Chennai/New Delhi: India marked its 93rd Air Force Day on Monday, with the main official events taking place at the Tambaram Air Force Station in Chennai. The day commemorated the establishment of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in 1932 with the raising o...
BAE Hawk Mk-132s from IAF’s Surya Kiran Acrobatic Team during an airshow held at Chennai’s Marina Beach, on October 7, 2024.“Nabhaḥ Spr̥śaṁ Dīptam (Touch the Sky with Glory)”~ Indian Air Force MottoT...
Nearly 1.5 million people thronged to Chennai’s Marina Beach to witness the IAF airshow. (Photo via X/@InfraBest)Chennai: Four people lost their lives during an Indian Air Force airshow held on Sunday, at Chennai’s Marina Beach, in the le...
A SeaGuardian drone. (Photo: General Atomics)New Delhi: An Indian Navy MQ-9B SeaGuardian drone, leased from the United States, crashed into the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Chennai, on Wednesday. According to the Navy, the drone, which had been ope...
Guwahati: Assam’s chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, announced that Dassault Systèmes, the technology arm of the Paris-headquartered Dassault Group, will establish a state-of-the-art aerospace and defence training hub in the state...
New Delhi: The government has decided to hold the main event for the Indian Air Force Day in Chennai this year. This marks only the third time that the celebrations are being held outside New Delhi, with previous events in Chandigarh and Prayagraj in...
Vagsheer, the 6th submarine of the Kalvari-class submarines built under Project-75, undergoing sea trials. (File photo)New Delhi: India is on the verge of a significant boost to its naval strength, with plans to add 12 new warships to its fleet over ...
The Indian Army plans to replace its ageing T-72 tanks with FRCVs. (File photo)New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by the defence minister, Rajnath Singh, approved 10 capital acquisition proposals amounting to ₹1.45 lakh crore f...
A Dhaksha DH-Logigator logistics drone. (Photo: Dhaksha Drones)New Delhi: The Indian Army has paused its plans to buy 200 logistics drones from Dhaksha Unmanned Systems, a company based in Chennai. This decision, which the Army took recently, comes a...
General Sundararajan Padmanabhan (December 13, 1940 – August 19, 2024)Chennai: General Sundararajan Padmanabhan, the 20th chief of the Indian Army, passed away on Monday. He was 83. Gen Padmanabhan, affectionately known as “Paddy” w...