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HAL Dhruv

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Twin turboshaft utility helicopter. Includes LCH Light Combat Helicopter variant.

Lift type
Rotary wing
Construction
Factory-built
Control
Piloted
Engine type
Turboshaft
Application
Attack, Military transport, Search & rescue, Surveillance, Utility

Design & construction

Primary structure
Composite
Landing gear
Retractable tricycle
Ice protection
None
Pressurisation
Unpressurised
Autopilot
3-axis
Avionics architecture
Integrated glass suite
Environmental control
None-unpressurised
Rotor configuration
Single main + tail
Certification
Military
Minimum crew
2
Composite fuselage (primary structure) Primary

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Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
HAL Dhruv Mk I1999 / 1992Production: 23 (2010) HAL's FY2010-11 (April 2010 – March 2011) was its highest-output financial year ever: 78 total aircraft/helicopters delivered, of which 23 were Dhruv ALHs and 6 were Chetak/Cheetah. This is a fiscal-year figure straddling CY2010 and CY2011, assigned [medium]. Baseline variant, includes variant with upgraded glass cockpit: Dhruv Mk II.
HAL LCH2003 / 2010Light Combat Helicopter variant, also known as LCH Prachand.
HAL Dhruv Mk III2007 / 2007Variant with upgraded electronic avionic package, includes Dhruv NG civilian variant.
HAL Rudra Mk IV2007 / 2007Armed variant, also known as ALH-WSI.

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Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Helicopter Division Bangalore)News

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