The surge in demand for charter planes and helicopters for Lok Sabha elections has exceeded available supply in India, with the BJP reportedly booking 80 per cent of aircraft. This comes as political parties are trying to reach maximum constituencies in order to woo voters.
Asia's largest helicopter manufacturing facility, this helicopter factory will initially produce Light Utility Helicopters (LUH).
Kedarnath: The irregularities with several helicopters came to light when it was decided to conduct an audit in June.
The helicopters which are part of ALH Mk III programme will be positioned at four Coast Guard squadrons at Bhubaneshwar, Porbandar, Kochi and Chennai.
The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited said on Wednesday two Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) produced by it have been deployed for operations at high altitude (Leh sector) at short notice to support IAF missions, "in the light of the prevailing situation on the border."
India will start receiving the delivery of 24 American MH-60 Romeo helicopters from early 2021, the Indian Navy informed within days after the deal was signed between India and US during President Trump's recent visit.
The IAF had deployed four Mi-17 helicopters, three advanced light helicopters, of which two belonged to the Army, two Sukhoi-30 aircraft, one C-130 transporter aircraft and one Unmanned Aerial Vehicle of the Army.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), which is considered to be the ministry’s highest decision-making body on procurement.
Pakistan is in negotiations with Russia for buying its MI-35 attack helicopters and a deal could be clinched within two months
Moscow/New Delhi: The Russian supplier of Mi-17V-5 medium-lift helicopters is expecting another order from India for which negotiations are currently on, a statement from the Rostec State Corporation said today.It supplied 151 Mi-17V-5 helicopters to
Kabul: Afghanistan today said three of the four multirole Mi-35 helicopters that India donated to it last month have been assembled and are now fully operational to combat terrorism in the war-torn country. According to
Panaji: Sea planes, helicopters and amphibious vehicles would soon be available to boost tourism in Goa even as the state is expected to attract 7.5 million visitors this year."The sea plane project will start on
Dehradun: With the very first spell of monsoon showers damaging nearly half a dozen roads and bridges in Rudraprayag and Chamoli districts, choppers were today flown to the affected areas with a team of senior
Washington: The US State Department has approved sale of USD 952 million worth of attack helicopters, missiles and other defence equipment to Pakistan to help Islamabad with its counter-terrorism operations in South Asia.Notification for the
Beijing: China today rushed thousands of soldiers, police and firefighters as well as eight planes to its southwestern Yunnan Province, which was devastated by a strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake that killed nearly 400 people. The Chengdu
Patna: Altogether 59,000 personnel of central paramilitary forces and state police and two helicopters would be deployed during elections to seven Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar on April 30. Chief Secretary A K Sinha said
Jammu: Online booking of helicopter tickets for this year's Amarnath yatra shall commence on March 27. Earlier, the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) had decided to commence the online booking of helicopter tickets from March
New Delhi: Defence Minister A K Antony has put all three armed force services on alert in view of the impending super cyclone Phailin raging towards the Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coast. Army has been
New Delhi: Attack helicopters or helicopter gunships have the capability of engaging targets on the the ground. They are equipped with the weapons lilke autocannons, machine-guns, rockets, and guided missiles such as the Hellfire. They
Washington, Dec 13: Two U.S. Army helicopters crashed, killing four soldiers, during a training mission Monday night at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, a military spokesman said late Monday.The reconnaissance choppers crashed after 8 p.m. in the
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