Indias political and military elite will now fly in comfort and style as AgustaWestland has started delivery of 13 AW-101 helicopters to the Indian Air Force this year. AgustaWestland quietly delivered the first three helicopters to the air force earlier last month as the IAF replaces the ageing Russian Mi-8s and Mi-17s that are used to ferry the President, Prime Minister and other VVIPs
The U.S Navy has awarded Bell-Boeing a $1
Following reports that Indian Defence Minister A K Antony on Feb. 24 ordered a probe to find out if there was corruption in the Rs 3,500-crore deal to procure 12 helicopters for VVIPs from European defence firm Agusta Westland, its parent company has issued a statement denying any wrong doing
DynCorp International (DI) today announced that it has won a contract with the United States Air Force to provide aircraft maintenance, transient alert, munitions, base supply and fuels at the Joint Base Andrews-Naval Air Facility Washington. “This is a great win for us on an incredibly important program,” said Catherine Gridley, vice president of Aviation at DI
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce the signing of a contract by the Government of Panama for six AW139 medium twin engine helicopters. The contract also includes pilot and maintainer conversion to type training
The Royal Navy of Oman's (RNO) second Corvette, Al-Rahmani, was commissioned this morning at Portsmouth Naval Base. It is the second corvette out of three designed and built by BAE Systems for the RNO
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, the world’s most advanced fighter jet, made a stunning flying demonstration at Dubai Air show 2009, signaling intent to offer this latest fighter in the U.S
India is likely to buy 12 EH/AW-101 helicopters from AgustaWestland. According to Indian defense source,” The Cabinet Committee on Security will have to give the final nod before the contract is inked"
NEW DELHI --- India is to receive 80 MI-17V-5 helicopters from the Russian Federation. An agreement for the supply of the helicopters, which industry expects to be a contract of around Rs 2,400 crore, was signed during the on-going visit of the Russian President, Mr Dmitry A
The technology-driven Indian aerospace sector would generate around $30 billion in offsets opportunities in India in the coming years, according to Indian Air Force (IAF) chief, Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major. The India Strategic show daily for the India Aviation 2008 released here Tuesday quoted the air chief as saying that the IAF was under an unprecedented "transformation" requiring an investment of around $100 billion for aircraft, equipment and infrastructure over the next couple of decades