In February this year, ThePrint reported that India is exploring the possibility of teaming up with France for co-development and co-manufacturing of the futuristic FCAS.
A commentator attributed the supposed surge in demand for Chinese arms to three factors: Pakistan’s self-declared May 2025 victory, rising geopolitical uncertainty, and China’s price advantage.
Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines.
Addressing press conference ahead of Air Force Day, Air Force chief A.P. Singh also trashed Pakistan's claims about Indian losses during Op Sindoor as 'Manohar Kahaniyan'.
While the IAF remains committed to the Tejas programme and has placed orders for 180 Tejas Mk1A, the force is eagerly waiting for the Tejas Mk 2 version.
India has paid a steep price for HAL’s unchecked dominance, evident in the MiG-era overhauls, the decades-long Tejas saga, and the troubled ALH programme.
The Kaveri experience is a story of a glass more than half full. We have developed a functional engine and accrued data points and experience at a relatively low cost. Now is the time to build better.
HAL has so far been the only entity in India to manufacture fighter planes. It will now have to compete against private companies, like TATA, Adani, L&T and other interested players.
The 1891 census was built upon foundations laid a decade earlier by the 1881 census. Its success can be attributed to a longer, more meticulous preparation period than its predecessor.
As the middle class that powered India’s first 3 decades of liberalisation stagnates, and a newly ascendant business class powers ahead, the complexion of consumption & investment is likely to change.
The weapons are being purchased through NATO’s PURL framework, which allows European allies to fund the purchase of American military supplies for Ukraine.
Anti-Americanism is chronic, deep-rooted and instinctive in India. We only undermine our national interest by not shedding it, and by dismissing our entrepreneurs as exploiters.
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