`Loss of India jet deal to have consequences`

Last Updated: Thursday, February 2, 2012, 21:38

A prominent UK trade union has warned that India`s decision to opt for 126 French-made Rafale fighter jets instead of the UK-backed Typhoon aircraft will have "serious implications" for the UK aerospace industry.

No decision yet for $11 bln India fighter jet deal

Last Updated: Saturday, January 14, 2012, 10:49

India has no timetable for the hotly awaited decision to award its USD 11 billion fighter jet deal, a defence ministry official said on Friday, and he denied reports that the government had contacted the constructors.

Sukhoi fighter jet crashes in Pune; pilots safe

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 14:08

A Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft of IAF crashed in an open stretch of land while on a routine mission but the two pilots flying it ejected safely.

`Japan chooses F-35 as mainstay fighter jet`

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 14:04

Japan has chosen the US-made F-35 stealth jet as its next-generation mainstay fighter in a multi-billion dollar deal.

Chinese fighter jet nose-dives into field at show

Last Updated: Friday, October 14, 2011, 10:56

Footage aired by China Central Television shows the jet sputtering and then nose-diving into a field.

No need to ground MiG 29K jet, Russia tells India

Last Updated: Thursday, June 30, 2011, 22:29

Russia has informed India that the crash of a MiG 29K fighter jet, which was manufactured for the Indian Navy, was due to pilot error and there was no need for it to ground its such planes here.

Fighter-jet engines `stolen from Israeli base`

Last Updated: Monday, June 13, 2011, 15:54

Israel`s military police have opened an inquiry into the theft of parts of F-15 and F-16 fighters.

US Navy fighter jet crashes in California

Last Updated: Thursday, April 7, 2011, 16:12

An FA-18 fighter jet crashed near a US Naval Air Station in California.

Shahid to fly in F-16 fighter jet at AeroIndia

Last Updated: Saturday, February 5, 2011, 20:30

Shahid Kapoor, who is essaying an air force officer`s role in the yet-to-be-released movie ‘Mausam’, will fly on a US F-16 fighter jet at the AeroIndia show starting in Banglore next week.

Russia tests upgraded MiG fighter jet for India

Last Updated: Saturday, February 5, 2011, 08:24

The IAF has awarded the MiG corporation a USD 900 million contract to upgrade all of its 69 operational MiG-29s.

`China`s stealth fighter may take time to become operational`

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 18:00

China`s radar evading stealth fighter may take 3-4 years before it actually becomes operational.

Fighter jet Tejas to join Air Force on Monday

Last Updated: Sunday, January 9, 2011, 14:45

India`s long-delayed, indigenously-developed, multi-role combat aircraft Tejas will join the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday for initial operational clearance (IOC) in this aerospace hub.