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Ultimate objective is to win future conflicts with home-made weapons: CDS
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 14 (ANI): After the government on Wednesday approved a deal to procure 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas fighter jets for the Indian Air Force, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said that it is a boost for the Centre's Make in India initiative and th
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PM Modi condoles demise of aerospace scientist Roddam Narasimha
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday condoled the demise of aerospace scientist Professor Roddam Narasimha and offered condolences to his family.
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The arms embargo on Iran has expired. What happens now?
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], October 26 (ANI): On October 18, the UN Security Council arms embargo imposed on Iran expired and now Iran is at liberty to buy and sell conventional arms. Undoubtedly, Tehran scored a diplomatic victory against the United States which tried hard to extend the embargo. The
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Amid border tensions with China, indigenous fighter LCA Tejas deployed on
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 18 (ANI): In a significant achievement for the indigenous fighter aircraft programme, the Indian Air Force (IAF) deployed the home-grown Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas on the western front along the Pakistan border in view of the tensions with China on the Ladakh fr
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Indigenously built items included in negative list to ensure defence servi
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 10 (ANI): Indigenously built items including Light Combat Aircraft LCA Mark 1A, Pinaka rocket system and Akash missile system have been included in the negative list of imports to ensure that the defence services do not go in for procurement of similar systems ex-impor
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Light Combat Aircraft, Cruise Missiles among 101 defence items on import e
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 9 (ANI): Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) MK I A, Land-Attack Cruise Missiles (Long-Range),155 mm Artillery Ammunition are among the list of the 101 items that have been put under an import embargo by the Ministry of Defence.
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The name Rafale scares our enemies: Haryana Minister
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Ambala (Haryana) [India], July 29 (ANI): The arrival of five Rafale combat aircraft here on Wednesday will create history, said Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij.
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India to get five Rafale fighter jets today
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): After almost two decades, India will induct a new multirole foreign fighter aircraft, as five Rafale combat aircraft would join its Air Force fleet today in Ambala.
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IAF chief to receive Rafales in Ambala on July 29
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria would be visiting Ambala on Wednesday (tomorrow) to receive the batch of first five Rafale combat aircraft arriving from France.
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India to boost Rafale capabilities with HAMMER missiles under emergency or
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 23 (ANI) With the Rafales arriving in the country in the middle of a dispute with China, the Indian Air Force is further boosting the capabilities of the combat aircraft by equipping it with the HAMMER missiles from France.
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Top IAF brass to meet to discuss China border situation, rapid Rafale depl
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Amid the ongoing tensions with China, top Air Force commanders will meet this week to discuss the situation on the Line of Actual Control with China in Eastern Ladakh and rapid operational station of the Rafale combat aircraft arriving later this month. Read More
Rs 47,000 cr LCA fighter aircraft projects to be finalised in next few mon
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): In a big boost for defence under the Make in India initiative, Air Force Chief RKS Bhadauria on Monday said that the second squadron of Light Combat Aircraft (LCAs) worth over Rs 8,000 crore would be operationalised by the end of May.
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