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India’s LUH Gets IOC

: Feb 7, 2020 - : 11:10 am

India’s own Light Utility Helicopter (LUH)  has received the Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) paving the way for its productionisation.

The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Chairman and Managing Director R Madhavan received the IOC document from G Sateesh Reddy, Secretary, Department of Defence R & D and Chairman, DRDO at the ongoing DefExpo 2020 on Feb 7 in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

Madhavan said, “This is a momentous occasion for HAL. It reinforces our commitment towards indigenous R&D programs on self-reliance and enhancing operational effectiveness of the Indian Armed Forces. HAL is fully geared up to fulfil the requirements of its customers in a time bound manner”.

One LUH Prototype is part of flying display and another is part of static display at the DefExpo 2020.

Arup Chatterjee, Director, Engineering & R&D, HAL, said the performance of basic configuration of LUH in all terrains and under all weather conditions is satisfactory and HAL is moving towards the next phase of integrating and flight testing of Mission & Role Equipment on LUH.

LUH is a single engine, light weight, highly agile 3-Ton Utility Helicopter, indigenously designed & developed to meet the operational requirements of Indian Army & IAF. LUH will soon replace the ageing fleet of Cheetah and Chetak helicopters.

Three prototypes have been built and cumulatively completed over 550 flights under various terrains and climatic conditions like cold weather, hot weather, sea-level and high altitude complying to stringent certification and user requirements.

Its endurance and reliability were established during the hot weather and high-altitude trials where in LUH was ferried from Bengaluru, covering over 7000 kms of distance and continuously flying for 17 days without any abnormalities.

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