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Cheetah helicopter crash in Ladakh: What is the Army chopper, its specs, safety record and LUH replacement planA senior Indian Army commander and two pilots survived a Cheetah helicopter crash in Ladakh. The incident has triggered a formal investigat...- HAL LUH: Check features of indigenous helicopter set to become lifeline for Indian Army at Siachen, world’s highest battlefieldIndia is introducing its new Light Utility Helicopter. This indigenous aircraft will replace older helicopters in the Himalayas. The LUH is...
- India to replace ageing Chetak and Cheetah fleet, launch hunt for 200 new light helicoptersIndia’s Defence Ministry has issued a fresh request for information to replace its decades-old Chetak and Cheetah helicopters with 200 mode...
- Army may also lease choppers to replace its ageing fleetOfficials aware of the matter said the current fleet is expected to retire in 10-12 years and replacements will be needed progressively. Th...
- Army Aviation looking at phasing out Cheetah, Chetak helicopters from 2027The Indian Army is planning to phase out its aging Cheetah and Chetak helicopters starting in 2027 and is considering light utility helicop...
- Forces want Russian copters fast-trackedDefence sources say the need to replace obsolete single-engine Cheetahs and Chetaks of the vintage of 1960s-1970s, which are dogged by a hi...
- HAL gets initial clearance for light helicopter that will replace aging Cheetah & Chetak choppersLight Utility Helicopter (LUH) is a single-engine, lightweight and highly agile three-ton utility helicopter, indigenously designed and dev...
- Army, IAF grounds entire fleet of light utility choppers for safety checkEven though all Cheetah, Chetaks and Cheetals have been grounded, officers insisted that other helicopters like the Dhruv are in operation.
- CAG raps defence ministry over ageing assets in Army Aviation CorpsThe audit body criticised the ministry over the shortage of 47 per cent in the holding of BMP infantry combat vehicles in the Indian army.
- Plans to build Light Combat Helicopters indigenously from 2017-2018 onwards"The production plan for LCH has been made from 2017-18 onwards subject to firm order from IAF for limited series production," Inderjit Sin...
- 62 per cent of military chopper crashes since 1986 due to human error: Manohar ParrikarDefence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said 62 per cent of military chopper accidents in the country since 1986 has taken place due to "hu...
- Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar urged to stop use of 'outdated' choppersMeenal Wagh-Bhosale, wife of a serving Army officer, met with Parrikar for about 20 minutes and handed him a petition which has received ab...
- Choppergate II: Brigadier booked in case relating to AgustaWestlandCBI has filed a case against the official for allegedly attempting to favour AgustaWestland in purchase of 197 light utility choppers in li...
- AgustaWestland submits bids for two military chopper tendersAnglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland has submitted its bid for two military tenders to supply helicopters to the Navy and the Coast Guard.
- Defence Ministry approves Army proposal for 22 Cheetal helicoptersThe Cheetals are an upgraded version of the vintage Cheetahs with more powerful engines manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).
- Army issues third request to A K Anthony for the replacement of Chetak, Cheetah helicoptersArmy HQ rues that “some of the obsolescence issues” are component failures, low reliability, accidents and increased structural failures.
- Fresh hurdle to replace Cheetah, Chetak choppersMilitary top brass is keeping its fingers crossed as their efforts to get a replacement for Cheetah and Chetak helicopters yet again faces ...
- Three killed in navy helicopter crash at Dabolim naval base in GoaA Chetak helicopter of the Navy, carrying two officers and a sailor, today crashed at Dabolim airport while landing, officials said.
- Navy keen to procure new Light Utility HelicoptersNavy wants to replace Chetak choppers with Light Utility Helicopters.
- HAL looks at foreign partners for chopper projectBlue-chip firm, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), will soon develop a 10-tonne class helicopter for the armed forces and is searching fo...
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