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......
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......
India on Thursday approved capital acquisition of a plethora of indigenously-developed military hardware including indigenous BrahMos missiles, marine diesel engine, artillery gun system,......
HAL helicopters will be equipped with an 'Obstacle Avoidance System' that warns pilots of any obstacles in their flight path. IMAGE: The Light Combat Helicopter. Photograph: Kind courtesy Wing......
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday conveyed to the top honchos of Indian and global aerospace majors that India does not want to remain an "assembly workshop" for military platforms and......
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......
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......
Government run explorer Oil & Natural Gas Corporation started a major oil exploration drill off Kochi coast on Sunday. ONGC chairman and managing director R S Sharma formally launched......
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......
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......