India

Aviation Week Staff
The RCS seaplane operations had a shaky start.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Swaati Ketkar
The airline is planning significant MRO growth as it prepares for an expanded fleet and its impending Vistara merger.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Robert Wall
The Indian government has approved the purchase of 240 locally assembled Al-31FP engines from Hindustan Aeronautics to power its Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighters.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
The companies signed the Aug. 30 deal in India that is intended to create a new engine, called Aravalli.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Swaati Ketkar
Aequs Aerospace CEO Aravind Melligeri talks about the company’s plans to establish an engine MRO in Belagavi.
MRO

By Swaati Ketkar
The airlines were granted CAR 145 approval to integrate their line maintenance operations as part of the merger process.
MRO

By Irene Klotz
Overseeing the two-week Axiom-4 mission will be former NASA veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson.
Space

By Swaati Ketkar
Its new MRO customer support center in Bengaluru could signal intentions to establish MRO operations in the city eventually.
MRO

By Swaati Ketkar
A new change to India’s goods and services tax should make MRO investment in the country more attractive.
MRO

By Robert Wall
The Indian government has agreed with local entities to set up test facilities for UAS and electronic warfare, as well as to assess electro-optical systems.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jens Flottau
The Brazilian manufacturer has had some success selling its military transport internationally, but the biggest campaigns are yet to come.
GASCC & RIAT

By Irene Klotz
The Biden administration on June 17 announced its intention to fly an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station.
Space

By Swaati Ketkar
Large aircraft orders in India will provide significant opportunity to build up engine MRO capabilities in the country.
MRO

By Ben Goldstein
Archer Aviation CEO Adam Goldstein recently made a bold prediction about the potential for urban air mobility (UAM) in India.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Adrian Schofield
The carrier will enter longer-haul markets with Airbus A350s set to begin arriving in 2027.
Airlines & Lessors

By Matthew Fulco
IndiGo's A350 order highlights how Boeing is slipping behind in the region that holds the greatest potential for commercial aviation in the coming decades.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The country is shaking up space exploration, commerce and the broader geopolitical picture.
Space

By Adrian Schofield
An Indian court has ruled that grounded Go First must return its aircraft to lessors, which appears to have ended a long-running dispute.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
The Philippines has become the first importer of the Russo-Indian BrahMos supersonic anti-ship cruise missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
India's low-cost giant IndiGo is to get its own widebody fleet after signing a firm order for 30 Airbus A350-900s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Early analysis of test results for the Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile (ITCM) shows that "all subsystems performed as per expectation."
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Adrian Schofield
Workers from India’s largest aircraft engineering organization are planning a strike, which could potentially cause disruptions for Air India.
Workforce & Training

By Adrian Schofield
While a major round of consolidation is still likely to occur in the Indian airline industry, the process is taking longer to play out than expected years ago.
Airlines & Lessors