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NEW DELHI: India's coastal security concerns are exacting a heavy toll on its naval 'blue-water' aspirations, maritime diplomacy and operational readiness. Sources say Navy has been forced to cancel the deployment of its frontline warships to Mediterranean Sea and North Atlantic in...

I think if we are not inducting C-17's in number then at-least we should have 20 - 50 of C-27J Spartans. It was recently inducted for combat mission. C-27J Spartan makes combat debut in Afghanistan Alenia Aeronautica/L-3 Communications C-27J Spartans, operated by the US Air National Guard...

DRDO-Snecma Tie-up On Kaveri Still In Talks The Indian MoD made the following statement in Parliament today about the Kaveri turbofan engine programme: "The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has made no agreement with a French firm to develop the Kaveri aero engine to be...

India's defence minister has scotched rumours that the country has immediate plans to buy more than 10 Boeing C-17 strategic transports. "There is presently no proposal for procurement of additional C-17s for the Indian air force," said defence minister A K Antony, in a brief written response...

I am back after a very long time and would like to continue on my thread which I had started in 2010. As a restarting point, I have gone through lot of articles lately and I see lot of stuff are coming through which I had discussed in bits and pieces. I would like to keep adding into this...

After a very long time I am posting something. Only because of a Great Gentleman. I feel we only distribute hate and hate alone in all the threads. I would request everyone in the forum to keep it aside hate for this thread. Mr Qais, If I can reach you by any changes, I will personally touch...

I went through ever point what you said and I would have to accept that I agree with you 100%. However, I am not sure even if you give then some amount of money as a scholarship is going to work. 1. As soon as 1 private player gets pass the other one in one field. The one who is ahead...

Indian Army Wants Amphibious Assault Rifles The Indian Army (according to a just released RFI) is looking to procure assault rifles of 7.62 x 51mm caliber capable of being carried under water in marine and water bodies along with their accessories and attachments and brought to...

LCH was previously know as LAH. I found this article have a look StateMaster - Encyclopedia: HAL Light Combat Helicopter :sniper:

I would totally agree with you on this. However, I noticed one point. Your parents doesn't like people/your friends from different cast. But it seems you don't have a problem. From my opinion this is a change this is the same change which we need in our country towards each other, towards work...

Friends, Its just the same. Air Force version of the aircraft would be called Light Utility Helicopter while for the Army it would be known as Light Observation Helicopter. For details check below link... Light Observation Helicopter (LOH) cheers mates. :sniper:

Air Force version of the aircraft would be called Light Utility Helicopter while for the Army it would be known as Light Observation Helicopter. For details please check below link Light Observation Helicopter (LOH) :cheers: :sniper:

Thanks for your opinion. I do agree with you but not totally. I see some private players are starting taking part in R&D like Mahindra, Tata, L&T to name few. To just add on your thought, I would say it will take time this is a new dimension new industry in itself for Indian companies. We will...

HAL's Light Utility Helicopter Good to see this baby as its going to be inducted in IAF/Army very soon. It reduced foreign competition into half(187:197). This means lot of dollars are saved and self dependence in this field. I hope we don't have to buy these kind of helicopter after the...

Arjun Tanks! Some good news for the people who are working on ARJUN for long long time. When it was shown to army for the first time it was hiped and delivered nothing. After ages ARJUN has really improved. I am sure the lesson learned from this will be utilized into ARJUN MARK II. I...

India's IJT Sitara LSP-1 After a long delay of Intermediate trainer SITARA is here. Alao known as HJT-36 will replace the HJT-16 Kiran in its role as a trainer (Stage-2) in the Indian Air Force. It has a conventional jet trainer design, with a low, swept wing, staggered cockpits and small...

NAL-Mahindra Multirole General Aviation Aircraft NM5-100 Detailed The first prototype of the 5-seater civil aircraft, NM5, may be ready to take to the skies in July 2010. Jointly developed by NAL and Mahindra Aerospace Pvt Ltd. over the last 26 months, the NM5 is a multi-role...

INS Shivalik, India's First Home-Built Stealth Frigate Good to see the progress. I keep seeing couple of freights and destroyers inauguration in a month. It looks like we are finally reaching at a stage where we can be self reliance on ship building capacity, still a long way to go. I am...

Indian Army Scouts For Smart Shells The Indian Army has invited information from global contractors for Sensor Fused Munitions (SFMs) for its 155mm calibre guns. The Army's RFI says it is looking to "enhance the accuracy of existing in-service ammunition. Photo M982 Excalibur guided...

The Light Combat Helicopter Finally, Its here. Its a hard work of 42 months as we all know it is developed from DHRUV. The best part in LCH is it has a narrow fuselage(normally all attack helicopter has) but this was some thing new for INDIAN scientist and they did it. Looks good...