The Army’s massive contract for 197 light multirole high-altitude helicopters, as a fleet replacement for the Cheetah and Chetak fleets, is reported to be in the bag (well, almost) for European consortium EADS Eurocopter’s AS 550 C3 Fennec . Reports…

We took on lease a Russian nuclear submarine way back in 1988 and it was re-christened INS Chakra. It was to stay with us for three years. First, a little on what this Russian sub was.It was a 670A Skat…

Starting today a LiveFist series, The ATV Unbound. The series is based on the unpublished notes and writings by a handful of retired Navy officers (some of whom are currently collaborating on a possible book on nuclear submarines, the Advanced…

What follows is an eye-witness account of the IJT accident at Aero India 2007 that we’ve discussed here before. This is an account by Aditya Chauhan in the IAF’s Flight Safety journal of this month. Chauhan is a CPL holder…