'Make in India' challenge for Kamov helicopter

The Kamov-226T indigenisation has been complicated by an unusually detailed Inter-Governmental Agreement. Ajai Shukla reports After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Moscow last month......

HAL choppers to target enemy at high altitudes

Armed with rockets and missiles, these helicopters can rain fire on the enemy in rarefied altitudes.Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE: The need for a combat helicopter became apparent during the Kargil......

In a first, HAL fires air-to-air missile from chopper

The Light Combat Helicopter will enable the army to provide fire support to soldiers at altitudes of 15,000 to 20,000 feet where the oxygen-depleted air prevents them from carrying weaponry heavier......

HAL chopper is now Siachen ready

Dhruv and LUH helicopters must supply provisions to, and evacuate casualties from Siachen Glacier posts like Sonam, which, at 20,997 feet, is the highest inhabited spot on the planet.Ajai Shukla......