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KAI LAH/LCH

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Program is under development and includes LAH : Light Armed Helicopter, LCH : Light Civil Helicopter and LAH unmanned variant.

Photo: KAI

Lift type

Rotary wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted, Autonomous

Engine type

Turboshaft

Application

Attack, Utility

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Composite

Landing gear

Retractable tricycle

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Full FBW digital

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Configuration & certification

Rotor configuration

Single main + tail

Certification

Military

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Notes
KAI LCH	2016 / 2018	Derived from Airbus H155 helicopters.
KAI LAH	2018 / 2019	Armed variant, to replace MD 500, includes initial production variant LAH-1 Miron.
KAI MUMT	2021 /	Unmanned variant.

Airframer

Airbus Helicopters	News	Joint development program with KAI
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd.	News	Development program

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