Western Air commander reviews security scenario along northern bordersThe spokesman said the Indian Air Force has kept almost all its air bases at a "very high level of readiness" to meet any eventuality relat...
04 Feb, 2023, 06.49 PM IST
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...
15 Feb, 2021, 03.29 PM IST
Ageing aircraft, poor maintenance, inadequate training hit IAF hardThe armed forces may contend they have drastically brought down the rate from around 30 crashes per year prevalent in the 1971-1972 to 2003...
20 Feb, 2019, 10.39 AM IST
PMO did not hold parallel parleys: Official who led the Rafale negotiationFormer Defence Secretary G Mohan Kumar also said it was "absolutely wrong" to say that the PMO was conducting a parallel negotiation, as al...
08 Feb, 2019, 10.05 PM IST
IAF chief Birender Singh Dhanoa asks commanders to learn about emerging technologiesAddressing the Commanders' Conference at Headquarters Central Air Command, Bamrauli, Dhanoa apprised the commanders on the current security...
07 Dec, 2018, 11.24 PM IST
CIC Asks defence ministry to disclose 2 Joint operational doctrinesInformation Commissioner D P Sinha has directed Integrated Defence Staff headquarters to put in public domain Joint Doctrine for Perception...
05 Oct, 2018, 08.25 AM IST
Squadron Leader Surbhi Arya wins Best Aerial Bombing trophyThe award was handed over at the Commanders' Conclave which concluded here yesterday.
14 Jul, 2018, 02.18 PM IST
Rejig in forces: Rising threat from China, Pakistan influenced choiceLt General Bipin Rawat (infantry), who took over as the Army vice-chief in September 2016, bypassed Eastern Command chief Lt Gen Prave en B...
11 Jul, 2018, 03.11 PM IST
Revised DPP soon to boost 'desi' defence manufacturing: IAF officialThe government would soon come out with a revised defence procurement procedure (DPP) to bolster efforts under 'Make in India' campaign.
11 Jul, 2018, 01.32 PM IST
French team in India to negotiate Rafale dealFrench team constituted to negotiate the Rafale deal has arrived in India and talks can start anytime now, Defence Minister Manohar Parrika...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.24 PM IST
Alienation high among Jammu & Kashmir youth: Yashwant SinhaThe alienation of Kashmiris, fears the CCG, may also prompt the gun-wielding youth to do something desperate, like attacking the Amarnath Y...
02 Jul, 2018, 07.54 AM IST
Citizens group supports Mehbooba Mufti's demand for ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir during RamzanIn a statement issued here, the Concerned Citizens' Group said it strongly endorses the joint demand of the political parties of Jammu and ...
12 May, 2018, 05.46 PM IST
Opposition parties may co-opt Yashwant Sinha panel on Kashmir issueSharad Yadav will meet Manmohan Singh this week to discuss the proposal, since Singh is now heading the recently formed Congress Policy-pla...
01 May, 2017, 12.28 AM IST
BJP distances itself from Yashwant Sinha-led team's meeting with Syed Ali Shah GeelaniSome media outlets have said that it is a BJP delegation which is absolutely wrong, Sharma said, adding Sinha too maintained that he took u...
25 Oct, 2016, 03.39 PM IST
HAL hands over BrahMos missile integrated Su-30 to IAFHAL handed over the first supersonic cruise missile BrahMos integrated Su-30 fighters to the IAF, making the aircraft a "very lethal" weapo...
30 Mar, 2015, 06.17 PM IST
Defence Ministry inducts IAF Deputy Chief Air Marshal S B Sinha in HAL boardThe IAF, had been demanding for a long time to have its representatives in the HAL Board of Directors headed by its Chairman R K Tyagi.
29 Jul, 2014, 08.09 PM IST
IAF gets new deputy chief amid declining fighter strengthThe foremost challenge for Air Marshal Sinha, will be to ensure that the continuing dip in the number of fighter squadrons in IAF is arrest...
01 May, 2014, 12.33 PM IST