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The Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition in India, also known as the MRCA tender, was a competition to supply 126 multi-role combat aircraft to the Indian Air Force (IAF). The Defence Ministry had allocated ₹ 55,000 crore (US$6.4 billion) at 2008 prices for the purchase of these aircraft, [ 2 ] making it India's single ...
The IAF will also acquire large numbers of stealthy autonomous UCAVs (DRDO Ghatak), swarm drones and uncrewed aircraft to transform into a fully advanced network-centric force capable of sustained multi-role operations along the entire spectrum. As of September 2024, the Indian Air Force also plans to indigenize their entire fighter jet fleet ...
A Dassault Rafale flying at Aero India 2017. The Rafale deal controversy is a political controversy in India related to the purchase of 36 Rafale multirole fighter aircraft for a price estimated at €7.87 billion (₹58,891 Crore) by the Defence Ministry of India from France's Dassault Aviation.
HAL Tejas at Exercise Tarang Shakti 2024 IAF Rafale take off from Dassault Aviation Facility, Merignac, France. A Su-30MKI firing Brahmos ER Netra AEW&C on Embraer ERJ 145 platform C-17 Globemaster III in service C-295 is replacing HS-748 HAL Prachand
The original MRCA TV TAB DU navigation display (part number V22.498.90) has a green CRT as the picture source. The original price for one CRT display version was €33,852.64. Due to the light environment, the picture tube was pushed to the limit due to the high brightness levels causing wear of the picture tube.
The HAL Tejas Mark 2 (lit. "Radiance"), or Medium Weight Fighter (MWF), [2] is an Indian single-engine, canard delta wing, multirole combat aircraft designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) in collaboration with Aircraft Research and Design Centre (ARDC) [3] of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF).
The IAF currently uses the IAI Searcher II [218] and IAI Heron [219] for reconnaissance and surveillance purposes. The IAI Harpy serves as an Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) which is designed to attack radar systems. [220] The IAF also operates the DRDO Lakshya which serves as realistic towed aerial sub-targets for live fire training. [221]
The MiG-35 was a contender with the Eurofighter Typhoon, Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Dassault Rafale, Saab JAS 39 Gripen, and General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon in the Indian MRCA competition for 126 multirole combat aircraft to be procured by the Indian Air Force. Deficiencies with the MiG-35's radar and its RD-33MK engines led to the ...