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Eurofighter may be the best fighter among the contestants in air-to-air combat, but the Gripen, Rafale and F-18 offer much more in the air-to-ground role. India already has the Su-30MKI (a total of 230 including those on order I believe) that excels in air-to-air combat equally or better than...

A MiG-25 pilot should avoid turning fights at all costs. If a MiG-25 is at the 6 o'clock position of an F-15, the F-15 is likely to start banking left or right to lure the MiG-25 into a turning fight where it excels. The best option for the MiG-25 pilot will be to initiate a series of high and...

Race for `mother of all deals' for 126 fighters gets hotter The race for the "mother of all defence deals", the $10.4 billion project to acquire 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) for IAF, is getting hotter. Defence ministry sources said the technical evaluation report of the...

Naval LCA to roll out on July 6 The first Naval Light Combat Aircraft is scheduled to roll out from HAL ARDC design hangar here on July 6. The LCA (Navy) is the first indigenous effort to build a complete air element for the Indian Navy. The aircraft is fitted with the GE-F-404-IN20 engine and...

ISRO plans to launch satellite to study greenhouse gases With growing importance being placed on climate change and mitigation strategies, India's space agency ISRO is in the process of launching a satellite to study greenhouse gases, "In the next 2-3 years, ISRO will carry out the first...

Isro satellites to study forest fires The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) plans to launch dedicated satellites to study greenhouse gas emissions and forest fires, besides assessing the change in forest vegetation. Isro former chief Dr Kasturirangan told mediapersons on Monday...

ISRO to launch university-built nano satellite The Indian space agency will be launching a nano satellite being built by the SRM University in Chennai after testing, an official on Saturday said. "The satellite is being built by the students. It has to be tested before it can be included as a...

GSLV relaunch with indigenous cryogenic engine in one year: ISRO The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to relaunch the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) with a home-grown cryogenic engine in a year's time after the failure in April this year. "We have come...

Lockheed to offer F-35 fighters to Indian Navy US defence major Lockheed Martin Monday said it will offer its latest fifth generation F-35 fighters to meet Indian Navy's requirements for carrier-based combat aircraft. "We have received the Request for Information (RFI) from the Navy...

I know this isn't something new, but since the discussion has turned to the Rafale, Rafale defeats F-22? French magazine Air & Cosmos published last week a photo obtained from the French Air Force showing a Lockheed Martin F-22 in the target sights of a Dassault Rafale. The apparent intercept...

SPECTRA The SPECTRA system for the Rafale combat aircraft operates in electromagnetic, laser and infra-red domains. Using sophisticated techniques, such as interferometry for high precision DOA and passive ranging, digital frequency memory for signal coherency and active phased-array...

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