Indian Army seeks indigenous surveillance drones for northern border forcesThe Army issued tenders on Tuesday for acquiring 750 remotely piloted aerial vehicles that will be used by special forces for surveillance ...
25 Oct, 2022, 11.25 PM IST
Army to procure 1,000 surveillance copters, 80 mini remotely piloted aircraft"The system will be able to provide high resolution imagery to enable target detection, recognition, identification and accurate location o...
20 Oct, 2022, 08.03 PM IST
Defence Ministry earmarks copters, UAVs, laser weapons for industry-led design, developmentThe move comes after it was announced that 25% of the defence ministry's research and development budget would be earmarked for the private...
12 Mar, 2022, 12.37 AM IST
Copter crash: Army officer equates local villagers to GodGeneral Officer Commanding Headquarters Dakshin Bharath, Lieutenant General A Arun, who heaped praises on the villagers, also said the lone...
13 Dec, 2021, 09.20 PM IST
Pakistan's top military brass express condolences over 'tragic death' of General Rawat, othersPakistan Army's spokesman in a short statement posted on Twitter said that Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Nadeem ...
08 Dec, 2021, 09.56 PM IST
Small-size, stealth make drones lethal threat for strategic installations: OfficialsThe defence and internal security matrix of the country has been talking about threats posed by small and remote-controlled unmanned vehicl...
27 Jun, 2021, 09.15 PM IST
HAL offers new multirole chopper to Indian armed forces"We have apprised Defence Minister Rajnath Singh of the progress made on the design and development of the multirole helicopter for inducti...
28 Feb, 2020, 01.56 PM IST
ET Defence Bulletin: India to avoid Sukhoi 'mistake' in Russian 5th-generation fighter aircraft dealArmy mulling to establish 'trial parks' for industry offerings, India to go for Russian 5th-generation fighter only on complete-tech transf...
12 Jul, 2018, 10.50 PM IST
Mumbai firm rubbishes Pakistan Army's claims on droneA firm has rebutted Pakistan Army's contention that it had sold the drone to Indian Army, which was subsequently shot down along the LoC on...
12 Jul, 2018, 04.18 PM IST
Army's crashed helicopter was on China border sortieThe chopper had taken off on surveillance after top brass at the Army headquarters in Bareilly received an alert about the build-up of Chin...
03 Oct, 2014, 12.27 PM IST
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 ...
13 Feb, 2013, 08.16 AM IST
- 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...
04 Mar, 2012, 11.05 AM IST
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.
04 Mar, 2012, 10.12 AM IST
- Indian Army eyeing own 'mini' air force
The Army is pressing on with its plans to have its own air force, albeit a 'mini' one. The force wants attack helicopters and fixed-wing ai...
23 Nov, 2011, 03.16 AM IST
- Aero India 2011: India to showcase attack copter
India's first indigenous attack helicopter, the Light Combat Helicopter (LCH, will make its first flight during Aero India from February 9 ...
20 Jan, 2011, 11.22 AM IST
- 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...
29 Jan, 2009, 04.47 AM IST
- Rolls-Royce revs up for a HAL-mark
Rolls-Royce Corporation is seriously considering inking a JV with Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) to manufacture engines, components and gas tu...
01 Sep, 2006, 02.41 AM IST