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BENGALURU: PSU Defense Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) said on Tuesday that in another big boost to the indigenous program, the 300th advanced light helicopter (ALH-Dhruv) left its hangar. R Madhavan, CMD, HAL said: “The ALH never looked back from the day the prototype took its maiden flight on August 30, …

The modernization of the Indian Air Force Mi-17 medium-lift helicopters, proposed in 2002, has not been achieved, compromising the operational readiness of the fleet, India’s chief auditor said in a report presented at Parliament on Wednesday. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) said the helicopters were flying with limited capacity, …

Lieutenant Kumudini Tyagi and Second Lieutenant Riti Singh will be deployed as “observers” aboard the Indian Navy warships as part of the ship’s crew. Lieutenant Kumudini Tyagi and Second Lieutenant Riti Singh would indeed be the first group of female airborne combatants to operate helicopters from warships. Previously, the entry …

One of the two female Indian Navy officers, who have been selected to join as ‘Observers’ (Airborne Tactics) in the helicopter stream, has said that they are delighted with the new profile. “It feels great to be a part of the history of the Indian Navy today,” said 2nd Lt. …

Second Lieutenant Kumudini Tyagi and Second Lieutenant Riti Singh. New Delhi: In a move that will redefine gender equality in the Indian Navy, 2nd Lt. Kumudini Tyagi and 2nd Lt. Riti Singh will be the first female officers to be deployed on Navy warships as part of the ship’s crew. …

Written by Sushant Kulkarni, edited by Explained Desk | Pune | September 20, 2020 10:06:18 am INS Viraat is arrested and discharged after 30 years of service in 2017. (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran) INS Viraat, the world’s longest-serving aircraft carrier, started his last towed journey on Saturday from Mumbai, …

The aircraft carrier Viraat set sail for the last time, to Gujarat, where it will be broken down (Archive) Mumbai: The decommissioned aircraft carrier INS Viraat set sail for the last time today, en route to Alang in Gujarat, where it will be scrapped and sold for scrap. For the …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday rejected India’s demand that an Indian lawyer or Queen’s lawyer be appointed for the death row inmate Kulbhushan Jadhav to guarantee a free and fair trial in this country. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, responding to a question during a press conference, said India has …

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday called for the appointment of an Indian lawyer or a Queen’s lawyer for the prisoner sentenced to death in India Kulbhushan Jadhav to ensure a free and fair trial on the review of his death sentence in Pakistan. India’s claim comes days after Pakistan’s parliament …

A spokesman for the Indian Navy said India and the Russian Navy will begin the eleventh edition of Exercise Indra Navy, a biennial maritime exercise in the Bay of Bengal from September 4-5. Earlier, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh met with his Russian counterpart General Sergey Shoigu in the Russian capital …