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#IAF Chief denies interest in acquiring the Tu-160 strategic bomber.

He said that IAF doesn't have budget for such costly platforms.

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Minister of State for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh has said that the first trial for #Gaganyaan, India's maiden human space mission, will be done by the end of 2023 or at the beginning of 2024.

He said the first test flight will be followed by sending a female-looking #humanoid robot - #VyomMitra to ensure that the final flight of #Gaganyaan is flawless.

Dr Jitendra Singh said, on the basis of these two missions, our #astronauts will go in the third mission.

With the launch of #Gaganyaan, India will become the 4th nation in the world to launch a Human #Spaceflight Mission after the US, Russia and China.

Four men -- all pilots from the Indian Air Force -- have already been shortlisted for the #Gaganyaan mission. They will receive training in Russia and India. Simultaneously, doctors from the #IAF will be sent to #France to be trained in monitoring the health of astronauts.

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#IAF to buy 100 UAVs to protect airbases after last year’s drone attack on #Jammu Air Force Station.

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Indigenously developed Light Combat Helicopter(LCH) has been formally inducted into #IAF at #Jodhpur Air Force base, #Rajasthan.

"There could not have been a better timing for LCH induction than Navratri and in the land of warriors, Rajasthan"

- Defence minister Rajnath Singh

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#TASL (TATA) has won a contract for supplying 10,000 units of Bullet Proof Jackets to #IAF

TATA has supplied around 2 Lakh units to its various coustomers.

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