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  • The heli-taxi tested in the presence of skydivers

    This 'heli-taxi' is all set to take you above the clouds next year

    Jun 28, 2016, 12:48 PM IST

    Toronto: Going down in the elevator and you realize you are late for your meeting somewhere near Manhattan. You get your phone out, open the Heli-Cab App (not launched yet) and call the closest helicopter. The app tells you it will arrive in 5 minute

  • hal made attack helicopter completes performance trials

    HAL-made attack helicopter completes performance trials

    India | Oct 16, 2015, 07:42 PM IST

    Bengaluru: State-run aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited today said Light Combat Helicopter, the high-altitude attack helicopter, has completed performance trials paving way for finalisation of basic configuration.Based on successful completion of remaining flight trials, HAL

  • government clears multi billion dollar deal for military

    Government clears multi-billion dollar deal for military helicopters

    India | Sep 22, 2015, 06:29 PM IST

    New Delhi:  Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) today cleared a multi-billion dollar deal for 22 Apache attack helicopters and 15 Chinook heavy-lift choppers with

  • hal completes hot high altitude trials of lch at leh

    HAL completes hot & high altitude trials of LCH at Leh

    India | Sep 04, 2015, 12:06 AM IST

    Bengaluru: The hot and high-altitude trials of indigenously designed and developed attack chopper Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) has been successfully carried out at Leh recently, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited said today.The seasonal trials - including cold

  • 39 accidents of defence aircraft in 3 years manohar parrikar

    39 accidents of defence aircraft in 3 years: Manohar Parrikar

    Politics | Jul 31, 2015, 01:59 PM IST

    New Delhi:  As many as 39 defence aircraft, including 14 helicopters, of the defence forces have crashed since 2012 in which 36 personnel have lost their lives.Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said in Lok Sabha that

  • 19 firms to invest rs.1 087 crore in telangana

    19 firms to invest Rs.1,087 crore in Telangana

    Jul 22, 2015, 11:36 PM IST

    Hyderabad: Toshiba, Micromax, Tata Sikorsky, Air India are among 19 companies which have come forward to invest Rs.1,087 crore in Telangana.Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao handed over letters of approval to the investors here on

  • how india lags china in submarine race

    How India lags China in submarine race

    India | Jul 20, 2015, 05:38 PM IST

    New Delhi:  A recent visit by an advanced Chinese Yuan-class submarine to Karachi after traversing the Arabian Sea worried Indian authorities concerned about China's growing undersea-warfare capabilities — more than four times as large as

  • india russia to jointly build 200 military helicopters

    India, Russia to jointly build 200 military helicopters

    World | Jul 19, 2015, 05:22 PM IST

    Moscow:  In a move aimed at boosting India's defence sector, 200 helicopters will be manufactured in the country with Russian collaboration as part of intensification and diversification of their strategic ties.The agreement, reached recently, is

  • nitin gadkari escapes unhurt after a polythene sheet gets

    Nitin Gadkari escapes unhurt after a polythene sheet gets entangled in chopper blades

    Politics | Jun 24, 2015, 04:46 PM IST

    Haldia:  Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari escaped unhurt today when a cloth got stuck in the rotor blades of his helicopter while landing here."Cloth got stuck in the wings of my helicopter while it was

  • indian navy rescues 20 crew members of drifting merchant

    Indian Navy rescues 20 crew members of drifting merchant vessel

    India | Jun 22, 2015, 03:01 PM IST

    Mumbai: Indian Navy today rescued 20 crew members of drifting merchant vessel Jindal Kamakshi off the Vasai coast in Palghar district.The operation was carried out under adverse weather conditions, almost 40 nautical miles northwest of

  • bihar demands helicopter for anti maoist operations

    Bihar demands helicopter for anti-Maoist operations

    India | Jun 19, 2015, 12:29 PM IST

    Patna: Bihar has asked the central government for a helicopter and two battalions of paramilitary troopers for operations against the Maoists ahead of the upcoming assembly polls, an official said on Friday."The state government has

  • apache chinook choppers deal to be signed soon

    Apache-Chinook choppers deal to be signed soon

    India | Jun 07, 2015, 05:11 PM IST

    New Delhi: Government is likely to soon clear a contract worth over US $ 2.5 billion for 22 Apache attack helicopters and 15 Chinook heavy-lift choppers with US aviation giant Boeing.Defence sources said the file

  • taliban releases video of sam 7 says it hit pak army chopper

    Taliban releases video of SAM-7; says it hit Pak army chopper

    World | May 10, 2015, 01:40 PM IST

    Islamabad: Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan today released a video of its militants holding a Shoulder Launch Missile, which the militant group claimed to have used in downing a Pakistan military helicopter killing ambassadors of the Philippines and

  • military chopper lost control before crashing pakistan

    Military chopper lost control before crashing: Pakistan

    World | May 09, 2015, 06:21 PM IST

    Islamabad:  Pakistan today said the military helicopter which crashed in PoK, killing seven persons including two envoys had “suddenly lost control” due to mechanical fault moments before landing, discounting claims by Taliban of having shot

  • military chopper lost control before crashing pakistan

    Military chopper lost control before crashing: Pakistan

    India | May 09, 2015, 06:15 PM IST

    Islamabad:  Pakistan today said the military helicopter which crashed in PoK, killing seven persons including two envoys had “suddenly lost control” due to mechanical fault moments before landing, discounting claims by Taliban of having shot

  • helicopters ferry injured from nepal villages near epicenter

    Helicopters ferry injured from Nepal villages near epicenter

    World | Apr 28, 2015, 05:16 PM IST

    Gorkha: Helicopters crisscrossed the mountains above a remote district on Tuesday near the epicenter of the weekend earthquake in Nepal that killed more than 4,400, ferrying the injured to clinics and taking emergency supplies back

  • barack obama s chopper to have cabin made in india

    Barack Obama's chopper to have cabin made in India

    India | Feb 20, 2015, 09:01 PM IST

    Bengaluru: US President Barack Obama will soon fly in a new helicopter whose cabin has been made in India.US helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky had entered into an agreement with TATA Advanced Systems in 2009 for the

  • american company bags contract for navy s 16 multi role

    American company bags contract for Navy's 16 multi-role choppers

    India | Dec 05, 2014, 08:41 PM IST

    New Delhi: The United States' Sikorsky has bagged the contract for Indian Navy's Rs 6,000-crore proposal for acquisition of 16 multi-role helicopters for its warships, official sources said today.Defence Ministry sources said the commercial bids

  • sushma swaraj s helicopter fails to land in shillong

    Sushma Swaraj's helicopter fails to land in Shillong

    Politics | Nov 14, 2014, 01:10 PM IST

    Shillong: The helicopter in which External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was travelling in Meghalaya Friday failed to land here due to poor visibility, an official said."Sushma Swaraj has cancelled her visit to Shillong as the

  • up minister s helicopter makes emergency landing

    UP minister's helicopter makes emergency landing

    India | Apr 08, 2014, 05:00 PM IST

    Saharanpur: A Samajwadi Party minister today escaped unhurt when a helicopter in which he was travelling made an emergency landing after its engine failed here.  Malik was going to address a political rally at Mankamau

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