Trial on different copters sealed Agusta deal: CBIWhile AgustaWestland said its helicopter was in development stage and could not be released for trial before May 2008, Sikorsky offered to ...
VVIP chopper deal: Finmeccanica is not blacklisted yet, but fresh deals are on holdDefence ministry sources said that blacklisting Finmeccanica and its subsidiaries like AgustaWestland could only take place after the CBI f...
Copter deal: India seeks extension of price validityThe Defence Ministry has again sought extension of the validity period for the price quoted by Boeing for the USD 2.5 billion deal for 22 A...
Uber launches chopper service for couples on Valentine's DayUber said, the customer needs to have a balance of more than Rs 5,000 in the Paytm wallet linked with the account for booking the service.
Copter deal: Boeing seeks final word, warns government of price hikeBoeing warned of a price hike in the nearly $2.5 bn deal for 22 Apache attack and 15 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters if India does not final...
Obama in India: Can India-US defence ties go ballistic with new deal?Despite its worries over China, India doesn't want to act as "linchpin" in the "rebalance" of US military forces towards the Asia-Pacific.
How political parties have a well-oiled system of hiring aircraft during electionsElections have become a money-spinner for air charter companies. It helps that for parties, payment is peanuts and rules no more than irrit...
Scrapping of VIP copter deal won't absolve govt of "wrongdoings" : BJPBJP today claimed its campaign against the government on the Augusta Westland chopper deal has led to cancellation of the order.
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 copter scandal may hit other pending defence buysThe suspicion of bribery in an important defence deal could not have come at a worse time for a government which has struggled to fend off ...
Kickbacks in copter deal: Shadowy figures across the globe on agencies’ radarNames of several Indians too have emerged in the investigations, but no concrete information is available about any of them receiving kickb...
GR Gopinath's Deccan Charters faces severe crisis; puts entire fleet of aircraft on saleCaptain GR Gopinath, the promoter of Deccan Charters, has put his entire fleet of aircraft on sale and fired dozens of employees.
- Helicopter makers such as Boeing, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp, Bell Helicopter eye Indian military deals
The Indian armed forces are upgrading their ageing fleet and that means big orders and big money, running into billions of dollars, for the...
Why are super-rich Indians buying helicopters and why they are different from their counterparts in WestChoppers ensure that traffic jams are for labourers, the salaried and the rich - they restore parity to the super rich and the powerful.
- US eyes on $1.4 bn attack copter deal
The US now seems quite smug about cornering an even greater share of the lucrative Indian arms market despite the strong presence here of t...
- Now, race begins for IAF's 22-copter deal
Even as the six foreign contenders in the race to bag the lucrative $10.4 billion project to supply 126 multi-role combat aircraft to IAF j...
- Global cos vie for Indian defence deals
Murky it certainly is, but it seems there is no business like arms business . With India projected to spend well over $30 billion for procu...