After Russian-Built Choppers Fail To Satisfy The Navy, 110 Light Utility Helicopters To Be Made In India

The Indian Navy is planning to get 110 Made In India helicopters. The manufacturing will be done by an Indian firm in collaboration with a foreign firm, as per the reports.

Russian Kamov-226T copters, pressed into service in 2002, are falling short of Navy¡¯s requirements, and the move is one to bridge that gap.

Indian Defense News

A government source told Mail Today that ¡°as the strategic partnership policy has been cleared by the government, an Expression of Interest would be issued to the Indian firms by the Defence Ministry in the next few weeks to buy 110 copters, which would be under the ¡®Made in India¡¯ project.¡±

The source further added that the old Kamov 226T does not meet the requirements of the Navy and new tender is required to fill the requirement for new helicopters.