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January 13, 2017

What The IAF Chief’s MiG-21 Sortie Really Meant

On Wednesday morning under a harsh winter sun at the Uttarlai air base in India’s western desert, the Indian Air […]

January 10, 2017

Here’s the India Today report we put together this afternoon based on a controversy that’s broken out online over Pakistan’s […]

January 3, 2017

India’s Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today took questions on a piece of procurement action that’s occupying more mindspace than […]

December 23, 2016

An aircraft platform built for a stupendous capacity to dodge, duck and hide from real trouble — both enemy threats as […]

December 22, 2016

This tantalizing image is from inside a hangar at the Coventry airfield in the U.K. That’s the restored DC-3 Dakota […]

December 21, 2016

It’s prized HJT-36 intermediate jet trainer in the doldrums after failing to prove capable of stall-and-spin maneouvers (and forcing the […]

November 22, 2016

Does India need the V-22 Osprey? Need. That often powerless little word in the world of military modernisation globally — and certainly in […]

November 20, 2016

“Two Mirages zoom up from below, slowing down, then edging closer to the giant Il-78M in front of us, trailing […]

November 16, 2016

As Boeing Defense revives its campaign for the F/A-18 Super Hornet in India, a slide in its presentation today on […]

November 15, 2016

Russia used to control the Indian military helicopter market. In terms of sheer numbers, both in service and on order, […]

November 14, 2016

Why is Boeing Defense, which was among a handful of high-profile eliminees in India’s erstwhile medium multirole combat aircraft (M-MRCA) […]

November 4, 2016

It has been known for a while that the Indian military will shortly be on board for a far bigger […]

November 2, 2016

A significant jump in life after a service life extension of the F-16 Block 70 platform. Total Indian autonomy on who […]

October 27, 2016

Following on from its big pitch last year to replace its Veer-class (Tarantul-class/1241RE) missile corvettes with six new Indian-built missile […]