- 11 October, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityDefence & Strategy
APACHE HELICOPTER DELIVERY DELAY: BROADER ISSUE OF TRUST QUOTIENT
The Boeing AH-64 Apache is an American twin-turbo shaft attack helicopter with a tail wheel-type landing gear and a tandem cockpit for a crew of two. Nose-mounted sensors help acquire…
By Air Marshal Anil Khosla (Retd)
EGYPT INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW: SEPTEMBER 2024
In the global airpower arena, advancements in aerospace power are frequent, swift and multi-dimensional. Airpower proves to be a critical facet in the race for global/regional dominance and as a…
By Brig Arvind Dhananjayan (Retd)
Air Domain Awareness and Regional Security
The Indian Air Force, on the sidelines of ‘Tarang Shakti 2024,’ the largest multilateral exercise carried out in the country, also conducted a symposium on air domain awareness. The theme…
By Air Vice Marshal Anil Golani (Retd.)
Fifth Generation Fighters: India’s Choices & Options
As India rightly pushes for Atmanirbharta, it is very clear that the highest dividend for indigenisation in defence is in aviation sector. Aircraft requires the leading-edge technologies. No country shares…
By Air Marshal Anil Chopra (Retd)
EXERCISE TARANG SHAKTI: INTRICACIES OF MULTI-NATIONAL MILITARY EXERCISES
India’s largest international air exercise, Exercise Tarang Shakti 2024, is in progress. Phase I at Sulur Airbase has been completed, and phase II is now underway. Military exercises are an…
By Air Marshal Anil Khosla (Retd)
GROUND EFFECT MARITIME VEHICLES: A RESURGENCE?
On October 16, 1966, a monstrous 300-foot-long aircraft, longer than a Boeing-747, with a 125-foot wingspan/121-foot tail-stabiliser span, glided over the Caspian Sea. The machine was as high as a…
By Brig Arvind Dhananjayan (Retd)
The Rising Wave of Air Power -Exercise Tarang Shakti
The largest-ever International Air Exercise that mainland Asia has seen in over six decades is underway as the Indian Air Force hosts friendly foreign Air Forces from thirty nations, ten…
By Air Marshal (Dr) Diptendu Choudhury (Retd) PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM
India’s Maritime Diplomacy: Strategies for Navigating the Indo-Pacific Landscape
The Indo-Pacific region can be understood as a geopolitical area that comprises of the waters of the Indian Ocean, the central and western Pacific Ocean, and the seas that connect…
By EKAMVIR SINGH research associate
RACE AND HUNT FOR MEDIUM TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
The air transport fleet of any Air Force contributes to the air power attributes of speed, reach, flexibility, and responsiveness. Besides speedy induction and sustenance of forces, it is used…
By Air Marshal Anil Khosla (Retd)
The MRFA Deal & Atmanirbharta
The Indian Air Force (IAF) published a Request For Information (RFI) in April 2019 to purchase 114 Multi Role Fighter Aircraft (MRFA) at an estimated cost of $18 billion. This…
By Air Cmde SP Singh (Retd)
India-Spain Defence Partnership: A Growing Force for Regional Stability
It’s been a little under seventy years since India established diplomatic relations with Spain. Both countries have come a long way since the opening of the Spanish embassy in New…
By EKAMVIR SINGH research associate
FIGHTING THE DRAGON: INDIA’S BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE WAR WITH CHINA
Everyone wants to climb and live on top of a mountain. But your climb and happiness on the top depends on your preparation. -General Ved Prakash Malik, Former Chief of…
By SHIVANSH SINGH, research associate
