HAL Dhruv ALH Advanced Light Helicopter of Indian Armed Forces - presentation
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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 <b>...</b>