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DRDO conducts successful flight-test of New Generation AKASH missile off Odisha coast

The Akash weapon system is also one of the indigenous defence systems that have bagged orders from international customers. It is also being constantly upgraded by the DRDO scientists involved in it and they may get more orders from Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

Why Indian Air Force plane C-130J’s night landing at Kargil airstrip is a big feat

The C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force made a night landing at the high-altitude Kargil airstrip near the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan. This demonstrates the IAF’s capability to conduct specialised missions at any time in the strategically important sector

IAF's C-17 aircraft successfully airdrops heavy platform in a military zone

The trials to airdrop the platform were carried out in three stages. "The first stage involved inspecting the load outside the aircraft. The second stage involved loading checks of the platform in C17 aircraft and the third stage involved airdrop of the entire system over a selected drop zone.

WATCH: 41 rescued workers board IAF's Chinook, reach AIIMS Rishikesh

The Chinook helicopter can transport up to 44 troops or 24 casualty liters (stretchers) in one sortie

IAF bids adieu to the MiG-21: Why India is discontinuing its longest-serving fighter jet

The IAF bid farewell to the MiG-21 Bison aircraft in a historic ceremony in Rajasthan, marking the end of its service. The fighter jet, which was first inducted in 1963, has served the country well. But its legacy is marred with crashes and has earned it the moniker ‘widow maker’

IAF conducts successful test firing of air-launched BrahMos cruise missile

The air-launched BrahMos missile was tested from a Su-30MKI fighter jet, which is equipped to launch the BrahMos cruise missiles, which have a large range and can hit enemy targets

Who was Shahid Latif, the mastermind of the 2016 Pathankot attack, killed in Pakistan?

Shahid Latif was the main conspirator of the 2016 Pathankot terror attack, which killed seven Indian security personnel. Associated with the terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed, Latif was on India's most-wanted list

Indian Air Force to procure another 97 Tejas Mark-1A jets

In February 2021, the defence ministry sealed a Rs 48,000-crore deal with state-run aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd for procurement of 83 Tejas MK-1A jets for the IAF. With the additional 97 Tejas Mark-1A jets, the total number of indigenously-developed aircraft of the IAF will be 180

IAF monitoring LAC situation, will counter China's nummerical advantage with better tactics: IAF chief

The IAF Chief suggested that the adversary has more number of surface to air guided weapon systems and a large number of radars deployed all across the Line of Actual Control. This situation is being dealt with by deploying more radars and employing better tactics by the Indian Air Force

Big ticket weapons in mega IAF list of desi projects worth over Rs 3 lakh crore

The Project Kusha has received approval for funding totaling around Rs 21,700 crores, and it will be executed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) jointly with private and public sector industry