The HAL-built Light Combat Helicopter Prachand performed exciting acrobatics during Aero India 2023; it is the only assault helicopter capable of flying at high altitudes like Siachen glacier.
As India celebrates its Indian Air Force Day 2022, we list out all the IAF attack helicopters, including the newly inducted made-in-India HAL LCH, that have been serving the country like unsung heroes.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited logo (Wikimedia Commons)
Successful clearance of dues by the three wings of the Indian defence forces has enabled Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to record a cash holding of Rs 7,135 crore currently as compared to a negative of Rs 5,477 crore on 31 March 2020.
In fact, the public sector undertaking (PSU) had plummeted to the extent of borrowing sums to pay salaries to its employees in 2018-19. However, the HALâs order book is worth Rs 80,000 crore now and it is anticipating surpassing the Rs 1 lakh crore figure in the coming couple of years.
As of now, the PSU is staring at orders of 15 LCHs (light combat helicopter) and 12 LUHs (light utility helicopter), which could fetch them a total revenue of around Rs 5,000 crore.