Army plans to procure 200 locally-built Prachand, light utility helicopters

The Army is planning to procure around 95 Prachand Light Combat Helicopters and 110 Light Utility Helicopters to enhance the profile of its combat aviation wing, chief of Army staff Gen Manoj Pande......

HAL's light utility copter is ready to go!

The LUH will be one of the two helicopters that will meet the army's urgent need for 394 light helicopters.Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE: The three LUH prototypes have completed over 550 test......

Desi Light Utility Helicopter makes a 'flawless' flight

The light utility helicopter will replace the military's obsolescent fleet of Chetak and Cheetah helicopters that have flown for over three decades. Ajai Shukla reports. On Tuesday, nine months......

Army may replace Cheetah, Chetak helicopter fleet with LUH from 2027

The Army is looking at phasing out its ageing fleet of Cheetah and Chetak choppers starting 2027, and considering induction of the light utility helicopters as the replacement besides exploring the......

HAL stake sale kick-starts Centre's FY21 divestment drive

About Rs 4,257 crore worth of bids have been received so far and the Centre hopes that retail investors - those investing up to Rs 2 lakh - will place bids worth at least Rs 750 crore. The......

Firms bets big on Chennai-Bengaluru defence industrial corridor

Their success or failure will eventually hinge on how much equipment the services procure, and whether the finance ministry supplements the allocations in the Budget. IMAGE: The T-72......

Aircraft makers throng Telangana's aviation meet

Wings India 2018, an international conference on the civil aviation sector, was inaugurated on Thursday at Begumpet airport, Hyderabad, by KT Rama Rao, minister of IT, mines and NRI affairs in the......

US firms stage comeback to Indian aero show

After keeping away from the two previous editions of the aero show, India's prestigious biennial aerospace and aviation technology exposition, because of post-Pokhran sanctions, many US military......