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The HAL Prachand (lit. ' Giant ' or ' Intense ' ) is an Indian multi-role light attack helicopter designed and manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) under Project Light Combat Helicopter (LCH). [ 4 ]
Status: On order. 12 units on order [73] Bell UH-1 Iroquois: Utility United States: 2 units in service HAL Prachand: Attack helicopter India: Status: Planned. 4 to be ordered. [74] [75] Bayraktar TB2: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Turkey: 3 units in service
It is the first unit to be equipped with the indigenously developed HAL Prachand attack helicopter. [2] The unit was raised on 1 June 2022 and started receiving the initial lot of helicopters from 18 July, 2022. The unit officially inducted 4 HAL Prachand on 3 October, 2022. [3]
[35] [36] On 1 June 2022, an attack squadron composed of HAL Prachand was raised. A total of seven squadrons of Prachand are planned with ten helicopters in each one. [37] On 15 March 2024, an attack squadron was raised at Jodhpur, which will be equipped with Boeing AH-64 Apache.
HAL will also open a maintenance base in the country. [30] US$30 million contract to supply avionics for Malaysian Su-30MKM. [31] US$20 million contract to supply ambulance version of HAL Dhruv to Peru. [32] Contract of 3 HAL Dhruv helicopters for Turkey worth US$20 million. [33] US$10 million order from Namibia for HAL Chetak and Cheetah ...
HAL Rudra (Dhruv-WSI) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Attack helicopter: 16 August 2007: In service 91 (+75 on order) Weaponized version of Dhruv [17] HAL Prachand (Light Combat Helicopter) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Attack helicopter: 29 March 2010: In production 9 (+15 LSP and 162 choppers planned) [18] HAL Light Utility Helicopter
HAL promptly performed preliminary design studies on a prospective 3-tonne light helicopter, powered by a single HAL/Turbomeca Shakti turboshaft engine and possessing a range of up to 500 km (270 nm) and a payload capacity of up to 500 kg (1,100 lb). In March 2010, HAL announced that it had decided to proceed on the LUH project alone, without ...
The HAL Rudra was a modified version of HAL Dhruv, free of any major modifications to the airframe to quickly create an armed variant for the Indian Army. [45] [46] The HAL Prachand is a purpose-built attack helicopter, expressly designed to overcome several operational shortcomings of prior attack rotorcraft. [47]