Transportation
Hindustan Aeronautics Gets $7.3 Billion Defense Ministry Order
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Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., bagged a 627 billion rupee ($7.3 billion) order to supply helicopters to India’s military, according to a government statement Friday.
The state-owned firm will supply 156 light combat helicopters to the army and the air force. The homemade choppers will “enhance the combat capability of armed forces at high altitudes,” the statement said. Operating at heights is a key requirement of the Indian military, which faces Pakistan and China along its Himalayan borders.