Articles By Air Marshal Raghu Rajan
V-22 Osprey: Options for India
By: Air Marshal Raghu Rajan | Issue: Vol. 28.3 Jul-Sep 2013 | Date: 04 Feb , 2015
The Boeing V-22 Osprey is the only operational tilt-rotor aircraft that combines speed, payload capability and reach of a fixed-wing transport aircraft with hover-landing capability of a...
Challenges in Restructuring the Combat Power of IAF
By: Air Marshal Raghu Rajan | Issue: Vol. 29.3 Jul-Sep 2014 | Date: 24 Dec , 2014
The IAF’s capability covers the IOR countries on the maritime side and its principal adversaries Pakistan and China on the landward side. The government needs to finalise the contract for the...
Infrastructure in the IAF: A Force Multiplier
By: Air Marshal Raghu Rajan | Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 04 Jan , 2014
Due to its long gestation period, infrastructure needs advance and integrated planning amongst the three services and civil agencies to ensure that the end result is cost-effective without...
Impact of Information Warfare on Aerospace Operations
By: Air Marshal Raghu Rajan | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 13 Mar , 2013
What is Information Warfare? : Information Warfare (IW) in its most fundamental sense is the emerging “theater” in which future nation-against-nation conflict at the strategic level is most...
Whither Jointmanship in India?
By: Air Marshal Raghu Rajan | Issue: Vol. 28.1 Jan-Mar 2013 | Date: 23 Feb , 2013
‘Jointmanship’ in the history of warfare reached its maturity in World War II, especially during Operation Overlord involving landing by the allied forces on the beaches of Normandy. The other...
Are the Days of the Manned Combat Aircraft Numbered?
By: Air Marshal Raghu Rajan | Issue: Vol. 27.1 -Mar 2012 | Date: 07 Jan , 2013
UAVs are now making headlines as they are increasingly employed for missions that were hitherto the domain of manned aircraft. UAVs are perceived to offer two main advantages over manned aircraft...
MMRCA and the Indian Air Force
By: Air Marshal Raghu Rajan | Issue: Vol. 26.4 Oct-Dec 2011 | Date: 03 Jan , 2013
The MMRCA as a first step, will enable the IAF to hold its own against the PAF, and when it reaches its authorised strength, to face the PLAAF. The technical evaluation process has been...
Defending the Indian Skies
By: Air Marshal Raghu Rajan | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 22 Oct , 2012
Air or Aerospace Defence provides a secure foundation for the safe and effective launch of aircraft and missiles to tackle an airborne or space-based intruder. Besides, the sharp end comprising...
An Integrated Approach to Defence Procurement
By: Air Marshal Raghu Rajan | Issue: Vol 27.3 Jul-Sep 2012 | Date: 25 Sep , 2012
It is evident that the services need to be more proactive in the process of procurement. It is also obvious that the optimum and cost-effective utilisation of the defence budget must be the basis...
Indo-US Partnership in Defence Industry
By: Air Marshal Raghu Rajan | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 09 Jul , 2012
Arms sales and consequently, defence and bilateral relations during the Cold War were hampered by India’s fears about reliability of the US as an arms supplier as also by its sensitivity to the...