Conducted in '2nd week of March', the joint exercise included air-land operations in a nominated advance landing ground & 'contingency tasks' in challenging high-altitude terrain.
Currently, personnel are governed by separate service acts & officers only have disciplinary powers over troops from own service, which has direct impact on inter-services organisations.
By articulating what the IAF can and cannot do, the doctrine seeks to overcome the past inadequacy in leveraging air power in India’s national security.
Argentina is looking to acquire 15 Tejas Mk-1A fighters, HAL chairman says on sidelines of Aero India, adding that first of 83 IAF ordered last year will be delivered in February 2024.
The cutting-edge elements of the IAF are fraying. The operational strategy has to be anchored in what is going to be available; calling it aerospace is aspirational for now.
During the roundtable discussion, India will talk about the country’s achievement in the aerospace sector, in a bid to push for export of indigenous defence items.
HAL plans to equip the HLFT-42 with modern avionics like Active Electronically Scanned Array, Electronic Warfare Suite, Infrared Search & Track with Fly by Wire control system.
In a revised doctrine, the IAF notes that airpower should be seen as aerospace power and underlines that modern conflicts can be influenced by each component of the military operating in synergy.
From Sam Pitroda talking about inheritance tax to Goan candidate saying the Indian Constitution was 'forced' on Goa, Congress has been having its own foot-in-the-mouth moments.
RBI Wednesday banned Kotak Mahindra Bank from taking on new customers through digital channels & from issuing new credit cards. Violations had to do with strength of bank’s IT infra.
Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.
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