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Govt nod to 97 additional LCA Mk 1 jets for IAF

September 24, 2025 1:42 pm

When inducted, the additional indigenous jets will be a boost to the dwindling fighter squadrons of the IAF. The order was already in the pipeline

India’s AMCA fighter jet programme: Indigenous, ambitious and in urgent need of whole-of-nation approach

June 28, 2025 3:32 pm

With geopolitical headwinds and rising regional threats, the project demands unified political, industrial, and strategic will

LCA Navy makes maiden landing on indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant

February 06, 2023 10:46 pm

The aviation complex of the INS Vikrant, India’s first indigenous aircraft, is in the process of getting operationalised.

Made-in-India attack helicopters inducted; special moment: PM Modi

October 04, 2022 5:38 am

The formal induction of the LCH comes months after the Cabinet Committee on Security, chaired by the Prime Minister, approved in March the procurement of 15 LCH Limited Series Production (LSP) at a cost of Rs 3,887 crore.

BEL turnover in 2021-22 touches Rs 15000 cr; HAL records highest-ever revenue

April 01, 2022 8:37 pm

HAL achieved record revenue with production of 44 new helicopters/aircraft, 84 new engines, overhauling 203 aircraft / helicopters and 478 engines.

LCA programme created an aeronautical ecosystem in India, we flew a record 5,000 sorties without accident: IAF veteran

September 05, 2021 8:36 pm

Air Marshal (Retd) Philip Rajkumar says without the strong foundation laid by the Tejas programme it wouldn’t have been possible to develop the LCA MK II and later the advanced medium combat aircraft

DRDO, combat aircraft, pilot escape path clearance system

Pune: DRDO facilities develop pilot escape path clearance system for combat aircraft

June 23, 2021 9:44 am

Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) and High Energy Material Research Laboratory (HEMRL) developed the Canopy Severance System (CSS) for indigenous aircraft including LCA Tejas, HJT-36 and HTT-40.

Tejas LCA clears ‘arrested landing’ test, next stop aircraft carrier

WATCH: Tejas clears critical test after its first ever 'arrested landing' for naval deployment

September 13, 2019 9:24 pm

The critical test, which was conducted in Goa today, has put India among a select group of nations having the capability to design a jet which can land on an aircraft carrier.

Beyond The News: Big plans in the air, not much on ground yet

May 26, 2016 8:23 am

The IAF’s squadron strength has dwindled to dangerously low levels, many jets are near the end of their operational lives, and the future looks uncertain.