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MoD Signs Rs 62,700 Crore Contracts with HAL for 156 LCH Prachand Helicopters

By Khushboo Kumari March 28, 2025 $8 050 Crore 09 156 LCH 177 Contracts 193 Contracts 2024-25 500 Jobs 65% Indigenous 68 700 Crore 92%922 Crore Air to Air Refuelling Armed forces Combat Capability combat readiness Contract Value contracts Defence defence manufacturing defence procurement Domestic Companies Domestic Industry Equipment Flight Refuelling Aircraft FRA HAL Helicopters High Altitude Highest Ever Hindustan Aeronautics Limited IAF Indian Air Force Indian Army Indian Navy Indigenous Content indigenously designed Jobs KC135 Aircraft Light Combat Helicopters Make in India Metrea Management Ministry of Defence MoD MSMEs Pilots Prachand procurement Rs 1 Rs 2 Rs 62 training Wet Leasing

New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has inked two contracts worth Rs 62,700 crore with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the procurement of 156…

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Baijayant Panda-Led CoPU Pushes for PSU Accountability, Tables Key Reports in Parliament

By TNI Team March 27, 2025 Action Taken Notes ATNs audit report Baijayant Panda BJP CAG Reports Committee on Public Undertakings CoPU defense manufacturing Design and Development Estimates Committee financial standing committee fiscal prudence HAL Hindustan Aeronautics Limited IFCI Limited industrial finance IREL (India) Limited Kendrapara MP National Security Operational excellence PAC parliamentary efficiency parliamentary oversight policy recommendations PSU accountability public sector enterprises rare earth minerals Tejas Light Combat Aircraft transparency

New Delhi: In a significant development for parliamentary oversight of India’s public sector enterprises, the 18th Committee on Public Undertakings (CoPU), chaired by Bharatiya Janata Party…

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Tejas LCA AF MK1 successfully test-fires ASTRA missile

By Khushboo Kumari March 13, 2025 Aatmanirbhar Bharat ADA aerial targets Aeronautical Development Agency air defense capabilities air-to-air missile ASTRA BVRAAM Astra Missile aviation technology BVRAAM CEMILAC Chandipur Chandipur test range Defence Research and Development Organisation defense production DG-AQA DRDO electronic warfare systems guidance systems HAL Hindustan Aeronautics Limited IAF Indian Air Force indigenous fighter jet indigenous innovation MiG-21 missile development mission parameters multi-role supersonic fighter navigation systems Odisha performance evaluation precision targeting radar capabilities Rajnath Singh Samir V. Kamat self-reliance Tejas LCA AF MK1 Tejas LCA AF MK1A test-firing

NEW DELHI: The indigenous Tejas LCA AF MK1 successfully test-fired the homegrown ASTRA Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) off the coast of Chandipur, Odisha,…

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India’s defense push: HAL gets first private sector-made LCA Mk1A fuselage

By Aman Kumar Himanshu March 10, 2025 aerospace sector Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh air warriors Alpha Tocol Engineering Services bengaluru Chief of Air Staff D.K. Sunil defence minister rajnath singh defense manufacturing delivery commitments Dr. Sudhanshu Trivedi fuselage HAL HAL Aircraft Division Hindustan Aeronautics Limited IAF India's defense push Indian Air Force indigenous manufacturing L&T Lakshmi Machine Works Larsen & Toubro LCA Mk1A LMW private sector production capacity public-private collaboration self-reliance TASL Tata Advanced Systems Ltd Vem Technologies Wing Commander Baran Sen

NEW DELHI: A push to India’s defense manufacturing sector, Alpha Tocol Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd., a Bengaluru-based private company, has delivered the first rear fuselage…

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₹1.6 trillion defence push: Aero India 2025 showcases India’s unmatched military might

By Khushboo Kumari February 28, 2025 Aero India 2025 AMCA anti-tank missile arms exports Astra Microwave ballistic armor Bharat Dynamics Bharat Electronics Data Patterns defence exhibition defence investments defence production defence push defence sector growth GE-404 engine Global partnerships HAL India's military might indigenization LCA Tejas Mk 1A LCH Prachand Light Combat Aircraft order book private defence firms Rajnath Singh Sagar Defence Engineering self-reliance SMPP supply chain Vem Technologies Zen Technologies ₹1.6 trillion

NEW DELHI: The 15th edition of the Aero India 2025 Defence Exhibition witnessed an unprecedented scale, cementing India’s growing dominance in the global defence sector.…

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“Mazaa nahi aa raha hai”: IAF chief calls out HAL on Tejas delays

By Aman Kumar Himanshu February 12, 2025 Aero India 2025 Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh defence manufacturing defence minister rajnath singh delivery expectations GE F404 engine HAL HAL efficiency Hindustan Aeronautics Limited HJT-36 Yashas IAF chief indigenization vs import dependence mission mode production delays supply chain issues Tejas delays Tejas Mk1A fighter jets

IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh has raised serious concerns over HAL’s repeated delays in delivering the Tejas Mk1A fighter jets, citing inefficiencies and lack of urgency. Despite government support, Singh’s remarks signal frustration over HAL’s execution, stressing the need for drastic change.

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HAL tests CATS warrior engine, hits major milestone

By Aman Kumar Himanshu January 13, 2025 advanced aerospace exhibition Aero India 2025 aerospace technologies CATS CATS Warrior Combat Air Teaming System combat radius defence innovation Dr. D.K. Sunil drone propulsion systems engine ground run flight tests force multiplier HAL HAL Bengaluru facility Hindustan Aeronautics Limited IAF Indian Air Force Light Combat Aircraft Tejas loyal wingman drone NewSpace Research and Technologies operational reach precision strikes situational awareness strategic capabilities taxi trials UCAV Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle

NEW DELHI: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has conducted the engine ground run of the CATS Warrior, a full-scale demonstrator of India’s next-generation unmanned combat aerial…

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Biden-Modi meet: India gets $2.7 bn semi-conductor assembly line; 1st Indian astronaut at US space station; GE-HAL’s debut aircraft

By Rohan Dua June 23, 2023 Artemis Accord Biden GE Google HAL india investment Light Combat Aircraft MODI semiconductor US

WASHINGTON, DC: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with US President Joe Biden, in the White House, has opened a full-throttle investment blitzkrieg by American companies…

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ED Attaches Properties Of Ex-HAL GM, Other For Embezzling Rs 18.7 Cr

By Anand Singh July 30, 2022 ED ED attaches properties of HAL GM ED HAL Enforcement Directorate HAL Hindustan Areonautics

NEW DELHI: Assets worth Rs 2.39 crores of a former general manager (finance) of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and others have been attached by the…

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MoD Signs Rs 62,700 Crore Contracts with HAL for 156 LCH Prachand Helicopters

Baijayant Panda-Led CoPU Pushes for PSU Accountability, Tables Key Reports in Parliament

Tejas LCA AF MK1 successfully test-fires ASTRA missile

India’s defense push: HAL gets first private sector-made LCA Mk1A fuselage

₹1.6 trillion defence push: Aero India 2025 showcases India’s unmatched military might

“Mazaa nahi aa raha hai”: IAF chief calls out HAL on Tejas delays

HAL tests CATS warrior engine, hits major milestone

Biden-Modi meet: India gets $2.7 bn semi-conductor assembly line; 1st Indian astronaut at US space station; GE-HAL’s debut aircraft

ED Attaches Properties Of Ex-HAL GM, Other For Embezzling Rs 18.7 Cr

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