Multi-role Combat Aircraft

More than two decades after the Sukhoi aircraft were inducted, a fleet of five French-made Rafale multi-role combat jets touched down in India on Wednesday and were welcomed with a regal water salute as the country's air power received a considerable boost over its adversaries in the neighbourhood.

US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin has offered to help India in its multi-billion dollar programme to develop a next generation advanced multi-role combat aircraft and boost capability of the Tejas fighter jet.

India has been handed over three Rafale fighter jets by Dassault, the French company which manufactures the multi-role combat aircraft, the centre told parliament on Wednesday.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) received the first multi-role combat aircraft Rafale from its manufacturer Dassault Aviation in France on Thursday, defence sources said on Friday.

China's first home-grown multi-role combat aircraft has made its maiden flight, the state media reported on Saturday.

Amid the Rafale deal row, senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan has claimed that the government last month floated international tenders to buy around 100 medium multi-role combat aircraft.

Southern Air Command Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria on Tuesday flew the multi-role fighter jet Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas

Four players have shown an interest in providing the Navy with 57 multi-role combat fighter jets for its aircraft carrier, Admiral Sunil Lanba said on Wednesday. The Navy chief also said the Scorpene submarine Kalvari is going through its final phase of trials and should be delivered by August.

China plans to step up military cooperation with "all weather" friend Pakistan to produce ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and a multi-role combat aircraft, official media here reported as Pakistan's new army chief held talks with top Chinese officials.

Is even one Rafale screw going to be manufactured in India?

India and the UK today decided to soon launch negotiations for civil nuclear cooperation during a meeting between the External Affairs Minister and her British counterpart, who pushed for sale of its Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) despite its Euro-fighter Typhoon losing out to France's Rafale.

The Indian Air Force or IAF may lose its traditional conventional edge against Pakistan if the contract to buy 126 Rafale medium multi-role combat aircraft or MMRCA is not clinched immediately, senior IAF officials told Defence Minister Arun Jaitley at an extensive briefing recently.

The Ministry of Defence is investigating the possibility that crucial and expensive equipment bought from the US includes defective Chinese parts. Defence Minister A K Antony today told the Rajya Sabha that the"Government is verifying reports" about this.

India is all set to dash through the last lap in its quest to buy 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft, estimated to be worth $10.4 billion, when the Defence Ministry on Friday opens the commercial bids of Eurofighter Typhoon and Rafale to take a final call on the lowest bidder.

The Defence Ministry has shortlisted Eurofighter Typhoon and Dassault Rafale from among six competitors participating in the $10.5-billion tender to provide the Indian Air Force with Medium Multi-role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA), say sources.The Dassault and the Eurofighter, according to sources, are the only participants asked to extend the validity o...

More than two decades after the Sukhoi aircraft were inducted, a fleet of five French-made Rafale multi-role combat jets touched down in India on Wednesday and were welcomed with a regal water salute as the country's air power received a considerable boost over its adversaries in the neighbourhood.

US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin has offered to help India in its multi-billion dollar programme to develop a next generation advanced multi-role combat aircraft and boost capability of the Tejas fighter jet.

India has been handed over three Rafale fighter jets by Dassault, the French company which manufactures the multi-role combat aircraft, the centre told parliament on Wednesday.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) received the first multi-role combat aircraft Rafale from its manufacturer Dassault Aviation in France on Thursday, defence sources said on Friday.

China's first home-grown multi-role combat aircraft has made its maiden flight, the state media reported on Saturday.

Amid the Rafale deal row, senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan has claimed that the government last month floated international tenders to buy around 100 medium multi-role combat aircraft.

Southern Air Command Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria on Tuesday flew the multi-role fighter jet Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas

Four players have shown an interest in providing the Navy with 57 multi-role combat fighter jets for its aircraft carrier, Admiral Sunil Lanba said on Wednesday. The Navy chief also said the Scorpene submarine Kalvari is going through its final phase of trials and should be delivered by August.

China plans to step up military cooperation with "all weather" friend Pakistan to produce ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and a multi-role combat aircraft, official media here reported as Pakistan's new army chief held talks with top Chinese officials.

Is even one Rafale screw going to be manufactured in India?

India and the UK today decided to soon launch negotiations for civil nuclear cooperation during a meeting between the External Affairs Minister and her British counterpart, who pushed for sale of its Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) despite its Euro-fighter Typhoon losing out to France's Rafale.

The Indian Air Force or IAF may lose its traditional conventional edge against Pakistan if the contract to buy 126 Rafale medium multi-role combat aircraft or MMRCA is not clinched immediately, senior IAF officials told Defence Minister Arun Jaitley at an extensive briefing recently.

The Ministry of Defence is investigating the possibility that crucial and expensive equipment bought from the US includes defective Chinese parts. Defence Minister A K Antony today told the Rajya Sabha that the"Government is verifying reports" about this.

India is all set to dash through the last lap in its quest to buy 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft, estimated to be worth $10.4 billion, when the Defence Ministry on Friday opens the commercial bids of Eurofighter Typhoon and Rafale to take a final call on the lowest bidder.

The Defence Ministry has shortlisted Eurofighter Typhoon and Dassault Rafale from among six competitors participating in the $10.5-billion tender to provide the Indian Air Force with Medium Multi-role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA), say sources.The Dassault and the Eurofighter, according to sources, are the only participants asked to extend the validity o...