- February 7th, 2026
For decades, France has marketed its combat aircraft as symbols of strategic independence in a global arms market dominated by the United States. At a time when Washington is increasingly accused of using arms exports as a tool of political...
India’s Defence Ministry faces a significant strategic dilemma that strikes at the heart of the country’s airpower modernisation and technological sovereignty, as it considers a substantial proposal worth about USD 36.1 billion for the procurement of 114 additional Dassault Rafale...
French aerospace and defence major Thales has awarded Indian firm SFO Technologies a contract to manufacture complex wired structures for the RBE2 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar used on the Rafale fighter aircraft, marking a significant step in the...
Thirty years after the thundering tanks and artillery of Operation Storm swept through the hills and towns of southern Croatia, crushing the self-declared Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK) and bringing the Croatian War of Independence to its decisive end, the...
A simmering strategic dispute between India and France over access to the Rafale fighter jet’s source code has reignited questions about the limits of digital sovereignty in an era where software defines battlefield dominance. India’s push for technological autonomy, enshrined...
Europe is undergoing a seismic shift in defense and geopolitical alignment. With a continent still reeling from the shockwaves of the war in Ukraine, and growing uncertainty about long-term American reliability, the urgency to rearm and reassert strategic autonomy has...
France's Dassault Rafale fighter jet has stood as a symbol of modern aerial warfare superiority—proven in combat, respected globally, and free from the blemish of fatal combat loss. That aura of invincibility has, however, come under scrutiny following a brief...
Southeast Asia may soon become the next theater of competition between two of the world’s most aggressively marketed fourth-generation-plus combat aircraft — France’s Dassault Rafale and China’s Chengdu J-10C. The potential confrontation isn’t just one of hardware and firepower; it...
In a landmark development that underscores India’s burgeoning aerospace capabilities and global defense significance, Dassault Aviation and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) have entered into four pivotal Production Transfer Agreements to manufacture the fuselage of the Rafale fighter aircraft in...
In a sobering and hard-hitting new report, the prestigious Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI) has delivered a pointed warning about the state of France's air combat capabilities. The detailed analysis, authored by defense experts and former French Air Force...
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