Dhruv ALH clocks 100,000 flying hours

[anant_s]

Crowning glory!

 

[acetophenol]

India needs to market its successful defence products aggressively

In the Indian defence sector.the rate of production is not that great and yes our marketing succks!!

Check out the websites of our PSUs for example.
They don't even maintain a proper database of their own products!!

 

[Water Car Engineer]

ALH platform has put in some serious work!!

And now it has guns!!

 

[vivINDIAN]

ALH platform has put in some serious work!!

help me how to post pictures directly like this please...

 

[vivINDIAN]

ecuadorian presidential heli(dhruv)

 

[chhota bheem]

very good news and congrats!!!

 

[shuntmaster]

Awesome news.. Cheers...

Next target to get this beauty inducted ASAP >

 

[kenyannoobie]

Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv achieved a new milestone of flying one lakh
hours today. The land mark has been achieved in the early hours today with
the flying of helicopter IA 3104 of 301 Army Aviation Sqn (Spl Ops).

“One lakh hours flown by the machine is an awesome feat to achieve. It is a
dream machine for any pilot," an HAL release said, quoting Lt Col Kapil Agarwal
who completed the landmark flying hours. ALH is being operated by Indian Air
Force, Indian Army, Indian Navy, Coast Guard, BSF and state governments since
2002. Currently, more than 132 Dhruv helicopters are serving the Indian Defence
Forces. HAL has also built 12 civil variant Dhruv helicopters and they are being
used by its customers. The Ecuador Air Force (FAE) operates six Dhruv
helicopters with their President choosing to fly in them.

Tarmak007

Excellent news on so many levels! Let me elaborate:
-DRDO/enduser interfacer,in this case assuming the IAF seems to have succeeded. Good news,what with the oceans of criticism directed at that worthy body on these pages.
-Foreign buyers are convinced of the quality of the matured product. Someone here said the DRDO prefers to introduce only mature products,a wise choice.
-3rd worlders have a non traditional supplier of gunships free from arm twisting and sanctions with the possibility of future JVs.
A win-win for everyone!