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Expressing its solidarity to India as a trusted partner, US major Raytheon has offered its weapon systems to be integrated into the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) which India is planning to acquire shortly. The current shortlisted European firms for the $ 10.4 billion MMRCA contract are Eurofighter with its Typhoon and French firm Dassault with Rafale. Raytheon has indicated that its Paveway kits are already being used by both Eurofighter and Rafale for contingency operations in ... Read More...

India has successfully test-fired the Astra air-to-air guided missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in the eastern state of Orissa. The Astra beyond-visual-range missile will be used to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft at supersonic speeds with a head-on range of 80 kilometres.

The Astra air-to-air interceptor missile is developed by Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and was test-fired two times to a... Read More...

Following its roll-out last year, the first flight of the naval variant of the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) will take place in July this year. The LCA Naval Prototype-1 (LCA NP1) will be a trainer aircraft and is currently being put to ground tests to avail the flight certification, according to state-run Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). The naval variant of the LCA was rolled out a year ago from the Aircraft Research and Design Centre of the Hindustan Aircraf... Read More...