While two Tejas were today handed over to IAF by state- run HAL, Parrikar said that by 2025, 120 Tejas aircraft will be inducted into the A...

Parrikar congratulated HAL and said, "The young team has taken a calculated risk and they have flown the aircraft within one year and kept ...

The aircraft, the prototype of which was rolled out in January, is aimed at being used for the first stage training for all flying cadets o...

HAL said Light Combat Helicopter, the high-altitude attack helicopter, has completed performance trials paving way for finalisation of basi...

IAF is in the process of inducting additional Su-30 MKI aircraft manufactured under licence by HAL.

Parrikar admitted that progress had been slow in some areas connected to Make in India, but said that defence is a very complicated sector ...

The Defence Minister was speaking at an event organised for the inaugural run of the core 25kN (kilo newton) indigenous Aero Engine.

Parrikar had in May ruled out recruiting women for combat operations in IAF due to apprehensions about their safety.

He said that there may be one or two more jet fighter plants, either operational or in the process of being set up, in India in the next th...

The aircraft would be used for basic flight training, aerobatics, instrument flying and close-formation flights, whereas its secondary role...

The plant has been set up at Honda village, where the company had purchased assets from the state government-run Economic Development Corpo...

Parrikar asked defence PSUs to "stop thinking like a government department" if they are to compete with private companies for 'Make in Indi...

"In the next four to five years, we can add about six LCA squadrons if we push HAL, which I am doing,"Parrikar said.

Parrikar said review of existing fleet and induction of new aircraft is carried out keeping in view the operational requirements of the air...

As the two ministers met, the Cost Negotiating Committee (CNC) is understood to have submitted its report to the Ministry of Defence.

The defence minister’s argument in the letter, centres on HAL suffering revenue losses after its airport was shut down in 2008.

First of Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter planes, overhauled within the country, was today handed over to the Indian Air Force by Defence Minister Man...