Major General among 3 injured in Army helicopter crash in Ladakh; Inquiry orderedAn Indian Army Cheetah helicopter crashed in Ladakh's Tangste area. Three Army personnel on board survived with minor injuries. The inciden...
23 May, 2026, 12.11 PM IST
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...
16 Apr, 2026, 07.34 PM IST
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...
09 Aug, 2025, 09.12 AM IST
Arunachal chopper crash: Both pilots killed, army orders probeA defence spokesperson said the helicopter lost contact with the ATC at around 09:15 AM on Thursday. “Five search parties of the Indian Arm...
16 Mar, 2023, 08.53 PM IST
Army chopper crashes in Arunachal during operational sortieThe chopper, which was flying an operational sortie near Bomdila, lost contact with Air Traffic Control (ATC) around 9.15 am, Lt Col. Mahen...
16 Mar, 2023, 04.38 PM IST
1 pilot dead as Cheetah helicopter crashes in ArunachalA Cheetah helicopter belonging to the Indian Army crashed on Wednesday near Tawang region in Arunachal Pradesh.
05 Oct, 2022, 01.57 PM IST
8 cheetahs to be brought to MP's Kuno National Park by airThe cheetahs will be brought in a cargo flight from southern African country Namibia to Jaipur in Rajasthan and a helicopter will further b...
12 Sep, 2022, 01.00 PM IST
Aging, obsolete chopper fleets take toll on militaryThe Cheetah, being flown by Major Sanjeev Lathar and Major Arvind Bazala, was about to land after a reconnaissance mission in forward areas...
15 Jul, 2018, 01.44 PM IST
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.
14 Jul, 2018, 08.31 PM IST
'Siachen Pioneers' bets on Cheetal helicoptersCheetal is the re-engined version of the Cheetah helicopter and comes equipped with French-origin Turbomeca engine which also powers the Ad...
13 Jul, 2018, 10.19 PM IST
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.
11 Jul, 2018, 05.35 PM IST
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...
30 Mar, 2015, 02.51 PM IST
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...
13 Mar, 2015, 05.31 PM IST
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...
11 Mar, 2015, 10.37 PM IST
Cheetah helicopter with Lt Gen crashes; focus back on aging fleetThe Cheetah/Chetak fleets are facing recurring defects and premature failures due to "scarcity of critical rotables". "The foreign manufact...
03 Feb, 2015, 10.37 AM IST
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.
17 Dec, 2012, 08.05 AM IST
- HAL bags $10 mn order for Chetak, Cheetah from Namibia
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has bagged an $10 million order for supplying two Chetak and one Cheetah light utility helicopters to t...
10 Jun, 2009, 08.48 PM IST