Indian Air Force

By Tony Osborne
The UK defense ministry has dispatched a team of engineers to India to retrieve a Lockheed Martin F-35B stranded in the country since mid-June.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
India’s HAL has received the first center fuselage for the Mk. 1A version of the indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft to be produced by private industry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Official accounts of claimed victories and alleged losses vary wildly in the latest conflict between India and Pakistan.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Pakistan used Chinese-built Chengdu J-10C fighters during an aerial confrontation with India, in what could be the first combat use of the type, a report says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
India’s government has approved the purchase of new carrier-capable Rafale combat aircraft to equip the country’s naval air arm.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited will provide the Indian Air Force and Indian Army with indigenous Prachand light combat helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The strained relations between airframer HAL and the Indian Air Force were on full view during Aero India.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A crippling lack of key indigenous infrastructure and skills continues to hold back India’s defense industry, despite rising investment.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The head of the Indian Air Force is calling for more domestic private sector competition to drive greater success in fielding equipment locally.
Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
A perilous threat environment has prompted increased defense spending outside the U.S. and the construction of new multinational supply chains.
Supply Chain

By Matthew Jouppi
The Aviation Week Intelligence Network is tracking $193 billion in open opportunities for military aircraft over the next decade.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The Indian government has signed a contract with Hindustan Aeronautics for 12 more Su-30MKI combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
IAF sources told local media India Today that the exercise took place at Eastern Air Command “a few months ago.”
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin could assemble and maintain C-130Js at Tata Advanced Systems if the transport wins an Indian Air Force order for up to 80 aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The tender moves the 5.8-metric ton Light Combat Helicopter, also known as Prachand, closer to a long-awaited order for full-rate production.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

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

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Indian Air Force investigators are probing the March 12 crash of a Tejas light combat aircraft—the first such accident since the type’s initial test flight.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Embraer has teamed up with Mahindra in a bid to sell its C-390 Millennium airlifter to the IAF.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Crewed and uncrewed combat aircraft teaming on real combat missions is not likely to be realized for up to two decades, a top Indian Air Force official says.
Dubai Airshow

By Chen Chuanren
India has carried out the first live firing of the indigenously developed Astra air-to-air missile from its HAL Tejas fighter.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The first Airbus C295 destined for the Indian Air Force has conducted its first flight over Seville, Spain.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
Government officials want companies that will serve nation’s civil and military space needs.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
Aero India highlights India’s ambition to move beyond simple assembly to creating advanced, exportable aircraft design.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio, Brandon Patrick
India will receive 275 trainers and LCAs over the next decade, more than any other nation aside from the U.S.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey
The Indian government has announced that defense spending will increase by 12.5% for fiscal 2023-24.
Budget, Policy & Operations