Rafale is a French twin-engine multi-role fighter jet designed and built by Dassault Aviation.
It can carry out all combat aviation missions: air superiority and air defence, close air support, in-depth strikes, reconnaissance, anti-ship strikes and nuclear deterrence.
India France signed agreement in 2016 for supply of 36 Rafale multi-role fighter jets.
Light Combat Aircrafts (LCA) Tejas
The procurement of 83 LCA Tejas from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for IAF has been approved. It is the first Buy (Indian-Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured) category procurement of combat aircrafts with an indigenous content of 50%.
Tejas is an indigenously designed, developed and manufactured state-of-the-art modern 4+ generation fighter aircraft. It is equipped with operational capabilities like Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar, Beyond Visual Range Missile, Electronic Warfare Suite and Air to Air Refuelling.
Pinaka
Indigenous multi barrel rocket launch system
Developed by DRDO.
Each Pinaka rocket is capable of carrying a 100kg payload for a range of 40km.
ABHYAS
Abhyas is a High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) developed by DRDO.
An unmanned aerial vehicle
Based on indigenously developed micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) navigation system.
Smart
Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) • Successfully test fired from Hawk-1 jet of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
Developed by the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO).
Long-range precision-guided anti-airfield weapon,
Designed to be capable of engaging ground targets with high precision out to a range of 100 km.
Guided by an onboard navigation system.
Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART)
Range of over 600 km.
It is a Torpedo System for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) operations far beyond Torpedo range.
Torpedo is a weapon consisting of a self-propelled, self-guided, cigar-shaped underwater projectile that carries a conventional or nuclear warhead.
Varunastra
Developed by DRDO.
A ship launched, heavy weight, electrically-propelled anti-submarine torpedo
Capable of targeting quiet submarines, both in deep and shallow waters.
Range of 40 kilometers,
Travel at a speed of up to 70 kilometers per hour
Dive to a maximum depth of 400 meters.
Tapas-BH-201
Tapas is a medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
It is being developed on the lines of predator drones of the US to carry out intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) roles for the armed forces with an endurance of 24 hours
Sukhoi SU-30MKI
In October 2018, the 11 Base Repair Depot (BRD) of the Indian Air Force at Ojhar in Maharashtra handed over its first indigenously overhauled Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet to the Indian Air Force.
Sukhoi Su-30MKI is a multirole combat fighter aircraft jointly developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air
Force (IAF).
The Su-30MKI fleet of IAF will be fitted with air-launched version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles.
