New Delhi: India’s top officer responsible for defence acquisition has just dropped the bomb: The recently announced hike in the country’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms to 74 per cent will not apply to the Strategic Partnership programmes that the armed forces are pursuing. This is big — […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India’s signature defence exhibition, DefExpo 2020, came to a close today in Lucknow, where the last five days witnessed a slew of agreements and Memorandum of Understanding being signed. India’s Defence Secretary Dr. Ajay Kumar had informed at the event that over […]
Lucknow: India-developed Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) from the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) stable received its Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) today, as the Indian armed forces see a large demand for the three-ton class of rotary wing assets to boost their aviation operations. With the IOC in place, […]
Moscow: The Russian Helicopters today said it has got its Mi-171A2 helicopter certified in India and Colombia and this allows the state-owned Russian company to start exporting the latest modification of the multirole civilian helicopter soon. Russian Helicopters JSC, part of Rostec State Corporation, said the Indian Civil […]
