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Indian military spending
![Indian Military Pushes Ahead with War Stockpiling Indian Military Pushes Ahead with War Stockpiling](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-12-14-4.jpg)
Indian Military Pushes Ahead with War Stockpiling
By Abhijnan Rej
Absent clear political assessment around the possibility of a large-scale conventional conflict, the Indian armed forces have had to make do with ad hoc measures.
![China and India Top Asian Military Spending, Figure in World Top 3 With US China and India Top Asian Military Spending, Figure in World Top 3 With US](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-the_assam_rifles_marching_contingents_passes_through_the_rajpath_during_the_66th_republic_day_parade_2015_in_new_delhi_on_january_26_2015.jpg)
China and India Top Asian Military Spending, Figure in World Top 3 With US
By Ankit Panda
The two Asian giants took the second and third place in global defense spending for the first time.
![India’s HAL Rolls Out 16th Tejas Light Combat Aircraft India’s HAL Rolls Out 16th Tejas Light Combat Aircraft](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-441_para_sp16_landed.jpg)
India’s HAL Rolls Out 16th Tejas Light Combat Aircraft
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The latest Tejas fighter jet has been produced in initial operational clearance configuration.
![India’s HAL to Double Annual Production Rate of Tejas Light Combat Aircraft From 8 to 16 India’s HAL to Double Annual Production Rate of Tejas Light Combat Aircraft From 8 to 16](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-iaf_tejas_full_size_32941198511.jpg)
India’s HAL to Double Annual Production Rate of Tejas Light Combat Aircraft From 8 to 16
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is opening a new production facility in 2020 to double the production of Tejas LCA per annum.
![India’s Tejas Light Combat Aircraft Conducts First-Ever Aerial Refueling India’s Tejas Light Combat Aircraft Conducts First-Ever Aerial Refueling](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-iaf_tejas_full_size_32941198511.jpg)
India’s Tejas Light Combat Aircraft Conducts First-Ever Aerial Refueling
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Indian Air Force carried out its first mid-air refueling of the indigenously developed Tejas LCA on September 10.
![HAL Chief: Tejas Light Combat Aircraft Will Be ‘Backbone’ of Indian Air Force’s ‘Combat Power’ HAL Chief: Tejas Light Combat Aircraft Will Be ‘Backbone’ of Indian Air Force’s ‘Combat Power’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-406_para_cmd-lca-7.jpg)
HAL Chief: Tejas Light Combat Aircraft Will Be ‘Backbone’ of Indian Air Force’s ‘Combat Power’
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The head of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited flew in the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft earlier this week.
![India’s Light Combat Aircraft Misses Deadline for Final Operational Clearance India’s Light Combat Aircraft Misses Deadline for Final Operational Clearance](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-image001syrg.jpg)
India’s Light Combat Aircraft Misses Deadline for Final Operational Clearance
By Franz-Stefan Gady
India’s Tejas Light Combat Aircraft missed another deadline to become fully combat-ready.
![India’s Light Combat Aircraft Fires Beyond Visual Range Missile India’s Light Combat Aircraft Fires Beyond Visual Range Missile](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-image001syrg.jpg)
India’s Light Combat Aircraft Fires Beyond Visual Range Missile
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Tejas Light Combat Aircraft has successfully test-fired the Derby air-to-air beyond visual range missile.
![Boeing Offers to Set Up F/A-18 Fighter Jet Production Facility in India Boeing Offers to Set Up F/A-18 Fighter Jet Production Facility in India](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-hornet_gallery_lrg_02_960.jpg)
Boeing Offers to Set Up F/A-18 Fighter Jet Production Facility in India
By Franz-Stefan Gady
“We are talking about creating a next generation facility in India,” a Boeing VP said on August 28.
![India’s Light Combat Aircraft Well Behind Schedule India’s Light Combat Aircraft Well Behind Schedule](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-07-23_15-12-30.jpg)
India’s Light Combat Aircraft Well Behind Schedule
By Franz-Stefan Gady
India’s defense industry is behind schedule in delivering the country’s first indigenous fighter jet.
![India’s Light Combat Aircraft to Be Armed With Beyond Visual Range Missile India’s Light Combat Aircraft to Be Armed With Beyond Visual Range Missile](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-07-23_15-12-30.jpg)
India’s Light Combat Aircraft to Be Armed With Beyond Visual Range Missile
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Test firing of the new air-to-air missile is scheduled for the end of 2017.
![India Test Fires Beyond Visual Range Missile From Light Combat Aircraft India Test Fires Beyond Visual Range Missile From Light Combat Aircraft](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-07-23_15-12-30.jpg)
India Test Fires Beyond Visual Range Missile From Light Combat Aircraft
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The test firing “achieved all its planned objectives,” the Indian Ministry of Defense announced last week.
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