Chinook  

The Chinook airlifted the debris of Indian Air Force's MI-17 V5 helicopter which had met with an accident in 2018

India had signed a contract for 22 of the Apache Guardian choppers with the US in September 2015. These helicopters will come in semi-knocked down (SKD) condition, which will then be reassembled in India and will undergo a series of tests before it is inducted into the service.

From indigenous production under licence after procurement to the coming of age of the private sector in defence equipment manufacturing, from great utility for the Army, Navy and Air Force to importers showing keen interest in our weapon systems, the Make-in-India project for military hardware has arrived all guns blazing.
 

In the month following the Pulwama attack which killed more than 40 CRPF jawans the Narendra Modi government has expedited several key defence projects for modernising the forces. MyNation scans how the decisions made by the ministry of defence in the past one month is going to make the forces more muscular.

The Chinook helicopters, which were manufactured by Boeing, have arrived at the Air Force Station 12 Wing, in Chandigarh

The Indian Air Force will commission first four of its 15 Chinook helicopters in their fleet in Chandigarh on March 25. The induction of these helicopters will bound to make Pakistan and Chinese army uncomfortable as it will give swift access to the forces. 

The Chinook is an advanced multi-mission helicopter that will provide the Indian armed forces with unmatched strategic airlift capability across the full spectrum of combat and humanitarian missions