HAL LCH| Updates and Discussions

[Hindustani78]

Ministry of Defence
17-March, 2015 15:06 IST

Manufacturing of Helicopters in the Country

Defence Acquisition Council has taken a decision to procure 384 Light Helicopters for Indian Air Force (IAF) & Indian Army and 56 Naval Utility Helicopters through ‘Buy & Make (Indian)’ route. Acquisition covered under the ‘Buy & Make (Indian)’ route would mean purchase from an Indian vendor (including Indian company forming the joint venture / establishing production arrangement with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), followed by licensed production / indigenous manufacture in the country.

Hindustan Aeronautical Limited (HAL) has decided to augment its helicopters manufacturing capacity of Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) from 24 to 36 helicopters per annum. This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply to Shri Ravi Prakash Verma in Rajya Sabha today.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

enjoy

 

[Major Shaitan Singh]

ALH fuel tank crash impact test done 1st time @ HAL's Composite Manufacturing Div. Earlier tests done in UK.

 

[IrbiS]

https://twitter.com/x/status/580287989252689920

 

[Techy]

Some old images of HAL LCH TD3 taken during its first flight:

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[Water Car Engineer]

 

[kaku1]

Rudra escorting LCHs, or LCHs escorting Rudra, little bit confused.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

TD3 seem to have it's gun fairing attached.

 

[Major Shaitan Singh]

Daring Dhruv.
Jai Hind!

 

[Manindra]

Daring Dhruv.
Jai Hind!

This Picture place is in Indian Military Picture Thread.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

@Myth_buster_1

What German design?

TD3

Helina Anti Tank Missile Trials

 

[Water Car Engineer]

 

[GURU DUTT]

this one looks closer to production model any details ?

but looks sleeker and wepon stations look more bolsterred and bigger with more space between the pylons

 

[Hindustani78]

25-06-2015
T Suvarna Raju, who took over as HAL chairman

What about HAL's own projects? What can we expect going forward?

We have mastered the art of rotary aircraft or helicopters. The Dhruv (utilitygovhelicopter) has proved its existence. Our next product will be the Light Combat Helicopter which will get operational clearance this year. The Light Utility Helicopter is also going to fly this year. We expect to get operational clearance by 2017. We are still working on the BAE Systems Hawk trainer aircraft. Sukhois will be produced for another four years. Another 60 aircraft are to be delivered yet according to the contract.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

this one looks closer to production model any details ?

but looks sleeker and wepon stations look more bolsterred and bigger with more space between the pylons

It's the third prototype.

BENGALURU: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's (HAL) indigenously designed and developed Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) attained a milestone by successfully completing hot weather flight trials for a nearly one week at Jodhpur recently. LCH prototype, TD-3 was ferried from Bengaluru to Jodhpur to achieve the trials.

"Test flights were carried out in the temperature range of 39 to 42 degree Celsius. These were done with the involvement of customer pilots from Indian Air Force and Army in presence of representatives from RCMA and DGAQA", said HAL's CMD T Suvarana Raju.

According to HAL, the flight testing covered 'temperature survey of engine bay and hydraulic system', 'assessment of performance', 'handling qualities and loads' at different 'all up weights', 'low speed handling' and 'height-velocity diagram establishment'.

HAL's LCH successfully completes hot weather flight trials - The Economic Times

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