DRDO in successful flight trial of Ghatak/SWIFT UCAV: DRDO successfully carried out a flight trial of Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator, an indigenous high speed flying wing UAV from the Aeronautical Test Range, Chitradurga in Karnataka on 15 December 2023.
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Modernisation and Future of the Indian Air Force: This year, the Indian Air Force will celebrate its 90th foundation year along with India’s 75th Independence year, which makes the celebration much more special. It shows that we came a long way.
Dassault Aviation becomes a Patron of the Order of Liberation: Eighty years after General de Gaulle’s appeal of 18 June, Dassault Aviation is proud and honoured to support the French Order of Liberation.
he next government must commit itself to supporting long-term defence plans or else defence modernisation will continue to lag and the growing military capabilities gap with China’s People’s Liberation Army will assume ominous proportions.
Considering the logic of major Indian participation and presence at this event, there was strangely no official representation from India at this biennial world-class Air Show
While the first lot of 22 Apaches will go to the Indian Air Force (IAF) to replace its ageing Mi-35 attack helicopter fleet, the six additional Apaches will go to the Army Aviation Corps.
Compared with the PLAAF, which is likely to have 800 plus 4th/5th generation types in service by 2020, the Indian Air Force has been limited by the ‘Government Authorised Establishment (GAE)’ of 42 squadrons by 2027, against a ‘wish list’ of 60 squadrons for a two-front war.
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