Finally, BrahMos-A Flanker Test In March

After years in development and modifications, the Indian Air Force and BrahMos Corp. are finally ready to conduct their first dummy test-firing of a BrahMos-A supersonic cruise missile from a modified Su-30 MKI. Livefist can confirm that BrahMos plans the dummy test-firing in March, and aims to conduct the first live missile test-firing from the…

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Team LCA Tejas At Bahrain’s Sakhir Base

These images just in of Team Tejas at the Sakhir Air Base for the Bahrain Air Show that kicks off in a couple of days. Both jets have been flying plenty in prep for the show. We hear local the team has also been inundated with requests from journalists and enthusiasts for a closer look…

India’s Tejas Debuts Abroad, Right Next To Pak JF-17s

This is cool. Two Indian LCA Tejas light fighters landed at the Sakhir Air base in Bahrain earlier today for what is the indigenous fighter type’s first foray abroad (the jets flew Bengaluru-Jamnagar-Muscat-Sakhir). What’s cooler: the LCA’s share flightline space right next two Pakistan Air Force JF-17s, a type long seen as a rival to…

Next Tejas Milestone: Derby BVR Missile Firing By March

As the laboured final stretch of India’s LCA Tejas trudges on, there’s a final milestone on the, well, horizon. A Tejas fighter with a fully integrated multi-mode radar and new quartz radome is all set to fire its first BVR missile off the coast of Goa — Livefist can confirm it will be a Rafael Systems…

All Clear: India To Sign Deal For 36 Rafales This Month

The all-clear is here, and there’s no way to tell it but straight. Livefist can confirm that India and France are all set to sign a government-to-government deal this month for the supply of 36 Dassault Rafale fighter jets to the Indian Air Force. A crucial final meeting on Monday, Jan 18 of the Defence…

Reliance Announces Shipyard For Nuke Subs & Carriers

The new defence wing of one of India’s largest private sector firms has unveiled plans to build a sprawling shipyard on India’s east coast to build nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers. Reliance Defence Ltd (part of the Reliance Anil Ambani Group) has entered into an MoU with the Andhra Pradesh government to build a facility…