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HT Syndication: IAF to acquire more teeth through AWACS and mid-air refuellers

2 weeks ago | htsyndication.com | Shishir Gupta

New Delhi, June 10 -- The ministry of defence is set to take up a proposal for acquisition of six more Embraer aircraft from Brazil for conversion to Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) using DRDO developed Netra Mark 1A mounted AESA radars in a move aimed at plugging key capability gaps and building conventional deterrence, people familiar with the matter said.
IAF to acquire more teeth through AWACS and mid-air refuellers

2 weeks ago | hindustantimes.com | Shishir Gupta

The ministry of defence is set to take up a proposal for acquisition of six more Embraer aircraft from Brazil for conversion to Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) using DRDO developed Netra Mark 1A mounted AESA radars in a move aimed at plugging key capability gaps and building conventional deterrence, people familiar with the matter said.
HT Syndication: MoD to consider buying six more Embraer jets

2 weeks ago | htsyndication.com | Shishir Gupta

New Delhi, June 10 -- The ministry of defence is set to take up a proposal for acquisition of six more Embraer aircraft from Brazil for conversion to Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) using DRDO developed Netra Mark 1A mounted AESA radars in a move aimed at plugging key capability gaps and building conventional deterrence, people familiar with the matter said.
HT Syndication: Centre gives nod for weapons that outgun Pakistan's arsenal

2 weeks ago | htsyndication.com | Shishir Gupta

Posted On: 2025-06-08 Posted By: Shishir Gupta National Cities Hindustan Times India, June 8 -- Even as national security planners and military chiefs celebrated one month of Operation Sindoor on Saturday evening, HT learns that the defence ministry has given the green signal to the three services to replenish inventory with longer-range loitering ammunition, artillery shells, kamikaze drones and beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles that out-range the Chinese missiles used by Pakistan...
Centre gives nod for weapons that outgun Pakistan's arsenal

2 weeks ago | hindustantimes.com | Shishir Gupta

Even as national security planners and military chiefs celebrated one month of Operation Sindoor on Saturday evening, HT learns that the defence ministry has given the green signal to the three services to replenish inventory with longer-range loitering ammunition, artillery shells, kamikaze drones and beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles that out-range the Chinese missiles used by Pakistan during the four day high intensity skirmish.
Time for Indian defence PSUs to either deliver or get out of the way

1 month ago | hindustantimes.com | Shishir Gupta

Twenty-six years ago, Israeli-built Searcher Mark I and II drones were introduced by the Indian Army in the Kargil war theatre for reconnaissance, while the US had tested the armed version of the MQ-1 Predator drone in the erstwhile Yugoslavia in 1995. India will be acquiring the first of 31 Predator MQ-9B drones from the US in 2028, even as its principal adversary, China, has already developed the Wing Loong II armed drone and supplied it to its tributary state, Pakistan.
Time for Indian defence PSUs to either deliver or get out of the way

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Shishir Gupta

NowIndia and Pakistan have shifted from armed confrontation to a diplomatic offensive, seeking to shape global opinion. Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited Azerbaijan in February, and Turkiye only a month ago, in April. Yet, this week, he was back in both countries, as …
HT Syndication: Time for Indian defence PSUs to either deliver or get out of the way

1 month ago | htsyndication.com | Shishir Gupta

Posted On: 2025-05-29 Posted By: Shishir Gupta National Technology Hindustan Times India, May 29 -- Twenty-six years ago, Israeli-built Searcher Mark I and II drones were introduced by the Indian Army in the Kargil war theatre for reconnaissance, while the US had tested the armed version of the MQ-1 Predator drone in the erstwhile Yugoslavia in 1995.
HT Syndication: Four air-launched missile strikes by IAF on May 10 and Pakistan was on mat

1 month ago | htsyndication.com | Shishir Gupta

New Delhi, May 24 -- Pakistan's Operation Bunyan al-Marsoos retaliation to Indian Operation Sindoor on May 10 lasted just eight hours with Islamabad desperately calling the US to intervene on its behalf for a ceasefire, after four major air strikes by IAF pulverized the air-bases, air assets and air defenses of the enemy on the intervening night of May 10, according to people familiar with the matter.
Four air-launched missile strikes by IAF on May 10 and Pakistan was on mat

1 month ago | hindustantimes.com | Shishir Gupta

Pakistan’s Operation Bunyan al-Marsoos retaliation to Indian Operation Sindoor on May 10 lasted just eight hours with Islamabad desperately calling the US to intervene on its behalf for a ceasefire, after four major air strikes by IAF pulverized the air-bases, air assets and air defenses of the enemy on the intervening night of May 10, according to people familiar with the matter.