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  • US Navy orders nine AH-1Z Viper Attack Helicopters for Pakistan

    WASHINGTON: The United States (US) Navy awarded a $170 million contract for the manufacture of nine AH-1Z Viper Attack Helicopters to Bell Helicopter, the US Department of Defense said in a statement on Monday...

    The combat helicopters will be manufactured and delivered to Pakistan under the Foreign Military Sales Program, the statement said...

  • Deal with Russia for purchase of Mi-35 attack helicopters on the cards

    ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Russia are close to finalising a deal for purchase of Mi-35 ‘Hind E’ attack helicopters, a military source told Dawn after the conclusion of Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif’s three-day visit to Moscow...

    He, however, avoided disclosing when and where the accord would be inked and how many helicopters were being purchased...

  • Russia ready to sell four Mi-35 helicopters to Pakistan: report

    MOSCOW: A draft contract for the delivery of four Mi-35M 'Hind E' combat helicopters has been sent to Pakistan from Russia, a source in the Russian military and technical cooperation said on Wednesday, according to a report published on TASS news agency's website...

    "Following the results of the talks held earlier on helicopters, which Pakistan would like to get from Russia, a draft contract on the delivery of four Mi-35M gunships has...

  • Pakistan Navy receives seven Sea King helicopters from UK

    The Pakistan Navy has received the seven surplus Westland Sea King multi-role helicopters it had ordered from the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016, IHS Jane's Defence Weekly reported Wednesday...

    The magazine, which reports on intelligence on global military and commercial defence activity, quoting the High Commission of Pakistan in London, said the platforms for the helicopters were officially handed over in a ceremony in London on May...

  • Pakistan orders additional AW139 helicopters

    Pakistan has ordered additional AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters intermediate twin engine helicopters, confirmed Italian aerospace and defence firm Leonardo-Finmeccanica...

    The additional order was placed by the Ministry of Defence for an unspecified number of new helicopters...

  • Pemra seeks ARY News response to IB complaint against 'fake news'

    The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Saturday directed ARY News to respond to a complaint filed by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) against its report on a list of lawmakers suspected of links with banned militant groups allegedly compiled by the IB...

    The list first came to light when ARY News programme 'Power Play' aired a report on Sept 25 claiming that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had directed the IB on...

  • Pemra serves notices to ARY, Bol News over 'fake' news regarding cabinet reshuffle

    The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has issued show-cause notices to ARY News and Bol News for airing news items regarding a reshuffle in the federal cabinet and change in the portfolios of some federal ministers, it emerged on Tuesday...

    The two media outlets had aired the news on Monday morning about a possible reshuffle in the posts for Minister for Finance and Minister of State for Interior held by Asad Umar...

  • US weighs special forces in Syria, helicopters in Iraq

    WASHINGTON: The United States (US) is considering sending a small number of special operations forces to Syria and attack helicopters to Iraq as it weighs options to build momentum in the battle against the self-styled Islamic State (IS), US...

    Read: US-led coalition bombs IS positions near besieged Syrian townOther possibilities including sending a small number of Apache attack helicopters, and US forces to operate them, to Iraq, as...

  • Airbus Helicopters signs $800mn deal with China

    PARIS: Airbus Helicopters has signed a letter of intent for the sale of 100 H135 helicopters to China and the construction of an assembly plant there, a source familiar with the deal said Friday...

    European manufacturer Airbus Helicopters has a 40 per cent market share of a Chinese market which has identified 20-year demand of up to 5,000 copters...

  • Afghanistan turns to India for military helicopters

    KABUL: Afghanistan is poised to acquire four attack helicopters from India to help it fight a growing Taliban insurgency, a small but significant deal marking a shift in Kabul's search for allies...

    Soon after he took over, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani held off military assistance from India while he courted Pakistan's political and military leadership to end years of mutual hostility and steer the Taliban, many of who live in...

  • Deal finalised to buy four helicopters from Russia

    ISLAMABAD: The military on Wednesday said that it had finalised a deal to purchase four Mi-35 ‘Hind E’ attack helicopters from Russia...

    “An agreement was signed between Pakistan and Russia in Rawalpindi for purchase of four Mi-35 helicopters,” a military official said...

  • US to send 200 more troops, Apache helicopters to Iraq

    BAGHDAD: The US has agreed to deploy more than 200 additional troops to Iraq and to send Apache helicopters for the first time into the fight against the militant Islamic State group (IS) in Iraq, the first major increase in US forces in nearly a year, US defence officials said on Monday...

    The Apache helicopters are considered a significant aid to any attack on Mosul...

  • Contract awarded to US company for helicopters sale

    WASHINGTON: The US Department of Defence has awarded a $57 million contract to Bell Helicopter to provide Ah-1Z Viper attack helicopters to Pakistan...

    The contract covers the manufacture and delivery of 15 Lot 12 UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters, 19 Lot 12 AH-1Zs, one Lot 13 UH-1Y, and 21 auxiliary fuel kits for the government of Pakistan...

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