In an unprecedented measure undertaken by the Indian Defence Services, all graduating Officer Cadets of the National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla, have been taken to their respective Pre-Commission academies i.e. the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun, the Air Force...
Editor's note: Even as the Indian Air force will soon begin inducting a number of new standoff strike powered munitions from the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) stable, the Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune, DRDO’s premier...
The hit-to-kill (HTK) interception achieved by the Defence Research & Development Organization’s (DRDO’s) updated exo-atmospheric ‘PDV’ anti-ballistic missile (ABM) interceptor on February 11, 2017, was a watershed moment in the history of India’s ballistic missile defence (BMD) program. The...
After demonstrating a hit-to-kill interception with its PDV exo-atmospheric anti-ballistic missile (ABM) missile in February, the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has followed up that success by executing an intercept mission with its AAD endo-atmospheric interceptor earlier today....
Of late, there has been much consternation in the media over the issue of fighter aircraft acquisitions by the Indian Air Force (IAF). But the fact is, both the deal with France for 36 Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft, which...
Earlier today, a missile airframe integrated with a solid fuel ducted ramjet (SFDR) propulsion system was tested by India's Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). Unlike an earlier test in May 2018, when only the nozzle-less booster of the...
Group Captain Varun Singh, Shaurya Chakra
No. 45 Squadron (Flying Bullets) Indian Air Force
Directing Staff (Air), Defence Services Staff College, Wellington
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Fly fly, o' fighter
You fly on eternal patrol
On the wing, the angels guide
You fly forever now
Once on a Port,...
In 2003, the then United States (US) Secretary of State, Colin Powell, called man portable air defence systems (MANPADS) ‘the most serious threat to aviation’. Even though the 2002 Mombasa Incident may have been the immediate reason for the...
This marks the conclusion of our 3-part series (read the first two parts here and here) on China’s integrated air defence system (IADS). This last installment focuses on China’s AD network in Tibet, since that is the place where...
September 2019 will go down as a seminal month in the history of Indian naval aviation, marked as it was by multiple milestones. On September 19, prototype NP-1 of the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft- Navy Mk1 (NLCA MK1) design...
