Soaring Tejas
With the order for Tejas Mark 1 fighters nearly fulfilled, attention turns to meeting the Tejas Mark 1A specifications By Ajai Shu...
Showing posts with label Indian Air Force. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indian Air Force. Show all posts
Thursday, 30 May 2024
Sunday, 9 April 2023
HAL inaugurates third assembly line for Tejas fighters, raises capacity to 24 fighters yearly
The Indian Defence Secretary, Giridhar Aramane, inaugurated a third assembly line for the Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) in Bengaluru o...
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
DefExpo 2022: First DefExpo solely for Indian firms starts in Gandhinagar today
The Helipad Exhibition Centre in Gandhinagar is aboil in the controlled chaos that characterises air and defence show venues on the dusk of ...
Sunday, 2 October 2022
Quiet authority: Meet General Anil Chauhan, India's new Chief of Defence Staff
India's military has another top man. Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Anil Chauhan, whoassumed office on Friday as India's second Head o...
Saturday, 1 October 2022
Crunching the numbers: "Make in India" fortifies defence spending
An investigation of protection capital use (capex) demonstrates expanded spending during the last four or five years, alongside a perce...
Tuesday, 5 July 2022
DRDO's indigenous stealth drone makes its maiden flight
By Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 2nd July 22 The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted the maiden...
Broadsword comment: One recruit, one salary
Agnipath pits batchmates against one another, creating incentives for each other’s failure rather than success By Ajai Shukla Business St...
Friday, 24 June 2022
Saving money to skilling soldiers: Agnipath's bold battle plan for military
A key element of Agnipath service model is that only 25% of each batch, which has been chosen to remain in service, goes on to eventually dr...
Monday, 20 June 2022
Military says Agnipath recruitment scheme is here to stay; recruitment begins in August
Lt Gen Anil Puri, the military’s frontman in defending the scheme, said: 'Agnipath will not be rolled back. Why should it be rolled back...
“Agnipath” intake to grow from 46K annually in first 4 years, to 125K per year
The Agnipath scheme hopes to transform India’s military in about 15 years into a volunteer force, with an average age of 27 years By Ajai Sh...
Saturday, 18 June 2022
Who will be appointed the next Chief of Defence Staff?
In the opinion of Broadsword, the general who is poised to be the next CDS: Lieutenant General Anil Chauhan (Retired). Service record: Lt G...
New MoD short service model recruits “Agniveers” for four-year tenures
By Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 15th June 22 In what the government has billed as “transformative reform,” the Ministry of Defence (Mo...
