The Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) has been dispatched to India’s north for high-altitude operations. A pair of the rotorcraft have been deployed at short notice to support ...

India's Light Combat Helicopter, which is being developed by Hindustan Aeronautics, will make its first flight in October 2008. HAL chairman Ashok Baweja says that there is a commitment for 65 LCHs ...

A total of 156 Prachanda helicopters will be manufactured, 90 for the Army and 66 for the Air Force.

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) watched its Light Combat Helicopter, or LCH, fly for the first time with a new system. Technology Demonstrator-2, as HAL designates it, flew last week with an ...

India’s new light helicopter gunship test fired an air-to-air missile this month, marking the completion of all weapon integration tests. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL) Light Combat Helicopter ...

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — A major acquisition effort for the Light Combat Helicopter has moved forward after India’s Defence Ministry issued a request for proposals. The RFP was issued to Hindustan ...

Senior defence officials and officers inducted the HAL Light Combat Helicopter Prachanda into service on 3 October 2022. From left: Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari (chief of Air Staff), Air Marshal ...

The Indian Air Force (IAF) and Indian Army (IA) are expected to purchase 15 indigenously built and designed Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), according to a ...

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is looking to outsource work worth around Rs 25,000 crore to the private sector firms. The defence PSU firm will outsource the work from the mega order for 156 ...

India’s latest Prachand light combat helicopters (LCH) will come with enhanced lethality and survivability in combat, with aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) preparing to equip them ...

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's new Light Combat Helicopter has been developed to provide troops with close air support. (2022 Janes/Akhil Kadidal) The multi-purpose Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) ...