Air-Launched Weapons
India Buys 1000 R-27 Air-launched Missiles
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Tikhomirov NIIP BARS: A Glorified Soviet-era Phased Array Radar
German Ace Eric Hartmann said, ‘He who sees first has half the battle.’ The Bars is a family of Russian all-weather multimode airborne radars developed by the Tikhomirov Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design for […]
Air Platform
Russia Proposes To Upgrade Indian Su-30MKI Fighters
The project of modernizing Su-30MKI multirole fighters operational in the Indian Air Force is at the stage of discussion, head of the delegation of Russia’s state arms seller Rosoboronexport (part of the state tech corporation […]
Industry
Hindustan Aeronautics Shuts Down Production Line Of Su-30MKI Fighters
NEW DELHI (GDC) — An Indian facility that manufactures Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighters closed last year, leading to a domino effect that could see 400 local suppliers shut their shops over a lack of component orders, according […]
Industry
Hindustan Aeronautics Ends Production Of Su-30MKI Fighters
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) is nearing the end of a 272-aircraft license production run for the Sukhoi Su-30MKI, with the last aircraft now undergoing final acceptance tests. The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has manufactured the last […]
Air-Launched Weapons
India tests locally made anti-radiation missiles
Earlier today, India tested its indigenous New Generation Anti-Radiation Missile (NGARM) from a Su-30MKI fighter jet of the Indian Air Force. The missile, also called Rudram-1, has a range of 250 kilometers. It can be […]
South Asia
Indian ATS Arrests A HAL Employee For Supplying Aircraft Information to Pakistan
MUMBAI (GDC) — The Maharashtra ATS today arrested an employee of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) with its Ojhar unit in Nashik for allegedly supplying information on aircrafts including Tejas to his Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) handler, learned GDC […]
Air Platform
India ditches Russian missile and chooses MBDA MICA as the medium-range missile
BHUBANESWAR (GDC) — Amid a protracted stand-off along the LAC, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has accomplished a secret mission by conducting several rounds of MICA air-to-air missiles that have recently been acquired from France […]
Air Platform
Why India Pays Premium For Su-30MKI “Dud”?
Although India licensed produced Sukhoi aircraft, India heavily dependent on French Mirage and Rafale fighters. Every bombing mission in Kashmir or fight with Pakistani Air Force, India sent 40 years old French Mirage to do […]
Air Platform
Rafale will have a strategic advantage over Sukhoi fighters: Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa
The Rafale aircraft will give India a strategic advantage in case of any aerial combat with Sino-Flankers in the mountainous Tibet region as the fleet will be able to use the terrain to its advantage, […]