HAL Dhruv ALH Advanced Light Helicopter of Indian Armed Forces - presentation

The HAL Dhruv is a multi-role helicopter developed and manufactured by India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited HAL. It is being supplied to the Indian Armed Forces, and a civilian variant is also available

Hindustan's Advanced Light Helicopter ALH dhruv program was first announced in November 1984,the ALHwas designed with assistance from MBB in Germany. The twin 1000 shp Turbomeca TM333-2B turboshafts are mounted above the cabin and drive a four-blade composite main rotor. The ALH Advanced Light Helicopter dhruv makes use of an advanced integrated dynamic system which combines several rotor control features into an integrated module. The civil prototype ALH (Z-3182) first flew on 23 August 1992, at Bangalore

HAL is also developing the Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) based on the Dhruv platform for the Indian Armed Forces. It will have stub wings fitted to carry up to eight anti-armour missiles, four air-to-air missiles or four rocket pods for 70mm and 68mm rockets. The LCH will also have FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared), CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera and a target acquisition system with thermal sight and laser rangefinder.
Recent versions of the HAL Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter ALH entering production use the more powerful Shakti engine developed jointly by HAL and Turbomeca. The first test flight of the HAL Dhruv with the new engine and the weaponised version took place on 16 August 2007

The HAL Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter ALH is capable of flying at high altitudes, a crucial requirement for the Army, which requires helicopters for operations in Siachen Glacier and Kashmir. In September 2007, the HAL Dhruv was cleared for high-altitude flying in the Siachen Sector after six-month long trials. In October 2007, a HAL Dhruv flew to an altitude of 27,500 feet (8,400 m) ASL in Siachen. This was the highest that the HAL Dhruv had flown, and was higher than the 25,000 feet (7,600 m) record set by an IAF Cheetah helicopter in 2005

HAL DHRUV also produces a civilian variant of the HAL Dhruv ALH Advanced Light Helicopter for VIP transport, rescue, policing, offshore operations and air-ambulance role, among others The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has placed an order for 12 Advanced Light Helicopters ALH with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited HAL

The Advanced Light Helicopter ALH HAL Dhruv has become the first major Indian weapons system to have secured large foreign sales. HAL hopes to sell 120 Dhruvs over the next eight years, and has been displaying the Dhruv at airshows, including Farnborough and Paris in order to market the HAL Dhruv

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[northwestube]

this is quite good helicopter can some one tell me how many the indian army have in total,,,,,i havent seen these before,,i mean did india make this on its own or is it under licence?

[utubekhiladi]

@northwestube

it's Made in India.

[pakiporkiller]

one terrified porki accidentally watched this

[stalkingalizee]

The Naval variant was ditched years ago. Poor payload, endurance and incompatible folding rotors.

[Kunalkainth1]

Great chopper.

[saiku700]

@manocriminal1 it falls under black hawk kind of helcops not lightweigt shit...!!

[saiku700]

@northwestube india -200, isreal-4, US-15 it is in use over 10 countries approxmetly........!!

[Backlittt]

@manocriminal1 Would you compare a boieng 747 with a B52 ? The same applies to this. Apache is an attack helicopter and Dhruv is a commercial helicopter.

[Backlittt]

@northwestube Its a home grown bird. It has been exported to 8 countries or so including Israel, Ecuador, Mauritius, Myanmar etc. I think about 50 weaponized versions are about to be inducted in Indo-Pak border.

[sKyDrifT94]

@pakiporkiller ya 

[pakiporkiller]

@sKyDrifT94

oh, yaaa, they were soo frightnd that failed to click dislike button, lol

[sKyDrifT94]

@pakiporkiller not 1 so many porkis accidentally watched this