Request for Information issued by govt seeks transfer of technology. This comes as the planned acquisition of 200 Kamov light utility helicopters from Russia remains in limbo.
The aircraft took off from Missamari air base in Assam’s Sonitpur around 9:15 am on a routine sortie; it lost touch with ATC while returning from Senge village in West Kameng district.
The wives group call the cheetah and chetak fleet 'flying coffins', ask for replacement. MoD had approved 12 LUHs from HAL Nov 2021, but are dragging their feet on placing orders
An Indian Army Aviation Cheetah helicopter crashed Wednesday. Several such crashes over past few yrs have jolted the military. Non-military sphere, too, has encountered many crashes.
Incident brings back memories of 1963 crash that claimed lives of five top Indian military commanders, and led to new protocols regarding top officers flying in the same chopper.
HAL has reduced spare production for the ageing Cheetahs, and it has been communicated to the forces that the shortage is expected to last around 3 months.
India’s private sector remains hesitant to invest in R&D. This is understandable, as the domestic market often fails to reward differentiated technologies adequately.
Speaking at ThePrint OTC Thursday, NSE CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan said the exchange has been trying to list itself since 2016, but it couldn’t happen due to one reason or the other.
Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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