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05 Feb

HAL Hands Over ALHs to the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard

Bengaluru: HAL today handed over three Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH Mk III) to Indian Navy and two ALHs to Indian Coast Guard as part of its 16 ALHs contract at the ongoing Aero India 2021. The helicopters were handed over by Mr. R. Madhavan, CMD, HAL to Admiral Karambir Singh, Chief of Naval Staff and Mr. K. Natarajan, DG, Coast Guard in the presence of Defence Minister, Mr Rajnath Singh. “The remaining helicopters from the contract are under various stages of production, flight tests and we plan to deliver all the helicopters within the contract delivery schedules despite production slowdown due…

04 Feb

Boeing and Air Works to provide Maintenance Support to Key Defence Platforms

Collaboration in Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul of P-8I, IAF VIP transport fleet First strategic collaboration under the newly launched Boeing India Repair Development and Sustainment (BIRDS) Hub NEW DELHI,: Boeing today announced strategic agreements with Air Works for the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of two key Boeing defence platforms in India, the P-8I operated by the Indian Navy (IN) and the VIP transport fleet operated by the Indian Air Force (IAF). Boeing India’s strategic collaboration with Air Works is an important first step under its recently launched initiative, the Boeing India Repair Development and Sustainment (BIRDS) hub, which is an…

01 Dec

Brahmos Successfully launched by INS Ranvijay

Series of Brahmos Tests in one week New Delhi: Indian Navy today on the 1st of Dec 2020 in their official release confirmed” BrahMos Anti-Ship missile was successfully launched by INS Ranvijay striking the target ship at maximum range with pinpoint accuracy in the Bay of Bengal” A naval version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test-fired from INS Ranvijay, a SNF class destroyer of Indian Navy in the Bay of Bangal on Monday, the 1st December, 2020 at 0900 hrs. The Missile hit the target, a de-commissioned ship, with pin-point accuracy after performing "extremely complex" manoeuvres. BRAHMOS as…

29 Sep

300th ALH (Dhruv) Rolls-out from HAL Hangar

Bengaluru: In yet another major fillip to indigenous programme, 300th Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH-Dhruv) rolled out from HAL hangar here today.Speaking on the occasion, Mr R Madhavan, CMD, HAL said ALH never looked back from the day when the prototype took its maiden flight on August 30, 1992 and has evolved into a world class helicopter with its unparalleled performance. “The evolution from ALH Mark-I to Mark-IV has been phenomenal and is a boost to the indigenous design and development of helicopters”, he added. The Roll-out certificate of the 300th helicopter was handed over to Mr G. V. S. Bhaskar, Chief…

25 May

GRSE built 4th LCU Commissioned at Port Blair

New Delhi: Vice Admiral GS Pabby, AVSM, VSM, Chief of Materiel commissioned IN LCU L54 into the Indian Navy today at Port Blair. IN LCU L54 is the fourth Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mk-IV class to be inducted into the Indian Navy. The ship has been indigenously designed and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata. The Commissioning of L-54 is yet another manifestation of the country’s indigenous design and ship building capability. LCU MK-IV ship is an amphibious ship with its primary role being transportation and deployment of Main Battle Tanks, Armoured Vehicles, troops and equipment from ship…

02 May

Accident at PSU ship-builder GRSE hits operations, company says work not affected

Kolkata/New Delhi: With an accident seriously affecting operations at the state-run Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) -- which builds ships for the Indian Navy -- the company has launched "an assessment study" to map the extent of damage and has roped in an independent agency to ascertain the reason for the mishap. The accident, which occurred almost a fortnight back on April 17 and had been kept under wraps, saw the collapse of a 250-tonne Goliath crane at the GRSE unit here. Sources aware of the accident claimed the collapsed crane was "beyond repair" and would need to be written-off.…