Air force

The United States Air Force aims to purchase 26 Boeing Co E-7A Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) planes to replace its outdated fleet of E-3s, according to the Department of the Air Force, which announced a deal for up to $1.2 billion on Tuesday.

The Argentine side expressed its interest in the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft `Tejas’ being manufactured by state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL). If the deal goes through, HAL will have to rework the LCA Tejas as per the needs of the South American nation.

Around Laohekou airport, an aircraft crashed in the Hubei province of China, leaving houses on fire. The pilot handled to eject and land with the help of a parachute.

Greece’s newly-acquired fourth generation Rafale aircraft made a series of deafening overpasses before landing at Tanagra Air Force Base, 70km (43 miles) north of Athens. They had flown from Merignac airport near Bordeaux.

The tri-service inquiry ordered into the ill-fated chopper crash which killed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen. Bipin Rawat and others is complete

Hermeus, a start-up company building a reusable hypersonic craft, signed a $60 million partnership contract with the us Air Force