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Lt Gen BS Pawar


Army Aviation: A Future Perspective

Today’s Army Aviation forces the world over are a powerful force multiplier, which enable the land force commanders to exploit the vertical dimension, thereby contributing immensely to the control and…

Ka 226t Multi Role Helicopt

Future Military Helicopters — Design & Development

Military Aviation today is looking at the next generation of military helicopters and the strategy to modernise vertical lift capability with improved avionics, electronics, range, speed, propulsion, survivability and high…

Indian Apache Ah 64e

Army to Get Its Own Apaches Attack Helicopters

The article first published in Indian Defence Review (Vol 32.4 – Oct-Dec 2017) The Army’s long pending demand for requirement of state-of-art American Apache Attack Helicopters for its Strike Corps…

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Army Aviation – The Arm of the Future?

The Aviation Arm of the Indian Army today is nowhere near the one envisaged in 1963 or as has been projected in the Indian Army’s perspective plans over the years…

Chetak Helicopter

Why Attack Helicopters for Army

The article ‘Attack Helicopters: Should India Have Them’ written by Gp Capt AG Bewoor and published in the Indian Defence Review, September issue has incorrect facts and is based on fallacious…

Attack Helicopter Ah 64d

Artillery Modernisation: A Reality Check

With changes in policy clearly stating that in all future acquisitions of defence equipment, the first priority would be given to Indian companies both private and public, a number of…

Bae M777 Ultra Light Field Howitzer

Combat Helicopters: The multi-role concept and future development

While jet fighters are in their fifth generation, helicopters are still languishing with the same old airframes for the last several decades, with mostly upgrades to their credit. The APACHE…

Boeing Ch47f Chinook