Goa, June 9 -- ROBIN ROY

In a recent development, New Delhi's formal Letter of Request to France for the procurement of 114 Rafale jets in a mega Rs 3.25 lakh crore deal, with the majority slat ed to be manufactured locally and concurrently, the IAF and DRDO successfully flight-test ing the indigenous Rudram-2 air-to-surface missile and the TARA precision glide bomb have only added feathers of vi brant colours to the IAF's caps. Moreover, The Ministry of Defence issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to top domes tic firms (including L&T, Tata Advanced Systems, and Bharat Forge) for the development of India's 5th-generation AMCA (Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft) confirms the fact that the IAF is all set to add more power to wings. New Delhi...