NEWS 15-05-2019. NEWS FOR 17-MAY(TUESDAY) LATEST PROCUREMENTS 1. Seahawk helicopter (MH-60 ‘ROMEO’) · Purchasing 24 multi-role helicopters from USA · Manufactured by Lockheed-Martin, USA · $ 2.4 bn deal · Anti-Submarine hunter · Conduct search & rescue operations · Will replace the ageing fleet of British ‘Sea King’ helicopters 2. Chinook Helicopters (CH-47) · $ 1.5 bn deal for 15 helicopters from USA. · Manufactured by BOEING, USA · Heavy lift and tandem rotor · Life saving role during HADR(Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief) · Assembled in India · Force multiplier in mountainous sectors. (Airlift artillery equipments, road construction, troops & supplies. · Payload Capacity= 10 tonnes · 1st batch of 4 Chinook out of 15 have been inducted in IAF. · 3. Apache helicopters(6H-A4E) · Also known as ‘War Machine’ · Manufactured by BOEING, a USA company. · Multi-role pure attack · Can shoot down 128 targets in a minute · All weather · Maximum speed = 293k/hr · Indian AirForce will get 22 helicopters · Indian Army will get 39 helicopters 4. Kamov-226T · Manufactured by Kamov, a Russian company · Small, twin engine utility helicopters · For Reconnaissance, targeting & monitoring · Can be operated in all weather · Will replace the ageing ‘Dhruv’ & ‘Cheetah’ helicopters · 200 helicopters out of which 60 will be in flyaway condition, 40 will be in assembled condition and 100 will be manufactured in India. < < Back