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HAL to double its efforts on LUH project

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After MOD Scrapped 6000 cr tender to Purchase 197 light Helicopters from a Foreign vendor , HAL sensing an opportunity to bag more order for its Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) project immediately had an Internal meeting and has decided to speed up the project to meet its original 2015 deadline for its first flight.
irdw.org had confirmed in past that HAL is still carrying out tests on Ground Test Vehicle (GTV) of LUH and first flight might miss 2015 deadline, But with scrapping of the tender it means that only HAL's LUH will be first to enter into service and if delays are avoided HAL might be able to supply all Light helicopters required by Indian armed forces .
Indian Armed forces have joint requirement of 400 Light Utility Helicopters to replace vintage fleet of Cheetah and Chetak choppers used to move troops and equipment to high altitude locations like Siachen. But HAL which is still not invested in Production facility for Manufacturing Light Utility Helicopters in their complex, will find it difficult to meet high demands of Armed forces and it is likely that MOD might pull in Private players for Licence Manufacturing to keep two separate production line running .
HAL recently has decided to go in for a critical design review of the rotor system which was developed for the Light Utility Helicopter prototype to avoid any issues which could come up during the rig tests and flight tests .HAL is expected to develop three prototypes in quick succession to ensure that design validation, flight testing and certification of the basic version are completed without undue delay. But if delays do occur there is possibility of Private companies partnering with Foreign companies for local manufacturing of light helicopters which was recently scrapped , clearly onus lies with HAL to deliver LUH at earliest and also enter into its production as quickly as possible to take larger share of LUH requirements by Armed forces

HAL to double its efforts on LUH Project now | idrw.org
 
Did anyone ask them how much effort they they are putting into any of their products. All that the Nation wants to see are TANGIBLE RESULTS in the form of completed projects and successful products. Not interested in knowing if they plan to double or triple or quadruple their efforts.
 
Make HAL into development wing only, and take away the production factor from them, and give it Reliance and TATA.
Well two production lines are required for 400 helicopters because HAL production line can deliver maximum 30 helicopters per year & at this rate 12/13 years are required to complete order. I think in future govt. might split the order between HAL & private company.
 
Well two production lines are required for 400 helicopters because HAL production line can deliver maximum 30 helicopters per year & at this rate 12/13 years are required to complete order. I think in future govt. might split the order between HAL & private company.
The problem with HAL is that they have their leg in too many things and have very little organization. I am not questioning their capabilities as an agency rather their ability to deliver things on time. They have way too many useless things that are put on them that it takes away from R&D and they are bit too self-confident at this point. From manufacturing to maintenance to R&D they have their leg in everything. They need to learn their limits and shift work load if they are not capable.
 
The MoD has not scrapped the LUH competition as a whole, they are going to re-issue it with the modification to invite JVs between the foreign vendors and Indian industry. So far the competition was meant to be produced by HAL under licence.
IF HAL actually would be improving pace of the LUH development (IDRW is not a reliable source), they might want to counter this modification by getting the full order. They don't have to produce it alone and could team up with a privat partner too, important would only be, that there are roughly twice the orders for their LUH. But that is dependent on them delivering!
 
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The design looks pretty neat. Looking forward for the production variant.
 
Enase kuchh na ho paayega ..bas bade sapane dikhaate rahate hain .. Dream seller and nothing more !
 
doesn't companies compete in India? is HAL the only aerospace manufacturer?
U.S.A
-Lockheed Martin
-Boeing
-Northrup Grumman
-General Dynamics
-McDonnell Douglas
-Sikorsky
-Bell

Russia
-Mikoyan
-Suhkoi
-Kazan
-Mil
-Kamov

problems seems to be lack of competition in India.
 
doesn't companies compete in India? is HAL the only aerospace manufacturer?
U.S.A
-Lockheed Martin
-Boeing
-Northrup Grumman
-General Dynamics
-McDonnell Douglas
-Sikorsky
-Bell

Russia
-Mikoyan
-Suhkoi
-Kazan
-Mil
-Kamov

problems seems to be competition in India.

HAL is the only defence aeronautical fiem while all civilian projects are under taken at NAL. The reason for no competition between them is because of the two different ministries they are in and hence their Scope of works are different and get their orders secured from falling into each others hands.
 
Enase kuchh na ho paayega ..bas bade sapane dikhaate rahate hain .. Dream seller and nothing more !
Ha ha,inse nah ho payga but Laloo ram aur Nitish kumar bohut kuch kar sakte hain:lol:.Man i thought the people of Bihar have moved away from the caste based politics but i guess i was wrong.There are somethings which are very difficult to change and one of them is Bihari mindset....:disagree:
 
Ha ha,inse nah ho payga but Laloo ram aur Nitish kumar bohut kuch kar sakte hain:lol:.Man i thought the people of Bihar have moved away from the caste based politics but i guess i was wrong.There are somethings which are very difficult to change and one of them is Bihari mindset....:disagree:

Ye topic kya hai aur tum kya bak rahe ho...

Open a thread regarding lalu and nitish separately and i will discuss there.if you wish so.

But don't litter in every thread.
 
Ha ha,inse nah ho payga but Laloo ram aur Nitish kumar bohut kuch kar sakte hain:lol:.Man i thought the people of Bihar have moved away from the caste based politics but i guess i was wrong.There are somethings which are very difficult to change and one of them is Bihari mindset....:disagree:
how it is related to topic...???
 
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