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The Air Force plans to award a 10-year firm fixed price contract at the end of fiscal 2027 to RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney for the restoration of the company’s […]
“Detection — especially detection on the low altitudes — this is the most difficult part and when you add to the drones, the low flying cruise missiles, then the detection is really a challenge,” Estonia’s Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur told Breaking…
Operation Sindoor was a meticulously executed military operation by the Indian Army, led by Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi. Launched on May 7, 2025, in direct response to a terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 civilians, the operation was a precise, coordinated strike targeting nine terrorist camps and infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.General Dwivedi
India is undergoing a fundamental transformation in its national security doctrine, moving away from decades of predictable restraint towards a far more assertive posture rooted in pre-emption, coercive leverage, and strategic autonomy.Military scholar John Spencer and foreign policy expert Dr Lauren Dagan Amoss mark this change as a "doctrinal threshold" that reshapes deterrence dynamics in
The TEJAS fighter jet, manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), crashed during an aerial display at the Dubai Air Show on 21 November 2025.The single-seat Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) was performing a complex aerobatic manoeuvre when it lost control at low altitude and went into a nose-dive, resulting in a fatal crash.The lone pilot, Wing Commander Namansh Syal of the Indian Air Force
The November 2025 crash of a Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) TEJAS light combat aircraft at the Dubai Air Show—the third-largest aviation exhibition globally—represents far more than a singular tragedy. The death of Wing Commander Namansh Syal on 21 November symbolises a systemic crisis in India’s defence manufacturing architecture, one that has festered for over four decades while private
India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has confirmed a landmark deal with French aerospace leader Safran to jointly develop a clean-sheet, next-generation fighter jet engine in the 120–140 kN thrust class.This new propulsion system will be developed with full Indian Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), ensuring complete Indian ownership over the core technologies.Safran will
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has put forward a proposal to acquire 114 additional Dassault Rafale fighter jets, valued at over ₹2 lakh crore ($22 billion), which would mark the biggest defence deal in India’s history if approved.This potential purchase could see India’s Rafale fleet grow to 176 jets, combining current IAF holdings of 36 aircraft and the Indian Navy’s order of 26 Rafale-M naval
Wing Commander Namansh Syal, an accomplished Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot, tragically lost his life during a dramatic aerial display at the Dubai Air Show when the indigenous TEJAS MK-1 he was flying crashed.The accident occurred on the final day of the event near Dubai’s Al Maktoum International Airport during a low-altitude negative G manoeuvre, causing the jet to nosedive and erupt into a
Tragedy descended upon the Dubai Air Show when an Indian Air Force TEJAS fighter jet crashed during a negative-G manoeuvre, killing Wing Commander Namansh Syal. The incident, which unfolded before a stunned audience, cast a deep shadow over what was meant to be the region’s premier aviation spectacle, reported Chidanand Rajghatta of TOI.The aftermath saw an extraordinary act of solidarity from