Fighter Jet

In September, Goodluck India had entered into a Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BrahMos Aerospace Thiruvananthapuram (BATL) and Axiscades Technologies for the development of Advance Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme.

How this key condition in MiG 21's sale stitched India-Russia's decades-long defence ties

The aircraft was retired with full honours at the Chandigarh airbase on September 26 with a symbolic last sortie by Air Chief Marshal A P Singh

India greenlights 5th-gen stealth fighter jet project: Classification of fighter jets into generations and their significance explained

With India taking a major step towards building its first fifth-generation stealth fighter, here's a look at how fighter jets are classified, the technological advancements that underline each of these generations and where India stands today.

Fighter jet fury makes Emmanuel Macron's planes look good

When a $100 million fighter jet looks like a geopolitical clunker, it’s time for change

Qatar offers to sell 12 Mirage 2000 fighter jets to IAF: Report

After a thorough evaluation of the planes, the deal's ultimate cost will be determined; it is anticipated to fall between Rs 6,000 and 7,000 crore, as per the report.

Tejas pilot ejects safely before IAF aircraft crashed in Rajasthan. Video

Tejas fighter jet's crash crash breaks the jet's safety record since its first test flight more than two decades ago.

Turkey’s Fifth-generation fighter jet ‘KAAN’ takes to the skies

Turkey's first fifth-generation fighter jet completed its first flight. As part of the country's efforts to upgrade its air force. NATO member Turkey launched its TF-X project to produce a national combat aircraft in 2016. Turkish aerospace firm TUSAS signed a deal with Britain's BAE Systems worth $125 million in 2017 to develop a fifth-generation fighter jet, which it dubbed KAAN. The new fighter jet will initially be powered by two General Electric F-110 engines, which are also used on fourth-generation Lockheed Martin F-16 jets. But it will take several years for ‘KAAN’ to be operational. Watch the launch video.

US shoots down unidentified high-altitude aerial object in Alaska

According to Pentagon Press Secretary Brigadier General Pat Ryder, the object posed a "reasonable threat to civilian air traffic".

Russian military plane crashes into residential building in Siberia, 2 pilots dead

Irkutsk governor Igor Kobzev said the plane crashed into a two-storey house in the city. The emergencies ministry said the pilots died, but there were no other casualties.

Russia says it downed Ukrainian Su-25 fighter jet in Mykolaiv region

Russia's defence ministry said on Tuesday that its forces had downed a Ukrainian Su-25 fighter jet in Ukraine's Mykolaiv region and bombed a r..

Russia says it shot down Ukrainian fighter jet in Kharkiv region

Russia's defence ministry said on Saturday that its forces had shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 fighter jet and destroyed three MI-8 helicopters at an airfield in Ukraine's Kharkiv region.

Lockheed CEO tells Trump she will try to drive down cost of F-35

CEO Marillyn Hewson said she spoke with Trump on Friday afternoon and assured him that she had heard his message "loud and clear" about reducing the cost of the F-35.

Boeing ready to make fighter jets in India if rules eased

Boeing is ready to build fighter jets in India but it needs more ease of doing business, says its India Head Pratyush Kumar, who, in an interview with CNBC-TV18, also warns that the Make in India mission may not work if rules are not simplified.

India seeks further discount on Rafale, deal in final stages

The French side, however, is adamant on the price it had offered way back in April which comes to about 7.89 billion Euros for the 36 fighter jets in fly away conditions, defence sources said.

India to select fighter jet under 'Make in India' by March

The government will zero in by the end of current fiscal a fighter jet it wants to build under 'Make in India' initiative, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on May 20, as he expressed confidence that the deal for 36 Rafale jets will be wrapped up in "weeks"

Waiting for response from Turkey on downing jet: Kremlin

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia was still awaiting a reasonable answer from Ankara on why it downed a Russian fighter jet earlier this week, adding that it is not considering sanctions against Turkey or imposing a food imports embargo

Fighter jet makers eye multi-bn dollar opportunity in India

Foreign fighter jet makers see opportunity in India after the scaled back French deal. Narendra Modi on April 10 announced that India would buy 36 French Rafale jets for an estimated USD 4.3 billion, in effect ending talks on a larger deal for 126 planes that would have sucked up some USD 20 billion.