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Indian Air Force

18 Sep 2024

Squadron Leader Mohana Singh Becomes First Woman Fighter Pilot

Sqn Ldr Mohana Singh was part of the first three women to become fighter pilots in the Indian Air Force. During the historical flight, Sqn Ldr Mohana could be seen instructing the Army and Navy Vice Chiefs on the flight in the LCA Tejas fighter jet.

Indian Air Force

08 Mar 2024

India To Build 5th-Gen Stealth Fighter Jet Capable Of Supersonic Cruise Speed

The swing-role AMCA will be capable of achieving supersonic cruise speed. The initial cost of the project will be Rs 15,000 crore.

25 Nov 2023

PM Narendra Modi Takes Historic Sortie In Tejas Fighter Aircraft

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took a sortie in Tejas showing the world the capabilities of India's defence prowess. PM Modi shared the photos on X saying that the flight experience was incredibly enriching. Earlier in April this year, President Droupadi Murmu had taken a sortie in a Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft. Under Modi Government, an order worth Rs 36,468 Crore for delivery of 83 LCA Mk 1A aircraft has been placed with HAL and delivery is scheduled to begin by February 2024. More than Rs 9,000 Crore have been sanctioned for the development of LCA Mk 2, an updated and more lethal version of LCA Tejas.

14 Feb 2023

Aero India 2023: Argentina, Malaysia Show Interest in India-Made LCA Tejas

LCA Tejas, HAL made fighter jet is attracting significant attention at Aero India 2023 and reports suggest it has got the interest of Argentina and Malaysia for import, reports IANS.

08 Feb 2023

Historical! After LCA Navy, MiG-29K Jet Makes Maiden Landing on INS Vikrant

As part of the aviation trials, the landing of LCA (Navy) and MiG-29K onboard INS Vikrant was carried out on 06 February 2023 by Indian Naval Test Pilots.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

16 Dec 2021

HAL signs Rs 2400 crore contract with BEL for light combat aircraft

The five-year contract spanning from 2023 to 2028 is valued at Rs 2,400 crore. The deal involves supplying critical avionics Line Replaceable Units (LRUs), flight control computers and night flying LRUs. Deliveries under 83 Tejas Mk1A order to IAF will commence from 2023-24.

15 Nov 2021

Dubai Airshow: IAF's Tejas showcases superior flying skills

The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas showcased "superior flying skills" at the Dubai Air Show on Sunday. The air show kicked off at Al Maktoum airport in Dubai.

Indian Air Force

08 Sep 2021

Air Force to procure 350 aircraft over next two decades: IAF chief Bhadauria

RKS Bhadauria said IAF would procure about 350 aircraft in next 20 years He emphasised on homegrown combat aircraft like LCA Tejas

15 Jan 2021

'Tejas far better, advanced than Chinese & Pakistan Jt venture JF-17 fighter'

The LCA is equipped with critical operational capabilities of AESA Radar, Beyond Visual Range Missile, Electronic Warfare Suite and Air to Air Refuelling It would be a potent platform to meet the operational requirements of IAF, which has already inducted a batch of Tejas aircraft as part of its initial order of 40 jets

14 Jan 2021

IAF set to get 83 new LCA Tejas aircraft, here are some of its top features

13 Jan 2021

'Cabinet approves procurement deal of 83 Tejas aircrafts worth Rs 48,000 cr'

The approval is in addition to an earlier deal to purchase 40 of the combat aircraft The indigenously-made jets are set to join the Indian Air Force fleet over the course of the next six to seven years

Indian Air Force

05 Jun 2020

Su-30MKIs, Rafale, Tejas, Mirage 2000, MiG-29, MiG, Jaguar: The IAF fighters

The IAF has almost 900 combat aircraft in it inventory while the total aeroplanes in active service with the force number over 1720. The Russian Sukhoi Su-30MKIs form the backbone of IAF fighter fleet and the force flies 272 of the twin-seater, twin-engine multirole combat aircraft.

27 May 2020

LCA Tejas to join IAF 18 Squadron today at Tamil Nadu's Sulur airbase

The No 18 Squadron, formed in 1965 with the motto "Teevra aur Nirbhaya" meaning "Swift and Fearless," was earlier flying MiG 27 aircraft.

Indian Air Force

25 May 2020

LCA Tejas to join IAF No. 18 Flying Bullets Squadron at Sulur airbase

The No 18 Squadron, formed in 1965 with the motto "Teevra aur Nirbhaya" meaning "Swift and Fearless," was earlier flying MiG 27 aircraft.

19 May 2020

IAF looking for 114 multirole fighters, over 200 LCA Tejas: Chief Bhadauria

In future, the Indian Air Force is planning to acquire 450 fighter aircraft for deployment on the northern and western frontiers of the country, Air Force Chief RKS Bhadauria said on Monday.

17 Mar 2020

Tejas FOC completes maiden flight, IAF closer to combat-ready indigenous jet

Indian Air Force (IAF) is a step closer to getting a fully combat-ready indigenous supersonic fighter with the Light Combat Aircraft Tejas in Final Operational Clearance-standard (SP-21) making its first successful test flight in Bengaluru on Tuesday (March 17, 2020). Tejas FOC(SP-21), piloted by former Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Commodore and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Chief Test Flying (Fixed Wing) KA Muthana (retired), was in the air for 40 minutes.

29 Nov 2019

LCA Navy Tejas test launches with 4 missiles from INS Hansa in Goa

Indian Navy and Indian Air Force (IAF) has the Israeli Derby BVRAAM in their arsenal and the Tejas developed for the air force has already test-fired and integrated the missile.

30 Sep 2019

LCA Tejas Navy launches, makes arrested landing in a single sortie

Calling it "a seminal achievement", the Ministry of Defence stated, "Being a pioneering technology acquisition and demonstration program for the unique Short Take-Off but Arrested Recovery (STOBAR) concept of aircraft operations, the LCA (Navy) team has had to conceptualise and experiment with complex software modes from a clean slate. All this had to be done while tentatively exploring and incrementally expanding the structural capabilities of the aircraft to withstand the brutal requirements of carrier operations."

19 Sep 2019

Photo Gallery: Rajnath Singh becomes first defence minister to fly in LCATejas

19 Sep 2019

Exhilarating, amazing, says Rajnath Singh after flying in LCA Tejas

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that Tejas is a multi-role fighter with several critical capabilities and it will strengthen the air defence capabilities of the country.

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