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IAF begins process to replace VIP transport fleet, issues RFI for new long-range business jetsThe Indian Air Force is starting to replace its old VIP transport planes. They have issued a request for information to buy four to six new...- India, Russia in advanced talks for $1.1 billion chopper dealSources said that price negotiations have been completed that are at par with the past purchases of 151 choppers by India and relevant appr...
- PM Narendra Modi to now get a 'Desi Air Force One'Sources said Parrikar will take up acquisition of two Boeing 777-300 (extended range) aircraft for exclusive use by President Pranab Mukher...
- Third eye: Information official V Pandey has a genuine concernDefence Minister Manohar Parrikar has refused to use the Embraer luxury jet that is allotted to him from IAF's VVIP squadron.
- Choppergate effect: Upgraded Mi-17 V5s to ferry President, Prime MinisterThe defence ministry has approved the "conversion" of six new Mi-17 V5s into VVIP helicopters to replace the old Mi-8 helicopters.
- IAF grounds its AgustaWestland chopper fleetIndian Air Force has grounded its fleet of three AW-101 helicopters built by Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland whose Rs 3,600 crore deal wa...
- Defence ministry starts process to buy VVIP helicoptersThe worry is that the process must be kick-started at the earliest because the five Mi-8 helicopters currently with the IAF's elite Communi...
- 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.
- IAF planning to get more Embraer jets for ferrying VIPsThe Indian Air Force is planning to procure more Embraer business jets for its Delhi-based Communication Squadron for ferrying VIPS.
- VVIP helicopter deal: CBI registers Defence Ministry complaint to probe kickbacks chargeThe agency has registered the complaint to ascertain allegations of corruption against Indian nationals and whether any kickbacks were paid...
- Italian PM assures 'correct governance' of FinmeccanicaItalian PM Mario Monti has said that his govt would guarantee the "correct governance" of state-controlled defence firm Finmeccanica
- VVIP helicopter deal: CBI meets defence ministry officials; seeks recordsCBI today asked the ministry to furnish all documents, including its internal investigation, for registering a formal enquiry in the case.
- Helicopter deal: CBI to begin probe in graft allegationsA call on whether to conduct a preliminary enquiry or register an FIR would be taken at a high-level meeting in the evening.
- Cong welcomes CBI probe into copter dealCongress has welcomed the Defence Ministry's decision of a CBI inquiry into the controversy surrounding the purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters
- Italian chopper deal: India bought helicopters Obama rejected as ‘costly’Obamafound the copters too exorbitant to pass muster in 2009. But Indian govt had no such qualms & inked Rs 3,546-cr deal.
- 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.
- VVIP choppers billed at Rs 3,546 crore to ferry President, PM begin touchdownSwanky, three-engine VVIP helicopters, with self-defence suites to guard against missiles, have quietly begun to touch down in India.
- Govt quietly inks Rs 3,726cr deal for 12 VVIP helicoptersPresident and PM will now also get 12 swanky helicopters for VVIP travel.
- PM, President to get swanky coptersAfter getting three desi versions of US president’s 'Air Force One', the Indian President and PM are now all set to also acquire 12 swanky ...
- India to get VVIP jets soon with armed protectionIndia will get delivery of its three VVIP Boeing Business Jets early next month fully armed with infra-red counter measures (IRCM) scotchin...
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