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Ex-Finmeccanica CEO Giuseppe Orsi acquitted of graft charges in chopper dealOrsi was arrested in 2014 and resigned as chief executive of the aerospace group which was later renamed as Leonardo.
VVIP chopper scam: High-flyer 'Bundle Tyagi' has earned a dubious distinctionPopularly known in military circles as ‘Bundle Tyagi’ after his call-sign as a fighter pilot while flying Gnats, Hunters and Jaguars, he gr...
FIPB clears Tata-AgustaWestland chopper facility proposal in HyderabadThe proposal to assemble AgustaWestland's Aw 119kx choppers has been kept pending repeatedly for over two years.
Assembling of AgustaWestland choppers by IRL likely to be delayed"IRL, the Joint Venture with AW, is for assembling AW119Kx helicopters. IRL will export the assembled helicopters to AW for it to sell to i...
Arun Jaitley to review AgustaWestland chopper scam caseThe ministry has encashed a major chunk of bank guarantees worth over Rs 2,400 crore deposited by AgustaWestland in banks in Italy and Indi...
Agusta guarantees: Defence Ministry to take steps to recover amountThe Italian court on May 23 allowed India to recover Rs 1,818 crore of the Rs 2,217 crore deposited in Italian banks by AgustaWestland in t...
Italian court allows India to partially encash Agusta bank guaranteesAfter the Rs 3600cr deal was cancelled on Jan 1 this year, India had initiated the process to seize bank guarantees deposited in banks in I...
With Agustawestland deal scrapped, Mi-17 choppers may ferry VVIPsThe Defence Ministry is considering the option of utilising the Mi-17V5 helicopters being procured from Russia for the task.
Agusta fiasco: India to hunt for new VVIP coptersWith the government and AgustaWestland headed for arbitration, which could take at least two years, the MoD is examining different options.
Defence Ministry asks FIPB to defer clearance for AugustaWestland-Tata Sons joint ventureThe Defence Ministry has asked the FIPB to defer its decision on a proposal to assemble military and civilian choppers by AgustaWestland.
Defence Ministry to protest FIPB clearance for Agusta joint ventureThe Ministry is unhappy with the approval given to a Tata-AgustaWestland JV to produce and upgrade choppers in the country and is going to ...
FIPB clears Tata, Westland proposal to assemble choppersAs per the proposal the Indian Rotorcraft will assemble AW119Kx helicopters, an upgraded version of AW119Ke chopper.
Defence Ministry issues notice to Agusta for cancelling chopper dealArmed with fresh details on the alleged kickbacks, India has initiated steps to cancel the Rs 3,600 crore chopper deal with Anglo-Italian f...
AK Antony had questioned foreign trials in chopper tender: CAGAntony had questioned the IAF decision to hold overseas trials for the VVIP chopper deal but later agreed to the same after receiving an as...
- Defence Minister AK Antony had questioned IAF plans for VVIP chopper trials
In the VVIP chopper deal, Defence Minister A K Antony had initially raised questions over IAF's plans to hold the field evaluation trials.
Italian copter scandal may hit other pending defence buysThe suspicion of bribery in an important defence deal could not have come at a worse time for a government which has struggled to fend off ...
IAF gets two AW 101 choppers, rest ten likely by mid-2013India had signed a Rs 3,550 crore deal in 2010 with the Anglo-Italian firm Agusta Westland for buying 12 of these three-engined choppers.