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Perhaps, but unlikely to be the defining need. This is important for carriers that launch fighters as they may have to respond rapidly in order to intercept incoming threats. But large-scale vertical lift is almost never done spontaneously, even for HADR it all happens in a well thought-out...

IAF C-130J-30 SuperHerc landing at the Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) advanced landing ground @ 16,700ft (5,100m) ASL, the highest airstrip in the world.

IAF CH-47F(I) Chinooks in the high-altitude region of Ladakh:

The RFI sure specifies some interesting things: Those are some huge-a$$ lifts they want. Bigger than what are on the Vikrant carrier! (which I think are ~18.5m wide, dunno length for sure). Also mentioned in the RFI is that the Lifts & Hangar deck must be able to handle aircraft of up to 24...

Yea fabrication - design & spec is handled by ADA.

Shivalik & Kadmatt when they first arrived @ Guam: P.S. - They changed the font (and position) of the pennant number. Used to be amidships, now its more toward the bow like on most Western ships. How it used to be:

The mission & profile of Nirbhay is similar to that of BGM-109 Tomahawk - a missile system that preceded the technology of MQ-1 by some 20-25 years. Single-use airframe that follows pre-determined flight path & uses terrain contours & Digital Elevation Models to course-correct. Fundamentally...

But designed by ADA.

Missiles & aircraft are fundamentally different. The airframes, engines, electronics of missiles are meant to be single-use. Drones/aircraft are entirely different and I've no idea why ADE was ever even established. Design capabilities existed with ADA aplenty and HAL was capable of...

Didn't they design the Rustom/TAPAS?

I don't have many hopes for this program beyond 'for scientists, by scientists' type lab models/tech demos. DTTI is talked about so much but in all these years it didn't deliver anything at all. To add to that, the Indian agency in question here is ADE - which doesn't have the best track record...

Now its looking like the 70k deal was intended for the IAF (why they need so many assault rifles is anyone's guess) so I guess 'chalta hai'. I'm secretly hoping this would be a 'biscuit' for the Russian lobby to get them off our backs and maybe steer away from the AK for the regular infantry. A...

News from IDEF: India's DCM Shriram buys 30% stake in Turkish drone maker DCM Shriram is investing $1 million in Zyrone Dynamics DCM Shriram signed a partnership deal with Turkey's Zyrone Dynamics on the sidelines of the International Defense Industries Fair (IDEF) in Istanbul. DCM Shriram...

Some snaps I never saw before of the QRSAM @Nilgiri delete these if already posted And the launcher mounted on Ashok Leyland 8x8 HMV:

Rafales will primarily be filling the void left by retirement of MiG-27 & older variants of Jaguar as Strike aircraft. I'm thinking they will also take over the Nuclear delivery role from the Mirage-2000, considering Rafale is currently the most survivable aircraft in the inventory.

Some of the best shots in my collection of the NLCA NP-2 (single-seat prototype):

Credits to 3D artist Harshal Pal Vikrant with TEDBFs, NLCAs, ALHs & IMRHs on deck.

I'm guessing it could be a result of the number of hardpoints & how the wings are engineered? Even though the plane with that engine is capable of higher payloads, it may not be able to carry more than a set amount at a particular point in the wing, limiting the overall capacity? The Tejas...

ALH Dhruv Mk-3MR (maritime multi-mission variant)