This article provides a list of active Indian military aircraft currently in service with the Indian Armed Forces, as well as aircraft on order. For a list of historical military aircraft used by the Indian military, see list of historical aircraft of the Indian Air Force.
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
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Helicopters | |||||
HAL Dhruv | India | utility | 70[36] | 50 on order[37][38][39] | |
HAL Rudra | India | attack | 75[40][36] | ||
Alouette III | France/India | liaison / utility | Chetak | 4[22] | license-built by HAL |
SA 315B Lama | France/India | liaison / utility | Cheetah | 40 | license-built by HAL - 4 on order[22] |
HAL Prachand | India | attack | 5[27] | 90 on order[28] | |
Boeing AH-64 | United States | attack | AH-64E(I) | 6 on order[41] | |
UAV | |||||
Elbit Hermes 900 | Israel | Reconnaissance | 2 on order[42] | ||
IAI Eitan[43] | Israel | Reconnaissance | Heron TP | 4[44] | 16 Heron on order[45] |
IAI Searcher[45] | Israel | Reconnaissance | Mk-III | <100[46] | |
Ideaforge Switch [47][48] | India | Surveillance | 1.0 | undisclosed quantities on order[47] | |
NewSpace NIMBUS [49] | India | Surveillance | Mk-III | 75[49] | |
Raphe MPhibr MR-20[50] | India | Cargo | 48[50] | ||
NewSpace BELUGA [49] | India | Surveillance | 25[49] |
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
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Combat Aircraft | |||||
MiG-29 | Russia | multirole | MiG-29K | 40[22][51] | 7 KUB variants provide conversion training |
Maritime patrol | |||||
Boeing P-8 | United States | ASW / patrol | P-8I | 12[22] | |
Dornier Do 228 | Germany | surveillance | 228-201[21] | 25[52] | 10 on order[22] |
Britten-Norman BN-2 | United Kingdom | utility / patrol | BN-2B/2T[53] | 4[22] | |
Helicopters | |||||
HAL Dhruv | India | utility | 24[22] | ||
Kamov Ka-27 | Russia | ASW | Ka-28 | 14[22] | |
Kamov Ka-31 | Russia | AEW | 14[22] | employs a Planar array radar | |
Westland Sea King | United Kingdom | SAR / utility | Mk.42B/C[54] | 25[22] | six are UH-3H variants |
HAL Chetak | France/India | liaison / utility | 42[22] | ||
SH-60 Seahawk | United States | ASW / SAR | MH-60R | 6[55] | 24 on order[56] |
Trainer Aircraft | |||||
BAE Hawk | United Kingdom | Jet trainer | Hawk 132 | 17[22] | |
HAL Kiran | India | Jet trainer | 20[22] | ||
UAV | |||||
IAI Heron[31] | Israel | surveillance | Heron 1 | ||
IAI Searcher[32] | Israel | surveillance | Mk. I / II | ||
MQ-9 Reaper | United States | surveillance | SeaGuardian | 2[57] | |
Hermes 900 | Israel | surveillance | 2[58][59] |
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
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Maritime patrol | |||||
Dornier Do 228 | Germany | reconnaissance | 101/201[21] | 36[60] | 2 on order[61] |
Helicopters | |||||
HAL Dhruv | India | utility | Mk. I / Mk. III | 4 / 16[62][63][64] | 9 Mk.III on order[65][66] |
HAL Chetak | France/India | utility | 17[67] |