Rs 460 billion worth missiles, guns, copters okayed

The biggest procurement green-lighted was the Rs 217 billion purchase of 111 naval utility helicopters.Ajai Shukla reports. The defence ministry's apex procurement body, the Defence Acquisition......

Why did Kiltan join navy without sonar, copter?

'An ASW corvette without towed array sonar and an ASW helicopter is nothing more than a feeble joke,' says a retired navy commodore.Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE:The INS Kiltan, which Defence......

Navy plans to bid for world's biggest tender for choppers

In what could be the world's biggest tender for helicopters, the Indian Navy is planning to issue a bid for procuring more than 120 multirole choppers expected to be worth around Rs 35,000 crore.......

Navy planning to issue world's largest chopper tender

In one of the world's largest tenders for multirole helicopters, the Indian Navy is planning to procure more than 75 such choppers at an estimated cost of over $4 billion to meet the demand of its......