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List of active Indian military aircraftFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of active Indian military aircraft is a list of military aircraft currently in service with the Indian Armed Forces.Figures are sourced from Flight International (Flightglobal.com).

Contents

1 Indian Air Force

2 Indian Naval Air Arm

3 Army Aviation Corps (India)

4 Indian Coast Guard

5 UAVs6 See also

7 Notes8 References

9 External links10 Bibliography

Indian Air Force

See also: Indian Air Force

Aircraft Photo Origin Role Version Quantity[1] Note

Fixed-wing aircraft

Beriev A-50

Phalcon

Israel

Russia[Note 1]

AEW&C A-50E/I 3 2 more on order.

EMB-145

AEWCS

India

BrazilAEW&C

3 Under

Development by

DRDO.

Sukhoi Su-

30MKI

Russia

India

Air Superiority

FighterSu-30MKI 170[2]

Total 272 on order.

3 have been lost to

crashes.[3]

Mikoyan MiG-

29

Soviet

Union

Air Superiority

Fighter

MiG-29

(9.12B)66

To be Upgraded to

MiG-29UPG

Standard.[4] 13 lost

to crashes between

1994 and 2011.[5]

One more MiG-29

lost to crash on June

24, 2013.[6]

59 were

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#Indian_Air_Force

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#Army_Aviation_Corps_.28India.29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#Indian_Coast_Guard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#UAVs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#See_also

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#Notes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#External_links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#Bibliography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Air_Force

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#cite_note-Flightglobal-1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beriev_A-50

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EL/W-2090

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beriev_A-50EI_Mainstay2009.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#cite_note-2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEW%26C

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRDO_AEW%26CS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DRDO_AEW%26C_Embraer_ERJ_145.JPG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEW%26C

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-30MKI

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Superiority_Fighter


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#cite_note-AFMAPR13-4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IAF_MiG-29.jpg

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Superiority_Fighter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29M






Dassault Mirage

2000 France

Multirole

Fighter Aircraft

M2000H

TH51

59 were

purchased,[7] 7

aircraft [8][9]

including 2 trainers

have

crashed.[10][11][12]

The current fleet of

51 will be upgraded

to Mirage 2000-5

Mk2 standard

between 2011 and

2020.[13][14][15]

Mikoyan-

Gurevich MiG-

21

Soviet

Union

India

Fighter Aircraft

MiG21Bis

MiG21Bison

MiG21M/MF

264[16]

To be phased out by

2019. Latest crash

occurred on 14 July

2013.

HAL Tejas India Fighter AircraftMark I

Trainer8

1 delivered with 79on order. Not yet in

operational service.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-

27 Bahadur

Soviet

Union

Ground-Attack

AircraftMiG-27ML 90

To be phased out by

2025.[citation needed]

One lost on 12

February 2013.[3]

SEPECAT

Jaguar

France

UnitedKingdom

Ground-Attack

Aircraft

M/S

T149

Undergoing upgrades

to prolong servicelife. 10 more on

order.[1]

Gulfstream III United

StatesReconnaissance IV SRA-4 3

Ilyushin Il-78MKI

Russia[Note 2] Tanker Aircraft IL-78MKI 7

C-17

Globemaster

United

States

Transport

Aircraft

Globemaster

III2

2 delivered, 8 more

on order.[17]

Ilyushin Il-76

Candid

Soviet

Union

Transport

AircraftIl-76MD 17

C-130J SuperHercules

UnitedStates

TransportAircraft

C-130J 6 6 more on order.

Used to transport amaximum of up to 42fully equipped troops

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#cite_note-tdmail6m12-9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#cite_note-didmirage-10

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#cite_note-dawn-14

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#cite_note-ttoi5m13-15

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#cite_note-ttoi28j13-16

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-21

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sheeju_mig21.JPG





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Combat_Aircraft

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HAL_Tejas.jpg



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-27

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mig-27.jpg


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground-attack_aircraft

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#cite_note-AFMAPR13-4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEPECAT_Jaguar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IAF_Jaguar.jpg


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground-attack_aircraft


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulfstream_III

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HZ-NR2-GulfstreamIII-304.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconnaissance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-78

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Il-78MKI.jpeg



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_refueling

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IAF-C-17.jpg


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airlift#Strategic_airlift



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_Air_Force_IL-76_.JPG


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airlift#Strategic_airlift

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-130J_Super_Hercules

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:C-130_J.jpg


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airlift#Tactical_airlift

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_Air_Force_Antonov_An-32_Karpezo-3.jpg



Antonov An-32Cline

SovietUnion

TransportAircraft

An-32 109

fully equipped troops

or light cargo.Currently being

upgraded in Ukraineto prolong service

life.

HawkerSiddeley HS748

UnitedKingdom

India

Airliner(Passenger)

HS 748-100 59

To be replacedunder a $2.4 billion

program.[18]

Saras IndiaUtilityTransport

15 on Order.

Dornier Do 228 Germany

India

Utility

TransportDo 228-201 40

IAI Astra 1125 Israel VIP Transport 1125 Astra 2

BAE Hawk

United

Kingdom India

Trainer Aircraft Hawk 132 65 60 more on order.

HAL HJT-16

Kiran India Trainer Aircraft

HJT-16

HJT-16II81

HAL HJT-36

Sitara India Trainer Aircraft 16 on order.

Pilatus PC-7 Switzerland

Trainer Aircraft Mk 14[19]

63 more to bedelivered, with a

possible order for

another 37,[20] and afollow up order of anadditional

100.[21][22]

HAL HPT-32Deepak

India Trainer Aircraft

Current fleet ofaround 70 aircraftgrounded. Being

replaced by PilatusPC-7 trainer aircraft,of which 75 havebeen ordered.

Helicopters

HAL Rudra IndiaAttack

ALH-WSI 4 Total of 16 on order.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-32

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_Air_Force_Antonov_An-32_Karpezo-3.jpg


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airlift#Tactical_airlift

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_HS_748

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:C-GBFA_First_Air_HS748_(A748).JPG



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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAL_Saras

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HAL_Saras.jpg


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_aircraft

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_228

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_Air_Force_Dornier_228_SDS-2.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_aircraft

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAI_Astra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Israel_Aircraft_Industries_1125_Astra_SPX_D-CRIS_in_DUS.jpg


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_jet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAE_Hawk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IAFBaeHawk.jpg



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trainer_(aircraft)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_HJT-16

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HAL_Kiran_Aero_India-2007.jpg



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_HJT-36_Sitara

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hindustan_HJT-36_Sitara_Krivchikov_2007.jpg



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilatus_PC-7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SilverFalcons5.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#cite_note-idrw16j13-21


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#cite_note-ect-23


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_HPT-32

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HAL_Deepak.jpg



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilatus_PC-7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_Rudra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HAL_Rudra_at_Aero_India_2013.JPG


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_Helicopter




HelicopterALH-WSI 4 Total of 16 on order.

HAL LightCombatHelicopter

IndiaAttackhelicopter

LCH 2 65 on order.

Mil Mi-35Hind-E

SovietUnion

AttackHelicopter

Mi-35 27

Will be replaced by22 Boeing AH-64Apache attackhelicopters.

Mil Mi-8

Mi-17

Soviet

Union

Transport

Helicopter

Mi-8

Mi-17150

103 More Mi-17V5on order. 1 Mi-

17V5 crashed on25-6-2013

Mil Mi-26 Halo Soviet

Union

Transport

HelicopterMi-26 3

Will becomplemented byBoeing CH-47Chinook of which 15

is being ordered.

AgustaWestlandAW101

ItalyTransportHelicopter

AW101 3

9 more on order,[23]

Deal on hold as of

February 2013 dueto corruptioncharges.

HAL Dhruv IndiaUtilityHelicopter

Dhruv 47 65 more on order.

HAL Cheetah France

India

Utility

Helicopter

SA 315B

Cheetal24[24]

10

HAL Chetak France India

UtilityHelicopter

SA-316B 74

Indian Naval Air Arm

See also: Indian Naval Air Arm

Photo Aircraft Origin Role Version Quantity[25] Note

Fixed-wing aircraft

MiG-

29K 16





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_Light_Combat_Helicopter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LCH_(HEMANT_RAWAT_)_(2).JPG


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_helicopter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-35

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mi-35_Hind_Akbar.jpg


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_helicopter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_AH-64_Apache



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IAF_Mi-8.JPEG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US-India_YudhAbhyas.jpg




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mil_Mi-26.jpg



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_CH-47_Chinook

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW101

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US101-CZG-082007-002.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_Dhruv

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_air_force_dhruv_helicopter_j4042_arp.jpg



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale_Lama

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:An_Indian_Air_Force_Cheetah_evacuating_ill_J%26K_Police_Personnel._Photograph_taken_in_Bani_region_of_Basoli_Tehsil,_Kathua_District,_Jammu_and_Kashmir,_India..JPG





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale_Alouette_III

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chetak(070407-N-4953E-002).jpg




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Naval_Air_Arm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#cite_note-OrBat-27

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MiG-29K_on_the_MAKS-2009_(02).jpg



MikoyanMiG-29K

RussiaFighteraircraft

29K

MiG-

29KUB

16

425 more on order

BAE SeaHarrier

United

Kingdom[Note 3]Fighteraircraft

FRS51

T4

10

2V/STOL

Boeing P-8Poseidon

UnitedStates

MaritimePatrol

P-8INeptune

1 11 more on order.[26][27]

Tupolev Tu-142 Bear

SovietUnion

BomberTu-142M

8Being replaced by 12Boeing P-8 Poseidon.

Ilyushin Il-38May

SovietUnion

MaritimePatrol

Il-38SD 5

Dornier Do228

Germany India

UtilityAircraft

Do 228-

101

Do 228-

201

1

256 more on order.[1]

HAL HJT-16

Kiran India

Trainer

Aircraft8

HAL HPT-32

Deepak India

Trainer

Aircraft8

Helicopters

Kamov Ka-31Helix-B

RussiaAirborneearly

warning

9

Westland SeaKing

UnitedKingdom

Anti-submarinewarfare

Search &Rescue,Utility

Transport

22

5

[1]

Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King

UnitedStates

Anti-

submarinewarfareUtility

UH-3H 6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MiG-29K_on_the_MAKS-2009_(02).jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29K



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harrier_land_Malabar_2007.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAE_Sea_Harrier




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V/STOL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:P_8A_touches_down_at_Pax_River.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_P-8_Poseidon


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Patrol



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tupolev_Tu-142_Krivchikov_2007.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-142


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomber

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_P-8_Poseidon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ilyushin_Il-38SD_Krivchikov_2007.jpg




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_Navy_Dornier_228_SDS-1.jpg




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_transport_aircraft


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HAL_Kiran_Aero_India-2007.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_HJT-16_Kiran



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HAL_Deepak.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_HPT-32_Deepak



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ka-31-2007.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamov_Ka-31


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_early_warning

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SeaKing_Mk42B_Indian_Navy_2005.JPG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Sea_King


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_SH-3_Sea_King






Helicopter

Kamov Ka-25Hormone

SovietUnion

Anti-

submarinewarfare

7 [1]

Kamov Ka-28

Helix-A Russia

Anti-submarine

warfare

13 [1]

Aérospatiale

SA 316Alouette III

France India

UtilityHelicopter

SA316B

SA319

30

25

HAL Dhruv IndiaUtility

Helicopter8

More on

order.[citation needed]

Army Aviation Corps (India)

See also: Army Aviation Corps (India)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SH3H_HS15_CVW15_1995.JPEG


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ka-2583.jpg





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Malabar_2012_IN_Ka-31.jpg





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_Navy_Chetak.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale_Alouette_III




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_Navy_dhruv.jpg




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Aviation_Corps_(India)



Photo Aircraft Origin Role Version Quantity[25] Note


Helicopter

ALH-

WSI2

Total of 60 on order, first

20 to be delivered by

2013.[28]

HAL Light

CombatHelicopter

IndiaAttackhelicopter

LCH 114 on order.


helicopter45 179 on order.[1]

HAL Lancer France

India

Light Attackhelicopter

12Developed from HALCheetah.

HAL Chetak France India

Utility

helicopter

SA

316BChetak

60 To be replaced.

HAL Cheetah France

India

Utilityhelicopter

SA315B

Cheetah

HALCheetal

48To be replaced. 22 HAL

Cheetal on order[29]

Mi-17V Hip Soviet

UnionTransportHelicopter

6

Indian Coast Guard

See also: Indian Coast Guard

Photo Aircraft Origin Role Version Quantity Note


helicopter9

HAL Chetak India France

Utilityhelicopter

18

Dornier Do 228

India

Germany

Maritime

SurveillanceSearch &

Rescue

Do

228-101

38 By 31 July 2013[30]

UAVs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#cite_note-OrBat-27






http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LCH_(HEMANT_RAWAT_)_(2).JPG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_Light_Combat_Helicopter



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_Army_Dhruv_Helicopter_at_Aero_India_2013.JPG



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_helicopter


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aerospatiale_SA_315B_Lama_Helicopter_20080814.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale_SA_315B_Lama




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%C3%96BH_AlouetteIII_Landeck_Abflug2.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_Chetak




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cheetah_produced_by_HAL.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_Cheetah





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Afghan_MI-17_helicopters.jpg



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Helicopter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Coast_Guard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_air_force_dhruv_helicopter_j4042_arp.jpg




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cost_Guard_Helicopter_Chowpatty.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_Chetak




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:India_Coast_Guard_Dornier_Do_228_at_Aero_India_2013.jpg





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_and_rescue




Note: The Indian Armed Forces operate a number of UAVs split between the three service branches.

Photo Aircraft Origin Role Version Quantity Note

IAI Harpy Israel

Unmanned

combat airvehicle

A small UCAV that homesinto enemy radar emissions -

destroying both itself and theenemy radar. In service with

Indian Air Force.

IAI Harop IsraelUnmannedcombat air

vehicle

10

A small UCAV that homes

into enemy radar emissions -destroying both itself and the

enemy radar. In service withIndian Air Force.

IAI Heron IsraelUnmanned

aerial vehicle

Heron I

Heron II50+

In service with Indian Air

Force and Indian Navy.

DRDO Lakshya India Target drone 39

A small target drone inservice with the Indian Air

Force and Indian Navy.[31]

DRDO Nishant IndiaUnmannedaerial vehicle

12+In service with the IndianArmy.

IAI Searcher IsraelUnmanned

aerial vehicle

Searcher

II

SearcherI

100+In service with the Indian

Army.

See also

Currently active military equipment by countryMilitary of India

Indian Air ForceIndian Naval Air Arm

Future of the Indian Air Force

Notes

1. ^ With Israeli EL/W-2090 radar system.

2. ^ Assembled in Uzbekistan, with Israeli designed fuel-transfer system.

3. ^ Fitted with Israeli EL/M-2032 radar.

References

1. ̂a b c d e f g "World Air Forces 2013". (http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/media/reports_pdf/world-air-forces-2013-101015.aspx) Flightglobal.com

2. ^ Su-30MKI Delivery To Indian Air Force Slips (http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paris_Air_Show_2007-06-24_n25.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAI_Harpy


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_combat_air_vehicle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IAI_Harop.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAI_Harop


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_combat_air_vehicle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Salon_du_Bourget_20090619_075.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAI_Heron


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lakshya_PTA.JPG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRDO_Lakshya


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_drone


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nishant_UAV.JPG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRDO_Nishant



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IAI-Searcher2.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAI_Searcher



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currently_active_military_equipment_by_country

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_India

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Air_Force

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Naval_Air_Arm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_the_Indian_Air_Force

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#cite_ref-2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EL/W-2090



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EL/M-2032

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft#cite_ref-Flightglobal_1-0







http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/media/reports_pdf/world-air-forces-2013-101015.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flightglobal.com


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Bibliography

International Institute for Strategic Studies; Hackett, James (ed.) (3 February 2010). The Military Balance2010. London: Routledge. ISBN 1857435575.

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