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"India lost World Cup because of PM's presence, Tejas might 'crash' as PM did sortie" claims TMC MP Shantanu SenTrinamool Congress MP Shantanu Sen has expressed concerns about the Tejas fighter jet, suggesting it might "crash" after Prime Minister Nar...
27 Nov, 2023, 05.48 PM IST
First batch of 5 Rafales reaches Al Dhafra airbase in UAE on way to India from FranceThe aircraft flew out from the Merignac airbase in French port city of Bordeaux and will cover a distance of nearly 7,000 km with air-to-ai...
27 Jul, 2020, 10.24 PM IST
IAF likely to get fully-loaded Tejas version it wants by 2020The Flying Daggers, the first squadron of the Tejas indigenous light combat aircraft, which currently comprises two jets, will touch its fu...
14 Jul, 2018, 05.00 PM IST
First Tejas squadron to come up by July; IAF chief Arup Raha flies the indigenous jet"The twin-seat Tejas trainer will undergo a full-profile sortie. It will convey IAF's confidence in the indigenous fighter," said HAL chief...
14 Jul, 2018, 04.52 PM IST
HAL production under lens after Hawk trainer crashHAL, now faced with losing its monopoly in the domestic aviation sector, and its primary customer, the IAF, have not had the best of relati...
06 Jul, 2015, 10.33 AM IST
After 32 years, India finally gets LCA Tejas aircraftThe entire project by the DRDO and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is estimated to cost over Rs 30,000 crore.
17 Jan, 2015, 08.51 PM IST
14 years on, IAF jet trainer still not readyProper training of rookie IAF pilots remains under a cloud with HAL still struggling to deliver its intermediate jet trainer (IJT).
30 Dec, 2013, 11.43 AM IST
Tejas will not be ready for war before end-2015A K Antony last week expressed the hope that the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft would finally get the final operational clearance n...
04 Jun, 2013, 10.42 AM IST
IAF inducts Swiss basic trainer aircraft Pilatus PC-7 MK IIThe IAF training academy at Dundigal today witnessed the induction of basic trainer aircraft Pilatus, PC-7 Mk-II, in the airforce.
31 May, 2013, 06.48 PM IST
Rs 25,000 crore Tejas fighter jet won't be combat-ready before 2015At a time when the US is fast-developing hypersonic bombers, India’s Tejas light combat aircraft will ‘not be ready to go to war’ anytime b...
22 Jul, 2012, 02.22 PM IST