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Defense: IAF Tests BrahMos Supersonic Missile From Sukhoi Jet

April 20, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday conducted a firing test of the BrahMos cruise missile from the Sukhoi Su-30MKI aircraft from the Eastern Seaboard. According to the IAF, the test ended in success as the missile precisely hit its target which was a decommissioned Indian Navy ship. “The mission was undertaken in close […]

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Future Warfare will be Hybrid with Computer Viruses and Hypersonic Missiles: IAF chief

April 12, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari on Tuesday expressed concern about technologies and developments that could be used in war or to destroy any nation. Chaudhari on Tuesday warned that the future warfare will be hybrid with computer viruses and hypersonic missiles asserting that one might never know who the […]

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Operation Ganga: Three Aircraft to visit Hungary, Romania, and Poland today

March 2, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Three more Indian Air Force aircraft – are scheduled to visit Poland, Hungary, and Romania on Wednesday to bring back Indians from Ukraine. According to the IAF officials, one C-17 Globemaster took off at 4 AM earlier today for Romania under Operation Ganga. As part of the ‘Operation Ganga’ mission, special flights are being […]

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Why India celebrates Navy Day on December 4? There are interesting facts behind it

December 4, 2021 Vinayak Barot

Mumbai: Navy Day in India is celebrated on 4 December every year to recognize the achievements and role of the Indian Navy to the country. December 4 was chosen as on that day in 1971, during Operation Trident, the Indian Navy sank four Pakistani vessels including PNS Khaibar, killing hundreds of Pakistani Navy personnel. 2021 is […]

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Sweden offers fighter jet ‘Gripen’ to India at half price of Rafale

December 3, 2021 Vinayak Barot

– Vinayak Barot New Delhi: The country located in North Europe – Sweden has come forward to fulfill the demand of the Indian Air Force. The Swedish Company SAAB made a bold tender pitch in which the country is ready to provide 114 Gripen fighter aircraft to India at half the price of Rafale fighter […]

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Indian Bio-Jet Fuel Technology Receives Formal Military Certification

November 30, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: CSIR-IIP Dehradun’s home-grown technology to produce bio-jet fuel has been formally approved for use on military aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF). The provisional clearance (PC) certificate was handed over by R.Kamalakannan, Group Director(AT&FOL), Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC) to Saleem Akhtar Farooqui, Principal Scientist from CSIR-IIP in the presence of […]

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Defense Forces get more financial powers in Centre’s new order

September 8, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Amid the rising challenges at borders and international level, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday released an order which gives additional financial powers to the Defence Forces for revenue purchases. The government statement said that “The order on Delegation of Financial Powers to Defence Services 2021 aims to empower field formations, focus on […]

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The Indian Air Force plans to acquire 10 anti-drone systems

July 6, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Indian Air Force is planning to buy 10 anti-drone systems to prevent unpredicted activities of enemy nations. After the drone attack at the Indian Air Base in Jammu and Kashmir – The Indian Air Force has decided to acquire ten counter-unmanned aircraft systems (CUAS) to guard its airbases. The IAF has issued […]

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Mawya Sudan: The First woman fighter pilot in IAF from Jammu and Kashmir

June 21, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: A-24-year old girl from the Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district – become the first fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force. Mawya Sudan becomes the 12th woman officer and first from Rajouri to be inducted as a fighter pilot in the air force. Mawya Sudan was commissioned into the IAF as a Flying […]

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approves Rs 498.8 crore budgetary support for Defence innovation through iDEX – DIO

June 13, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the budgetary support of Rs 498.8 crore to Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) – Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO) for the next five years. The budgetary support will provide a big boost to the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’ of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as iDEX–DIO has the primary objective […]