At a time when the spotlight is on state-run HAL due to its slow pace of manufacturing Tejas fighters, Air Chief Marshal Singh's candid remarks were recorded by a YouTube channel.
While both India and France are set to discuss multiple key projects at Aero India 2025, including modular small nuclear reactors, defence will be a key focus area.
More than 10 major Russian defence companies are participating in Aero India and showcasing advanced Russian airplanes, helicopters, engines and air defence systems.
Defence Production Secretary Sanjeev Kumar says Tejas production line, at HAL & GE, has stabilised & delivery will begin this yr. 5-day air show begins in Bengaluru on 10 February.
LCA Tejas is a homegrown fighter aircraft manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. IAF has already inducted around 40 of these aircraft & plans to add 83 LCA Mark 1As in its arsenal.
US & Russia are competing for India’s attention to sell advanced fighter jets as India's fleet dwindles. Its indigenous fifth-gen fighter, under development, will take time.
Su-57 fifth-generation fighter developed by Russian aircraft maker Sukhoi will be showcased in India for the first time at Aero India 2025 to be held in Bengaluru from 10-14 February.
The US brought its most advanced fighter jet, the F-35, to India for the first time at the week-long Aero India show in Bengaluru alongside F-16s, Super Hornets and B-1B bombers.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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