Indian Cheetah crashes, 2 crew killed

An Indian Army Cheetah helicopter crashed on Wednesday morning, killing both pilots. The crash happened minutes after the chopper had taken off from the Combat Army Aviation Training School in Nashik. No civilians on the ground were injured.

Ambitious programmes underline future of HAL

Flightglobal takes a look at India's Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) and its ambitions for its present and future projects, as part of the lead up to Aero India 2011.

India, Russia jointly produce transport plane

India has signed a deal with Russia for setting up a joint venture to produce a military multi-role transport aircraft. The aircraft would have a 20 ton payload capacity and twin engines.