM IST
- Pakistan in talks with US to buy F-16s: Air Chief Sohail AmanThe new F-16s would add to Pakistan's sizeable force of fighter jets which include more than 70 F-16s and dozens of French and Chinese atta...28 Dec, 2015, 08.49 PM IST
- India's biggest defence project plan hits hurdle as Russia hikes costThe final design contract now being negotiated was pegged at $11 bn, with India and Russia sharing $5.5 bn each towards the cost of designi...15 Jul, 2013, 01.34 AM IST
- Transport fleet woes force IAF to look WestHampered by the lack of spare parts and serviceability issues, India is increasingly looking West for its military transport aircraft fleet.02 Nov, 2010, 07.37 PM IST
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