The AS 550 C3 Fennec has successfully completed its field trials with full mission equipment for the Indian Armed Forces. It has also demonstrated its capabilities as the successor to the country’s existing fleet of Indian-produced Cheetah and Chetak helicopters – both which are based on Eurocopter rotary-wing aircraft. “We are …
The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will hand over five Shakti engine-powered Advance Light Helicopters (ALHs) , Dhruv (Mk III) to the Indian Army during the upcoming Aero India 2011 to be held at Yelahanka, Bengaluru, India starting from February 9th to 15th. The five ALH’s are the first batch of helicopters …
India’s much awaited supersonic fighter jet, LCA (Light Combat Aircraft) Tejas was inducted into the IAF today. Tejas was handed over to the IAF by Defence minister, A K Antony after the Initial Operational Clearance.
“Tejas taking wings is actually a dream come true for all of us. We’ve been dreaming about …
The Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) being jointly developed by India and Russia will look substantially different for the two countries. While the Russian version will be a single-pilot fighter, the Indian variant will have a twin-seat configuration based on its operational doctrine which calls for greater radius of combat operations. The program …
