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Su-30MKI in the process of buddy refueling a Tejas Mk1 Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari confirms that the IAF will be going ahead with a contract for 97 more Tejas Mk1As for a total of 220 Tejas Mk1/Mk1As. And HAL CMD has stated that HAL is committed to deliver all 8 twin seater Tejas...

First serial production Tejas trainer handed over to the IAF by HAL at Bangalore Regn # LT-5201

It has more to do with elderly people not being confident about being able to navigate airports and having the fear of missing the flight as a result. White people are notorious for not helping strangers, something that any young Indian guy would do for an elderly person at an airport.

Fighter jets, spy planes, choppers, missiles in mega IAF list of indigenous projects worth over Rs 3 lakh crores in the pipeline The article confirms that the Defence Ministry is going to soon clear the order for 97 more Tejas Mk1A fighters. Also the IAF is pushing the case for 156 new...

Tejas Mk1A prototype with Astra Mk1 BVRAAMs and R-73E CCMs. Pic posted by Grp Cpt HV Thakur. Pic credit Deb Rana

Tejas Mk1A prototype with 5 Gautam PGM bombs

First IAF C-295MW escorted by 2 Su-30MKIs as it enters Indian airspace on it's way to the IAF station at Vadodara airport. First IAF C-295MW after landing at Vadodara airport

The base price of the Tejas Mk1A is pegged at ~USD 42-45 million. However, each deal comes with other stuff added on, spare engines, spare radars, spare HMDS, spare this that..plus ground support equipment, maintenance tools and jigs, desktop training devices, simulators, etc. All of that adds...

I really have no insights into what is being offered. Except that HAL has offered to set up a MRO for the Tejas Mk1A. There could be other offers included, perhaps like making Egypt the African centric Tejas assembly line in case the order size is large enough. The question of ToT will arise...

First confirmation of the IAI Rampage missile being in service with India. See the MiG-29K in the background.

Take it for what it's worth..we don't know what the latest status is on the discussions between India and Egypt for an order of 20 Tejas Mk1A fighters. In this context, the IAF's decision to order another 100 Tejas Mk1A fighters, for a total of 183 Tejas Mk1A fighters (in addition to the 40...

And now this stunning video that shows the Astra Mk1 BVRAAMs in an asymmetrical configuration with only 1 inboard pylon mounted drop tank.

It isn't even in the mix. They've recieved offers from Airbus, LM and Embraer. There is no Ilyushin in there.

The template is set. the C-295 being built by the Tata-Airbus JV is what will be emulated, but with the MTA the deal size may be larger and could possibly involve even more demands of ToT from India.

The IAF is in Egypt for Exercise Bright Star 2023, with 5 MiG-29UPGs, 2 C-17s, 2 C-130Js and 2 Il-78MKI tankers.

India to see financial quotes for Rafale M from France, IAF requirement not on table Common sense meant that the IAF and IN's requirement would be merged to get economies of scale and an assembly line to manufacture them both. But the super complex Indian defence procurement means that this...

Better quality image with the DRDO ASPJ

First images of the DRDO developed indigenous Advanced Self-Protection Jammer (ASPJ) on the Tejas Mk1A prototype. This is the most important piece of equipment that we had yet to see on the Tejas, although we know it was in testing from ADA's Annual Report 2022-23.. Fantastic to see it in...

That one requirement, of being able to fit into MiG-21 size hardened air shelters (HAS) really did constrain designers. But they still could've made it longer, given that the Tejas is even shorter in length (not including the pitot) than a MiG-21 with it's horizontal stabilizers increasing the...