Light Combat Helicopter (LCH)

New Delhi: The Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) Prachand of the Indian Army achieved a significant milestone as it successfully conducted high-altitude firing on November 12. The Gajraj Corps (the IV Corps) of the Indian Army in a...

New Delhi: French aerospace and defence giant Safran, the frontrunner to power India’s fifth-generation fighter aircraft program—the advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA)—is expanding its India operations. Safran Data Systems, a subsidiary of Safran, has...

New Delhi: With the induction of advanced Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) for helicopter pilots, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is increasingly turning to indigenous technologies to enhance its operational capabilities and improve its night-time...

New Delhi:  Bengaluru- based Defence Public Sector company, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and SAFHAL Helicopter Engines Private Limited (SAFHAL) have signed an airframer contract to commence joint design, development, manufacture, supply and support of...

It was a proud moment for India when the first production series of Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk1A - an advanced version of the LCA Mk1 - completed an 18-minute sortie successfully. It...

New Delhi: The integrated tri-services exercise Bharat Shakti displayed the indigenous defence capability of the armed forces along with the integration and jointness that are being achieved in various aspects like communications, training, inter-operability...

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), under the leadership of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, took a significant stride on November 30, 2023, approving the acquisition of defence equipment worth Rs 2.23 lakh crore from Indian...

New Delhi : Announcing that it has incorporated a joint venture (JV) with France-based Safran Helicopter Engines under the name "Safhal Helicopter Engines Pvt Ltd", Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) on November 10 said in...

  New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has approached the defence ministry with a proposal to buy 156 'Made-in-India' Prachand Light Combat Helicopters from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). It’s a significant move by IAF...

  New Delhi: Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS) visited National Flight Test Centre, Aeronautical Development Agency and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Tejas Division to assess the progress of the...

  New Delhi: Leading Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has begun an ambitious project of making what it hopes would be the best medium-lift helicopter in the world modeled like the...

  Bengaluru: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on February 27 inaugurated the new Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) Production Hangar at Helicopter Division of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) in Bengaluru in the presence of Chairman and Managing...

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on February 24 reviewed the performance of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) and Defence Public Sector Undertakings – Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bharat Earth Movers...