Tag: IAF
Force revival
Amidst an ageing aircraft fleet, India’s air force is looking to indigenously develop platforms that enhance its combat potential. The Indian Air Force (IAF), which...
India signs for naval Dassault Rafale aircraft
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed an agreement with the French government to acquire 26 Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft worth US$7.4 billion...
GE Aerospace Signs Contract with Indian Air Force for T700 Engine...
GE Aerospace signed a five-year Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract with the Indian Air Force (IAF) to provide a comprehensive sustainment solution for the...
Airbus and Tata inaugurates new C295 final assembly facility
Airbus and India’s Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) have inaugurated a final assembly line (FAL) complex in India to support the production of C295...
Indonesia takes delivery of all five C-130J aircraft on order
The Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) has taken delivery of its fifth and final Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules on order, the Ministry of Defense...
Embraer partners with ST Engineering for Asia Pacific and South American...
Brazilian prime Embraer Defense & Security announced on 14 March that it is partnering with Singapore’s ST Engineering to jointly investigate future collaboration in...
Watching the Neighbours
With political tension rising around the world, airborne special mission aircraft have arguably never been more important. Asia-Pacific states facing Chinese pressure on their South...
Embraer teams up with Mahindra for Indian Air Force airlifter programme
Brazil’s Embraer Defense & Security and India’s Mahindra Defence Systems have on 9 February signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly offer the...
India inches closer to Akash-NG fielding
The state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India has conducted another test-firing of the in-development Akash New-Generation (Akash-NG) surface-to-air missile (SAM), the...
Vaulting Ambition
Airframers in the Asia Pacific region are transitioning away from building under license to developing their own platforms. The Asia Pacific region is the home...
