- June 15th, 2026
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is confronting an increasingly constrained set of options for maintaining its technological edge in the coming decades, as both its indigenous fifth-generation fighter program and the two leading sixth-generation international collaborations it is tracking face...
India has launched a major effort to modernise the navigation resilience of its frontline fighter aircraft, with the Ministry of Defence issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) to equip 258 Su-30MKI combat jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) with...
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has launched a carefully planned strategy to preserve the operational effectiveness of its Mirage 2000 fighter fleet as India prepares for the next phase of combat aviation modernization. With the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)...
India’s ambitious Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme, centred on the advanced Tejas Mk1A fighter jet, has entered a decisive phase as production, testing, and systems integration proceed simultaneously under mounting operational pressure from the Indian Air Force (IAF). The programme,...
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has taken a decisive and pragmatically structured step in reshaping the future of its frontline combat fleet, opting to segregate a portion of its aging Sukhoi Su-30MKI fleet from the ambitious “Super Sukhoi” upgrade programme....
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has officially brought down the curtain on one of the most iconic chapters in Indian military aviation history with the retirement of the legendary Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 fighter aircraft. After more than six decades of operational...
During the Indo-Pakistan conflict of May 2025, India claimed to have achieved a major combat milestone during Operation Sindoor: the longest-ever recorded surface-to-air missile kill by the Russian-origin S-400 air defense system. The claim emerged months after the brief but...
India has taken a significant step toward fielding its own stratospheric surveillance and communications platform, even as Russia unveiled a conceptually similar system designed to transform battlefield connectivity. India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) to...
In one of the most consequential military modernization decisions in recent years, India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has approved the acquisition of 114 additional Rafale fighter jets for the Indian Air Force (IAF), six more P-8I long-range maritime patrol aircraft...
In a strategically significant display of airpower cooperation, Indian Air Force (IAF) Su-30MKI fighters have conducted joint in-situ air drills with Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) JAS 39 Gripen aircraft near the vital Malacca Strait—just days after Swedish aerospace major...
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