Indian Navy missile tracking capabilities get a boost with INS Dhruv amid rising global threatsIndia's INS Dhruv is a vital naval asset for tracking strategic missiles and collecting crucial telemetry data during test launches over oc...
18 Apr, 2026, 05.08 PM IST
IAF to deploy long-range drones via transport aircraft, helicopters for strike, surveillance rolesThe Indian Air Force is enhancing its combat power. It is acquiring air-launched drones and loitering munitions. These systems will be depl...
17 Apr, 2026, 07.16 PM IST
Paras Defence inks deal with US-based firm for aerial refuelling technologyParas Defence and Space Technologies has partnered with US firm Northstar. This collaboration will bring advanced air-to-air refuelling sys...
16 Apr, 2026, 08.51 PM IST
HAL LUH: Check features of indigenous helicopter set to become lifeline for Indian Army at Siachen, world’s highest battlefieldIndia is introducing its new Light Utility Helicopter. This indigenous aircraft will replace older helicopters in the Himalayas. The LUH is...
16 Apr, 2026, 07.34 PM IST
Aero India 2025: Made in Tumakuru chopper wins hearts with its manoeuvresThe HAL-developed light utility helicopter (LUH) impressed spectators at Aero India 2025 with its performance and advanced features. Its in...
10 Feb, 2025, 06.37 PM IST
Army may also lease choppers to replace its ageing fleetOfficials aware of the matter said the current fleet is expected to retire in 10-12 years and replacements will be needed progressively. Th...
07 Nov, 2023, 11.37 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi unveils India's biggest helicopter manufacturing facility in TumakuruBengaluru-headquartered HAL plans to produce more than 1,000 helicopters in the range of 3-15 tonne with a total business of more than Rs 4...
06 Feb, 2023, 07.22 PM IST
PM Modi to inaugurate largest chopper factory in Karnataka on Feb 6The greenfield helicopter factory, spread across 615 acres, is planned with a vision to become a one-stop solution for all helicopter requi...
04 Feb, 2023, 11.06 PM IST
HAL to manufacture first four light utility helicopters by 2022-23: GovernmentThe LUH is designed and developed as a replacement for ageing fleets of Cheetah and Chetak helicopters being operated by the armed forces. ...
30 Nov, 2021, 10.04 AM IST
Indigenous light choppers get go-ahead, delivery in 2022The LUH is a homegrown success story, having demonstrated its capability of operating in all kinds of environments, with a focus on high al...
23 Mar, 2021, 04.54 PM IST
HAL hands over ALHs to Indian Navy and Coast Guard; LUH Army Variant receives IOC"The remaining helicopters from the contract are under various stages of production, flight tests and we plan to deliver all the helicopter...
05 Feb, 2021, 09.59 PM IST
India's light utility helicopter completes hot and high altitude trials in HimalayasThe LUH took off from Leh and demonstrated its hot and high hover performance at Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) at 50...
09 Sep, 2020, 03.16 PM IST
HAL gets initial clearance for light helicopter that will replace aging Cheetah & Chetak choppersLight Utility Helicopter (LUH) is a single-engine, lightweight and highly agile three-ton utility helicopter, indigenously designed and dev...
07 Feb, 2020, 04.27 PM IST
HAL's light utility helicopter achieves important milestoneExuding confidence that the LUH was fit to undertake high altitude cold weather trials planned in January 2019, HAL said "the flight was ca...
11 Dec, 2018, 10.38 AM IST
Test pilots at HAL complete successful flight of indigenous light utility helicopterThe LUH is designed to carry out utility roles such as reconnaissance, transport, cargo load and rescue operations. It can operate from sea...
14 Jul, 2018, 08.10 PM IST
Hindustan Aeronautics' Light Utility Helicopter set to fly in a weekAuthoritative sources told ET that the first flight of the 3.1 tonne prototype LUH will take place in Bengaluru within a few days.
02 Sep, 2016, 04.06 AM IST
- Price row prompts HAL to look elsewhere for chopper engine
Turbomeca has asked for a higher fee to fit the LUH, with Shakti engine, jointly developed with Bangalore-based Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (...
27 May, 2011, 06.26 PM IST