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Status: 8 on order. The final deal was signed on 15 October 2024. [63] IFT Switch India: Reconnaissance: Switch 1.0 200 [64] Status: In service. [65] IAI Searcher Israel: Reconnaissance: Mk 1/2 ~20 [59] Status: In service. [66] NewSpace NIMBUS India: Swarm drones Mk-III 75: Status: In Service. Part of autonomous surveillance and armed drone ...
Akash (Sanskrit: आकाश meaning Sky) is a medium-range surface-to-air missile developed as part of India's Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme to achieve self-sufficiency in the area of surface-to-air missiles. It is the most expensive missile project ever undertaken by the Union government in the 20th century.
The Indian Air Force was established on 8 October 1932 in British India as an auxiliary air force [22] of the Royal Air Force. The enactment of the Indian Air Force Act 1932 [23] [24] stipulated out their auxiliary status and enforced the adoption of the Royal Air Force uniforms, badges, brevets and insignia. [25]
The Indian Air Force has placed order for 18 MRSAM squadrons with each squadron having 3 launcher vehicles, carrying 8 missiles each. [72] [73] Indian Air Force has plans to deploy 5 squadrons of a multi-layer long range air defence system being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation under Project Kusha. [74]
It was reported in late 2023 that the Indian Air Force (IAF) has proposed to rename itself as the Indian Air and Space Force (IASF) with an enhanced focus on space-based capabilities India also plans to have over 100 small and large military satellites within 7 to 8 years with the DSA to expand into a full-fledged Space Command. [20]
The squadron took part in the Victory over Japan Day parade at Madras by carrying out a flypast. In August 1945, the squadron was intimated of the possibility of the Oorials moving to Japan as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. This was a singular honour for the Royal Indian Air Force and for No. 4 Squadron in particular.
IL-78 MKI aerial refueling Mirage-2000. No. 78 Squadron is located at Agra AFS under Central Air Command.The IL-78s, which refuel at the rate of 500–600 litres a minute, can ferry up to 118 tonnes of fuel, and can simultaneously fill three air-borne fighter aircraft, and allowing the fighters to carry more pay load and penetrate deep into the enemy territories.
The Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) is an administrative forum of the senior-most military leaders of the Indian Armed Forces, which advises the Government of India on all military and strategic matters deemed privy to military coordination, direction and policy between the country's three armed services. [2]