Indian Air Force
India’s Rafale deal stuck on price negotiations
13 Aug 2015
The ongoing government-to-government negotiations are also stuck over the offset clause, which calls for mandatory localisation of parts production to help Indian industry
IAF concludes operations in earthquake hit Nepal
04 Jun 2015
After the tsunami: rebirth of an island
29 May 2015
Air Commodore Nitin Sathe, who currently heads a premier services selection board for the IAF talks to Swetha Amit about reviving an island back to life post the Asian Tsunami in 2004
Germany pushing India to buy Eurofighters
27 May 2015
Germany is lobbying India to buy Eurofighter jets while offering to back India on its multi-billion-dollar submarine project that still needs technology, which India lacks
IAF jet lands on Yamuna Expressway in first road runway trial
21 May 2015
Like several other air forces, the India Air Force is planning to use national highways as emergency landing strips for fighter aircraft
IAF to induct 36 Rafale jets in two years: Parrikar
11 Apr 2015
The decision to acquire 36 fighter jets is meant to meet IAF’s “critical operational necessity” and will not form part of the larger deal, which would be pursued separately, French authorities said
IAF to induct 36 Rafale jets in two years: Parrikar
11 Apr 2015
The decision to acquire 36 fighter jets is meant to meet IAF’s “critical operational necessity” and will not form part of the larger deal, which would be pursued separately, French authorities said
Rafale deal, n-supplies top PM’s agenda on Paris visit
10 Apr 2015
Continuing his diplomatic offensive, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to hold a one-on-one meet with French President Francois Hollandeand and meet trade leaders before moving on to Germany and Canada
Air Force gets first ‘Made in India’ fighter aircraft
17 Jan 2015
Although the LCA Tejas is fully operational, final operational clearance is expected only by the year-end
India tests 1,000-kg guided glide bomb
20 Dec 2014
Tatas, Airbus team up to bid for $2-bn IAF transport aircraft deal
29 Oct 2014
If they win the contract, Airbus will supply the first 16 planes in a "fly-away" condition from its assembly line, while Tata Advanced Systems Ltd will manufacture and assemble the remaining 40 in India
IAF grounds entire Sukhoi-30 fleet after Pune crash
22 Oct 2014
The grounded aircraft represent almost a third of the country's fighter fleet
Chopper scam: 2 former Finmeccanica chiefs cleared of corruption
09 Oct 2014
Former Finmeccanica CEO Giuseppe Orsi and ex-AgustaWestland head Bruno Spagnolini, however, were sentenced to two-year jail term for falsification of invoices in the Rs3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal with India
India puts on hold all defence deals with Italy’s Finmeccanica
06 Aug 2014
Finmeccanica and its group companies are involved in several ongoing defence projects in India, including the supply of Selex radars and communication systems to Navy and IAF
IAF, Army again ground ‘indigenous’ Dhruv copters after fatal crash
04 Aug 2014
The Indian Air Force has grounded its fleet of around 40 ‘indigenously’ developed Advanced Light Helicopters Dhruv in view of the recent crash in which seven IAF personnel were killed
Seven die in IAF helicopter crash
25 Jul 2014
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