HAL delivers three Dhruv choppers to army

HAL delivers three Dhruv choppers to army

Bengaluru: HAL Dhruv Advance Light Helicopter perform during the inauguration of the "Aero India 2019" - air show at Yelahanka Air Force Station, in Bengaluru, on Feb 20, 2019. (Photo: IANS)

Bengaluru: HAL Dhruv Advance Light Helicopter (ALH) during the "Aero India 2019" - air show at Yelahanka Air Force Station, in Bengaluru, on Feb 22, 2019. (Photo: IANS)

Bengaluru: HAL Dhruv Advance Light Helicopter (ALH) during the "Aero India 2019" - air show at Yelahanka Air Force Station, in Bengaluru, on Feb 22, 2019. (Photo: IANS)

Bengaluru: Army personnel participate in a mock drill during the "Aero India 2019" - air show at Yelahanka Air Force Station, in Bengaluru, on Feb 22, 2019. (Photo: IANS)

Bengaluru, Feb 22 (IANS) State-run defence behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) on Friday delivered three Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH Dhruv Mk-3) to the Indian Army as part of its contract for making 22 of these.

"We have handed over the documents of the first three of the 22 ALH MK-3 to the Indian Army," HAL said at the Aero India air show.

HAL Chairman and Managing Director R. Madhavan was present when its helicopter division Chief Executive G.V.S. Bhaskar handed over the documents to Lt. Gen. Kanwal Kumar, Director General of Army Aviation Corps.

The city-based aerospace major in August 2017 signed a Rs 6,100-crore contract to supply 40 ALHs to the Indian Army, including 22 ALH Mk-3 and 18 weaponised ALH Mk-4 Rudra, and one ALH to the Indian Navy.

"Of the 22 helicopters, 19 have been produced and will be delivered in due course," the company said.

The ALH Dhruv Mk-3 is a multirole new generation copter designed and developed by HAL.

--IANS

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