India’s first locally built Light Combat Helicopter made its maiden flight

This made-in-India attack helicopter, Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), which formally prototype took to the sky on Sunday, is ready for introduction in four years and will place the state in a selected group of countries that have comparable devoted chopping knives.

The project to expand the LCH, built on many items in the HAL-designed Advanced Light Helicopter (Dhruv), was accepted in 2006. A "full-scale mock-d" for the ship was in aero India display in 2007.

R.K. Singh, desk, Ministry of Defence (Production), said the LCH will take delivery of the first ready certification in December, and Final prepared certification almost immediately.

As a variant of the HAL Dhruv's flagship, the agile LCH has good manoeuverability, doze on the earth (NOE) flight ability, air-to-air guard for air defense role, anti-armor capability and operation of day / night under all weather circumstances.

"The LCH is intended to meet the ready needs of the IAF and is prepared with mission sensors. Among his many roles tip of sluggish aerial targets, destruction of enemy air defense operations, escort for special heliborne operations and offensive employment in urban warfare, the surface force operations, "HAL chairman and organization director Ashok Nayak said on the juncture.

Defense A.K. Antony, Minister of State for Defence Pallam Raju and Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal PV Naik, who would be in attendance at the opening ritual, was away as a sign of respect for the 158 passengers who perished in the untoward Air-India Express flights Mangalore Saturday.