Light Utility Helicopter

Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan Wednesday today took a sortie in the Light Utility Helicopter at the 5-day AeroIndia air show inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi on Monday.

The Army is planning to procure around 95 Prachand Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) and 110 Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) to enhance the profile of its combat aviation wing, Chief of Army Staff Gen Manoj Pande said in Bengaluru on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday inaugurate a greenfield helicopter production facility of state-run aerospace behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Karnataka's Tumakuru that will initially produce light utility helicopters.

The Defence Ministry on Tuesday approved the procurement of arms and military equipment worth Rs 7,965-crore, including 12 light utility helicopters from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, according to an official statement.

Women pilots flew high in the skies above the Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru on Saturday, at the ongoing Aero India air show. All-women crews flew the advanced jet trainer Hawk-i, single-engine turbine-driven chopper Chetak, Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH Dhruv) as part of the Sarang aerobatic team and the twin-turboprop utility aircraft Dornier-2...

State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) conducted the first flight of its Light Utility Helicopter's (LUH) second prototype in Bengaluru without a hitch, said the defence behemoth on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today it was now time that India ended its dependence on imported weaponry and become self-sufficient as it did in respect of food grains.

India has signed an agreement with Russia to build Kamov 226 Light Utility helicopters - the first project for a major defence platform under the government's 'Make in India' mission. But it was the only one of an expected clutch of defence projects that was successfully concluded during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to Moscow.

The company, a unit of Airbus Group is offering to build its light utility AS550 Fennec and the medium lift EC725 for India's armed forces, which are heavily dependent on an ageing fleet of Cheetah and Chetak helicopters.

In keeping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Make in India" promise made from the ramparts of the Red Fort, the Centre opened defence manufacturing to the private sector on Friday and cleared purchases to the tune of Rs 20,000 crore.

India has asked the Italian government to share details of whether Indian middlemen, including a brigadier in the Army, offered to swing the purchase of 197 light utility helicopters for the Indian Air Force from Italian manufacturer Finmeccanica. Defence secretary Shashikant Sharma has asked the Italian government if its probe has revealed that br...

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited clocked Rs 14,001 crore sales during 2011-12, an increase of 6.74 per cent over the previous year, according to provisional financial performance for the fiscal.

Defence Budget was substantially hiked by more than 17 per cent to Rs 1,93,407 crore from Rs 1,64,415 crore

Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan Wednesday today took a sortie in the Light Utility Helicopter at the 5-day AeroIndia air show inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi on Monday.

The Army is planning to procure around 95 Prachand Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) and 110 Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) to enhance the profile of its combat aviation wing, Chief of Army Staff Gen Manoj Pande said in Bengaluru on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday inaugurate a greenfield helicopter production facility of state-run aerospace behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Karnataka's Tumakuru that will initially produce light utility helicopters.

The Defence Ministry on Tuesday approved the procurement of arms and military equipment worth Rs 7,965-crore, including 12 light utility helicopters from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, according to an official statement.

Women pilots flew high in the skies above the Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru on Saturday, at the ongoing Aero India air show. All-women crews flew the advanced jet trainer Hawk-i, single-engine turbine-driven chopper Chetak, Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH Dhruv) as part of the Sarang aerobatic team and the twin-turboprop utility aircraft Dornier-2...

State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) conducted the first flight of its Light Utility Helicopter's (LUH) second prototype in Bengaluru without a hitch, said the defence behemoth on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today it was now time that India ended its dependence on imported weaponry and become self-sufficient as it did in respect of food grains.

India has signed an agreement with Russia to build Kamov 226 Light Utility helicopters - the first project for a major defence platform under the government's 'Make in India' mission. But it was the only one of an expected clutch of defence projects that was successfully concluded during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to Moscow.

The company, a unit of Airbus Group is offering to build its light utility AS550 Fennec and the medium lift EC725 for India's armed forces, which are heavily dependent on an ageing fleet of Cheetah and Chetak helicopters.

In keeping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Make in India" promise made from the ramparts of the Red Fort, the Centre opened defence manufacturing to the private sector on Friday and cleared purchases to the tune of Rs 20,000 crore.

India has asked the Italian government to share details of whether Indian middlemen, including a brigadier in the Army, offered to swing the purchase of 197 light utility helicopters for the Indian Air Force from Italian manufacturer Finmeccanica. Defence secretary Shashikant Sharma has asked the Italian government if its probe has revealed that br...

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited clocked Rs 14,001 crore sales during 2011-12, an increase of 6.74 per cent over the previous year, according to provisional financial performance for the fiscal.

Defence Budget was substantially hiked by more than 17 per cent to Rs 1,93,407 crore from Rs 1,64,415 crore