IAF to get first lot of Mi-17 V5 copters by October

[honour]

HAL is planning to have a Heavy Copter based on Dhruv.... Its not on paper yet, Army had passed its requirements to MOD, HAL took it up as per the Info... Not sure if we place a tender or Stick to HAL product

bangalore:17 March, 2009 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, India’s state-run aircraft maker, plans to design and manufacture two new helicopters in an effort to meet growing demand from India’s military.

The two models are a lighter and smaller craft than the company’s Dhruv advanced light helicopter and a heavier 10-tonne multi-role helicopter that can lift cargo and troops to high-altitude regions in the Himalayas and the North Eastern parts of the country.
well one more link.....

HAL Medium Lift Helicopter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

HAL said that the 10-tonne helicopter, which will be similar to the MI-17 of the Russians, will be jointly developed with a yet to be identified foreign collaborator; it did not disclose details of the light helicopter.

“We presently have an observation helicopter in the three tonne class like the Chetak; Dhruv is in the six tonne class and we want one in a heavier class,” said Ashok K Baweja, chairman, HAL at a seminar on helicopter technology organized by the Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies and Industry (SIATI).

“It should be configured to Indian conditions, it should fly in both hot temperatures and high altitudes,” he added, referring to the heavier helicopter. While no time frame has been mentioned for the lighter helicopter, the heavy helicopter will be built in six years.

However, an industry expert said that HAL has been looking seriously at the ligher helicopter too.

“HAL is taking people of the Chetak and Cheetah (assembly) line and will utilize their expertise on developing the new light helicopter,” said Air Marshal (retd) K Sridharan, president of the Rotary Wing Society of India, a body of helicopter pilots and engineers in the country.

HAL has produced over 700 Chetak and Cheetah helicopters in the country under license from Eurocopter, the Franco-German-Spanish division of EADS, the European aerospace company.

In 1998, HAL had announced that it would indigenously build a three-tonne class light observation helicopter designed for operation at high altitudes of up to 6 km though it later scrapped the project.

The company has delivered close to 100 Dhruv advanced light helicopters to the armed forces; these aircraft are also used by civilian customers such as ONGC Ltd.

With 16 factories across India, HAL has a monopoly in building aircraft and systems for the armed forces. “The quicker we do the development, the more opportunities we have to sell them,” added Baweja.

 

[Veeru]

IAF to get first lot of Mi-17 V5 copters by October

NEW DELHI: Augmenting its chopper fleet, the Indian Air Force (IAF) will induct the first batch of Russian-origin Mi-17 V5 helicopters by mid-October.

India had in 2008 signed a deal with Russia to induct 80 Mi-17 V5 helicopters for strengthening its chopper fleet for humanitarian and disaster relief missions and transport operations. "We are going to induct the first batch of Mi-17 V5s from Russia by the second week of the month, and by March next year we will have 26 of them," an IAF official said.

They said one of the first few helicopters would be sent to the northeast sector and will be deployed at the Bagdogra air base under the 156 helicopter unit.

The compliment of all 80 helicopters is likely to be inducted by late 2013 or early 2014, IAF sources said. The IAF is also looking to induct another 59 such choppers to replace the older Mi-17 variants and the Mi-8 choppers.

IAF to get first lot of Mi-17 copters by October - The Times of India

 

[angeldemon_007]

^^^
Please post them

 

[Developereo]

This has got to be a record!

TWELVE separate threads about this helipcopter.

 

[fd24]

This has got to be a record!

TWELVE separate threads about this helipcopter.

bombardment of the sekondaman!

 

[Capt.Popeye]

This has got to be a record!

TWELVE separate threads about this helipcopter.

And this is only a medium-lift Helo!
Just wait for the heavy-lift Helo to come.

 

[T90TankGuy]

the newer version does look better.
but 4yrs to execute an order baffles me . look at the Americans they only need 20 months before the apaches come here.

 

[Abingdonboy]

Can anyone tell me what sekhondamen was posting? Was it pics of new IAF MI-17V5s? I have been dieing to see some.