• Thales Avionics gains as Dassault Rafale wins MRCA contest Indian periodical The Hindu recently reported that France's Dassault Aviation won a $10 billion contract to supply India with 126 Rafale fighters under the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) program. Dassault will supply the fir..
• Air Force Updates: 214 Fifth Generation Fighters, HAL Tejas Delayed, MRCA Deliveries by 2014 and more.. In a press conference in New Delhi, the Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne revealed the following: <ul><li>Indian Air Force has the funds for the MMRCA programme. There will be a realignment in committed liab..
• Rafael Derby Air-to-Air Missiles for Indian Air Force HAL Tejas Fighter Jets Leading defense and aerospace publication FlightGlobal has quoted industry sources confirming the integration of Rafael Derby Air to Air Missiles with India's indigenous HAL Tejas Light Combat Aircraft for the Indian Air Force. Deliver..
• Indian Air Force Orders 65 HAL Light Combat Helicopters for USD 1.4 billion The Indian Air Force recently announced that it will purchase 65 indigenously-designed attack helicopters in a deal worth $1.4 billion, according to a report in Defense News. The Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), are produced by state-own..
• Rafael Derby BVRAAMs on Indian Air Force HAL Tejas Light Combat Aircraft by 2012-end The Indian Air Force (IAF) plans to equip the Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) with the Rafael's supersonic Derby beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVR-AAM). India will sign a contract with Rafael Advanced Defence Systems (RADSL..
• Technical Fault Forces Light Combat Helicopter to Shorten Flight at Aero India 2011 A technical fault forced the home-grown Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) to cut short its flying display at Aero India 2011 at Yelahanka Air Force base here today. An official of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited which built the prototype of ..
• General Dynamics Transfers Intellectual Property of Hawk Support to HAL February 8th 2011 - General Dynamics UK signs contract to deliver Hawk support to Hindustan Aeronautic Limited. Makes Intellectual Property (IP) transfer central to its agreement. General Dynamics UK's key activities during this fi..
• Sukhoi, Rosoboronexport, HAL to Jointly Develop Multi-role Fighter Jet (FGFA / PAK FA) Development and production of multi-role fighter is the largest joint project of Russian-Indian military-technical cooperation. In December 2010 during the visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to India, the Rosoboronexport, the Hindus..
• Magellan Aerospace to Develop Wire Strike Protection System for HAL Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopters Magellan Aerospace announced today an agreement with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Bangalore, India for a new Wire Strike Protection System. The agreement includes the design and development of a WSPS for the HAL Advanced Light Hel..
• HAL to Showcase Wide Range Capabilities at Aero India 2011 Defence major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is all set to rock Aero India-2011. Showcasing its wide range of capabilities, HAL is all geared up for Asia's premier air show. The handing over ceremony of Cheetah helicopter to Namib..
• HAL Light Combat Helicopter to be Showcased at Aero India 2011 India's first indigenous attack helicopter, the Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) developed by HAL and due for induction into the Indian Air Force by 2012-13, will make its first flight during Aero India from February 9 to 13. Its first te..
• Operational Clearance Accorded for HAL Tejas Light Combat Aircraft Nearly three decades after it was first conceptualized, the Initial Operational Clearance for the Light Combat Aircraft was accorded today when the Defence Minister Shri AK Antony handed over a formal "Release to Service Certificate&qu..
• NIRDESH - Ship Building Research Center Launched in Chaliyam, Kerala The Defence Minister Shri AK Antony today laid the foundation stone of the National Institute for Research and Development in Defence Shipbuilding (NIRDESH) at Chaliyam, near Kozhikode (Calicut). A part of the Department of Defence Producti..
• HAL, Rosoboronexport Sign Contract to Design and Develop FGFA A Contract for Preliminary Design of the Indo-Russian Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft was signed between Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Rosoboronexport and Sukhoi here today. The Project involves design and development of a Fifth Ge..
• Tejas LSP-3 Jettisoned 1200-litre Drop Tank at Chitradurga ATR Jettison-able drop tanks are carried by a combat aircraft, after completing the mission are required to be dropped from the mother aircraft for a quick get away from the enemy territory and other emergency situations. To ensure safety of fl..
• FGFA/PAKFA - HAL, Sukhoi T-50 Preliminary Design by 2012; Cost USD 295 million Russia and India have agreed the estimated cost of a design contract for their joint fifth-generation fighter project at $295 million, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Chairman Ashok Nayak said in an interview with RIA Novosti. "..
• 90 percent of Components for HAL Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv Sourced Internally Around 69 percent of the material used in manufacture of Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) is procured from foreign sources. In terms of number of components involved, around 90 percent of the components are made in India. The development ..
• HAL Tejas Light Combat Aircraft Succesfully Test Fires R-73 Air-to-Air Missile India's indigenous Light Combat Aircraft Tejas today successfully completed air-to-air close combat missile firing tests, ahead of its clearance for induction into the IAF. The tests for firing of R-73 missiles took place at the INS Ha..
• Air Force Mi-17 Helicopter Crashes in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh An Indian Air Force Mi-17 helicopter has reportedly crashed in Tawang region of Arunachal Pradesh close to the Chinese border. 11 feared dead in crashed. Further reports awaited...
• HAL-Rosoboronexport Multi Role Transport Aircraft Certification Targeted by 2016-2017 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Russian Companies UAC Transport Aircraft and Rosoboronexport signed a Shareholders Agreement on 9.9.2010 to incorporate a Joint Venture Company for design, development and production of Multi Role Transport..