The Army has proposed the name of Lt. Gen. S.K. Singh, who is currently heading the Jaipur-based southwestern command, for the post of vice-chief.

The inquiry report — into the crash of a Pawan Hans helicopter in Arunachal Pradesh in May 2011 that killed the then Arunachal chief minister Dorjee Khandu and all others on board including the two pilots — has concluded that the probable cause of the crash was “inadvertent controlled flight into terrain in

The BrahMos Aerospace —the Indo-Russian joint venture that has developed the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile — is keen to sell the missile to Vietnam with which India is developing a strong strategi

From September 22, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) — which handles the air traffic control (ATC) functions — will launch the integration of upper airspace throughout southern India from the Chennai Air Traffic Control (ATC). Top AAI

A few members of Parliament (MPs) have complained to civil aviation minister Vayalar Ravi about deficient service by some of the “rude” cabin crew of national carrier Air India which includes the cabin crew on domestic flights, well-placed government sources have confirmed. The MPs are understood to

The crucial Voice Control Communication System (VCCS) failed for some time at the Air Traffic Control (ATC) at the IGI airport on Thursday morning following which the ATC switched over immediately to a battery-operated standby system to communicate with aircraft, sources confirmed. When contacted, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said that at about 10.34 am, the VCCS went into a “auto re-set mode” and that the glitch was rectified at about 10.54 am, a time-span of 20 minutes.

In a major move aimed at enhancing aviation safety at airports across the country and preventing accidents such as the Mangalore crash, the state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) is planning to e

India has taken the first tentative steps towards establishing a “sustainable maritime presence” in the South China Sea, not far from the Chinese mainland.

With Indo-Vietnamese naval cooperation set

India has taken the first tentative steps towards establishing a “sustainable maritime presence” in the South China Sea, not far from the Chinese mainland. With Indo-Vietnamese naval cooperation set to strengthen in the days to come, Vietnam has allowed Indian naval warships to drop anchor at its Nha Trang port in southern Vietnam during

Anguished by delayed payment of flying allowances that form a bulk of their wages, domestic pilots of cash-strapped national carrier Air India are now looking for jobs in private carriers.