The conclusion of a new agreement between India and Dassault, under which 80 percent of the Rafale order would be built in India, is a win for both parties.

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India’s next batch of Rafale fighter jets, slated to be manufactured locally, is expected to enter service in a distinctive ...

Stealth fighters are no longer defined only by their shape. As air combat shifts toward longer ranges, dense electronic ...

Says the jet is cheaper than American and European fighter jets, and can lock onto targets from long distances and engage them effectively ...

Several countries have shown interest in acquiring the celebrated JF-17 fighter jet, which bolstered its prestige after ...

Some aircraft succeeded even though they made life harder for the people flying them. They demanded constant attention, ...

NASA’s experimental X-59 silent supersonic aircraft performed its historic first flight in October last year. Built by ...

In a region shaped by sanctions and isolation, Iran’s F-14s are flying reminders of an earlier alliance and of a military ...

The F-14 Tomcat, designed in the 1960s and retired by the US Navy in 2006, is widely regarded by defence analysts as technologically outdated compared with modern fighters ...

The Yak-9 performed more anti-tank missions, in particular, the Yak-9T variant with a 37mm cannon, in this case the ...

Despite claims of Mach 2.54, pilots report that the fastest speeds achieved in practice are Mach 2.25–2.3 in brand-new ...