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India, France carry out mega naval exerciseThe Indian and French navies conducted a significant wargame in the Mediterranean Sea, reflecting their shared strategic interests. The exe...
Chinese fighter jets approached Dutch ship 'unsafely', Netherlands saysChinese air force jets circled a Dutch frigate and approached a Dutch helicopter in the East China Sea in a potentially unsafe situation, a...
Norway terminates NH90 helicopters contract with French firm, demands full refundNorway has decided to end its decade-old NH90 helicopter contract with a France-based company and has demanded to get fully refunded. The r...
Indian Navy ship exercises with French NavyA wide range of operations including anti-submarine and air defence drills, replenishment at sea and firing were exercised by the ships, th...
Fresh negotiations with Sikorsky for naval helicopters: Manohar ParrikarIn December last, the Navy had selected Sikorsky's S-70B Seahawk, a 10-tonne twin-engine helicopter with advanced anti-ship and anti-submar...
American company Sikorsky bags contract for Navy's 16 multi-role choppersThe United States' Sikorsky has bagged a Rs 6,000-crore contract for supplying 16 multi-role helicopters to the Indian Navy, official sourc...
Finmeccanica out, US's Sikorsky joins Navy copter acquisition raceThe commercial bid of the other contender in fray, American Sikorsky-70B choppers, will now be opened this month after a long delay.
VVIP chopper deal: No change in ground situation in India, says defence ministryIAF had inducted only three of the 12 AW-101 helicopters, with around 45% of the total contract value already been paid.
Government defers decision on 16 naval multi-role helicoptersThe two contenders in the competition are the European NH-90 helicopters and the American Sikorsky-70B choppers.
Decision on four key defence deals put offDefence ministry deferred decisions on four crucial acquisition projects, including the one for procuring 145 M-777 ultra-light howitzers w...
Govt drags feet on anti-submarine chopper dealThe Navy currently has just 11 Kamov-28 and 17 Sea King ASW helicopters to defend its existing fleet of over 130 warships from enemy submar...
Damage to road, bridge links biggest challenge: ITBP chiefDamage to roads and bridges is the biggest challenge for the agencies operating for relief and rescue in Uttarakhand, ITBP chief Ajay Chadh...
Navy plans to issue bid for over 120 multirole choppers worth around Rs 35,000 croreIn could be the world's biggest tender for helicopters, the Indian Navy is planning to issue a bid for procuring more than 120 multirole ch...
- Navy to buy 56 utility helicopters for $1 billion
India has set the ball rolling for another mega defence deal, worth close to $1 billion, for the acquisition of 56 naval utility helicopter...
Navy $ one billion chopper tender to be delayed furtherA more than six year-old tender of the Navy to procure multirole helicopters would be further delayed as the two participating vendors in t...
- Navy planning to issue world's largest chopper tender
In one of the largest tenders for multirole helicopters, the Navy is planning to procure more than 75 such choppers at an estimated cost of...
- Goverenment nod for $1 billion Navy plane deal
The government has finally approved the naval proposal to acquire nine advanced medium range maritime reconnaissance (MRMR) aircraft, which...
- India set to order 59 more Russian Mi-17-V5 helicopters
After some setbacks, the armed forces are again pressing the throttle to achieve their aim of inducting around 900 helicopters in the comin...
- Westland, Sikorsky join navy’s copter bid
AugustaWestland and Sikorsky Aircraft, the two global helicopter manufacturers vying for major defence tenders in the country, have confirm...
- India to go for open bidding for Navy deal, rejects US offer
India has turned down an American offer to supply 16 multirole helicopters through the Foreign Military Sales route for its Navy.