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......
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......
From extending the reach of the Election Commission into remote corners of the country to airlifting EVMs, the Indian Air Force played a vital role in the recently-held general elections, with its......
The Light Utility Helicopter, which Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd is designing for the Indian military, has encountered turbulence even before leaving the drawing board. French engine-maker Turbomeca,......
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 is the primary supplier of India's military aircraft, helicopters, engines, avionics and accessories and the main provider of maintenance for defence aerospace Photograph: Abhishek N.......
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......
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......
With an aim of fast-tracking procurement of defence equipment, the government today steeply hiked the budgetary allocation for defence to Rs 141,703 crore (Rs 1,417.03 billion), a 34 per cent......
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......
How time flies, and yet -- like Alice on her Wonderland treadmill -- remains firmly anchored in place.Twenty-eight years ago, when Superman first flew across the collective consciousness of......