HAL LUH| Updates and Discussions

[Abingdonboy]

I rather have projects like LUH, LCH separated.

Me too.

@waz can we do something like that please?

 

[Water Car Engineer]

 

[sudhir007]

Hi guys is anyone going to aero-india I want to know when we see the 1st PV and what is the time frqme in this project.

 

[Agent_47]

https://twitter.com/x/status/568271559644745728

 

[IndoUS]

Is this a mock or real thing?

 

[proud_indian]

Is this a mock or real thing?

it's a full scale mock

 

[Abingdonboy]

HAL to set up greenfield facility in Karnataka to make light utility helicopters


Bengaluru-based Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will soon set up a greenfield manufacturing facility in Tumakuru district of Karnataka to manufacture light utility helicopters (LUH), a top company official said.

“We have acquired 610 acres land from the Karnataka government for this facility. We will start the project by middle of this year and commence production from April 2017,” HAL chairman T Suvarna Raju said at Aero India here today.

“The government has approved the setting up of a new manufacturing plant for LUH,” he said. The facility will have an annual production capacity of 60 helicopters, and will have separate complexes for aerostructures, engines, aggregators and residential quarters.

“HAL will design, develop and manufacture LUHs at this facility indigenously. However, we are also exploring co-production opportunities with an overseas partner. Currently, we are in the process of identifying an overseas partner. The identification of a foreign partner is yet to begin,” Raju said.

“There is a demand for 400-600 helicopters by the Indian industry in the next five years. Considering the demand, we will also customise advanced light helicopter and secure civil certification,” he added.

The public sector manufacturer will invest Rs 400 crore to design and develop an LUH prototype by the end of 2015, which is expected to be ready for certification by April 2017. The chopper will be deployed in multiple naval roles, and will be equipped with single French engine from Snecma.

According to company sources, however, the design of the LUH has already been finalised, drawings are getting released and parts are getting manufactured.


HAL to set up greenfield facility in Karnataka to make light utility helicopters | Business Standard News | Business Standard News

 

[sancho]

Folding rotors for LUH is kind of strange, since it's aimed at IA and IAF, not IN or ICG.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

 

[kurup]

https://twitter.com/x/status/568271559644745728

https://twitter.com/x/status/568386452200882176

 

[kurup]

https://twitter.com/x/status/568598840107876352

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Hindustan Aeronautics selects L-3’s TACAN+ for Light Utility Helicopter program

L-3 Aviation Products announced that Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has selected its Tactical Airborne Navigation System, TACAN+, for its new Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) program. The TACAN+ transceiver is a small and light tactical airborne navigation system capable of tracking up to four ground stations simultaneously in range and two in bearing. It can be installed on rotary- and fixed-wing platforms and used for air-to-air and air-to-ground operations.

Hindustan Aeronautics selects L-3’s TACAN+ for Light Utility Helicopter program - SAE International

 

[kalibr]

When will be Hal LUH maiden flight. Is't it suppose to be on 23rd of DEC 2015 ?

PM to launch work on HAL helicopter unit in Gubbi taluk - The Hindu


Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be laying the foundation stone for the helicopter manufacturing unit of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) at Bidarehalla Kaval in Gubbi taluk of Tumakuru district on January 2, 2016.

Deputy Commissioner K.P. Mohan Raj told presspersons here on Saturday that Mr. Modi would arrive at Bidarehalla Kaval by a helicopter at 3 p.m. and return by 4 p.m. The unit will be coming up on 610 acres of land. The unit will manufacture and assemble Light Utility Helicopters (LUH), which will be used by the Army and the Air Force for observation and rescue operations. The unit will also carry out maintenance, repair and overhaul of the helicopters, according to officials. More than 3,000 jobs will be created and 50 helicopters are expected to be manufactured in a year in the Gubbi HAL unit.

 

[kalibr]

December over, 2015 over still no sign of Hal Luh...........
Hal is laying foundation of manufacturing complex in tumkur today so may be today

 

[ni8mare]

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