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This will further clear the decks for the manufacture of the Tejas Mk2 prototypes which were held up for many months with the Govt insisting on an "indigenously manufactured" engine for the Tejas Mk2. If the F-414 engine deal had failed to materialize for any reason the whole program would've...

Tejas Mk1 firing a Derby BVRAAM..

Reportedly a prototype of IWB (Internal Weapons Bay) of the AMCA.

No that was earlier. Now the first prototype will only roll out by December 2024.

Hammer time!! First image of 2 AASM Hammer PGMs on a Tejas Mk1

Tejas Mk2 Large Area Display (LAD) and it's salient points are discussed here. Very preliminary in terms of the "pages" and how they'll be displayed. One thing I do hope is that they use better colors with lesser contrast or the pilot is going to get a headache. Anyway this video too was from...

3 Smart MFDs. Some of the details of the AESA radar modes (air to air, air to ground, air to sea, terrain mapping mode and weather awareness mode are shown) as well as EW and jammer coverage and how they are displayed to the pilot is shown in this video from Aero India 2019. It's been 4 years...

Exactly what the Taliban says as well..they don't accept the Durand Line and are only helping Pashtuns fight against unjust occupation of Pashtun land.

KAI had to promise to substitute the Israeli components (primarily the Elta 2032 radar, not sure what else it has that is Israeli) with non Israeli components in order to win the Malaysian tender. The work towards that FA-50 Block is in line with what is being done for Poland as well I believe...

The way I see it, Egypt has been a friendly nation with India ever since our independence. The fact that India and Egypt attemped to collaborate on the Helwan HA-300 fighter is testament to a serious level of trust on both sides since many decades ago. Back then there was no diplomatic ties with...

Indigenous IRST being developed by IRDE for the Tejas Mk2

Safran has signed a JV with HAL for development of a new engine for the 13 ton IMRH and DBMRH helicopters that HAL aims to develop. Nod for the IMRH development to be granted by early 2024. Sanction for Indian multi role helicopter expected by early 2024

Not true. That issue of the size of the lifts was demonstrated by Dassault to not be an issue during trials in Goa. The deal will now be negotiated by the Indian MoD and Dassault. If the 36 Rafales for the IAF are anything to go by, expect a contract to be signed in another 8-12 months time.

Dassault Aviation's tweet on the selection of the Rafale M for the Indian Navy Safran's tweets on the selection of the Rafale M for the Indian Navy

Tejas Mk1A prototype LA-5021

Journalists who can't figure out how the problem suddenly vanished. I think I know who is more professional of the two- those journalists that had raised this so called "issue" and have now gone mum, versus the IN, which never once mentioned anything about dimensions of the lifts being an...

Always good to see Rafales! Any updates on additional Rafales for Egypt?

This is too basic a fact for any professional navy to leave to chance. It had been mentioned by others in the past, although I don't know how anyone non navy has measured the dimensions of the INS Vikramaditya and INS Vikrant's lifts. The IN itself has never once commented on this issue, so I...

the IN and Dassault have obviously worked out some method by which this is not an issue. Lifts cannot be changed, too big a task. So it definitely has something to do with the dimensions being quoted by folks being wrong or else the Rafale M wouldn't have qualified. They did trials in India...