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Defence Ministry clears ₹2.12 lakh crore military acquisitions, including 200 helicoptersThe Defence Acquisition Council has approved various acquisition proposals for the Indian armed forces, amounting to ₹2.12 lakh crore. This...
HAL, Safran sign final deal for Aravalli engine that will power India’s next-generation helicoptersThe collaboration between Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd and Safran Helicopter Engines marks a significant milestone in aviation. They have secu...
HAL's Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv-NG takes to skies for first time in BengaluruUnion Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu flagged off the inaugural flight of the Dhruv-NG, a civil variant of HAL's indigeno...
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to visit Italy, France from Oct 9-12In the first leg of his two-nation tour, Singh will travel to Rome where he will hold wide-ranging talks with his Italian counterpart Guido...
VVIP chopper scam: Court summons 4 ex-IAF officialsThe CBI informed the court on Monday that it would move for segregation of the VVIP chopper trial immediately after the documents concernin...
VVIP Chopper Scam: Delhi High Court rejects Michel's bail pleaThe ED had also told the high court that merely because the Indian government had lifted the ban on dealing with AgustaWestland did not mea...
CDS chopper crash: Terrain warning systems may be made must for VVIP flightsAccording to people in the know, the inquiry report, which went into a detailed analysis of the Mi 17V5 helicopter's flight and its last mo...
Christian Michel’s bail plea rejected in VVIP chopper caseMichel who was brought from Dubai to India in December 2018 has been in detention for nearly two and a half years. Turning down his bail, t...
VVIP chopper scam: Probing role of public servants, CBI tells courtThe case is about alleged irregularities in swinging an Indian Air Force deal to purchase helicopters to transport VVIP passengers in favou...
VVIP chopper scandal probe gathers pace with arrest of KRBL’s Anoop GuptaThe agency claimed to have received some fresh “documents” in December which showed that Gupta was “controlling the financial transactions”...
India to embark on Rs 10,000-cr project to replace Mi-17 coptersThe Indian Multi Role Helicopter (IMRH) plan will involved a tough development program, that will include multiple destruction tests to pro...
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...
Agusta accused of supplying damaged copterAgustaWestland had courted another controversy in India since the 2012 VVIP chopper scam that led to cancellation of the contract with the ...
HAL reveals its future multirole helicopter, to take on Russian importsApart from Mutli Role Helicopter, HAL also displayed Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) at the 11th edition of Aero India show, which started t...
Ready to provide VVIP choppers to India: US-based manufacturer SikorskySikorsky, which pitched its S-92 helicopter but lost to AgustaWestland in the initial tender, was ready to take part once again, a senior o...
Agusta Westland chopper deal: CAG report says govt may have overpaidThe CAG report piles further pressure on the UPA government as it battles charges of corruption in the run-up to elections next year.
- Chopper scam: Middleman claims he knew S P Tyagi's 'family'
An alleged middleman in the VVIP helicopter deal has claimed that he knew the "family" of former Air Chief S P Tyagi and had met one of his...
A K Antony orders probe into Rs 3,500 cr VVIP chopper dealAgusta Westland is a subsidiary of Italian defence company Finmeccanica which had edged out Sikorsky's S-92 Superhawk for the deal.
- IAF to induct first batch of Russian choppers by mid-October
India had in 2008 signed a deal with Russia to induct 80 Mi-17 V5 helicopters for strengthening its chopper fleet for relief ops.
- Andhra Pradesh to buy VVIP transport helicopter
Andhra Pradesh contracted a deal for purchasing an executive transport helicopter for VVIP movements with British-Italian manufacturer Agus...