Breaking news
HAL's Light Combat Helicopter Technology Demonstrator TD-3 made its maiden flight.
| a | |||
| |
|||
World
Defense & Security Industry News - HAL |
|||
| HAL's Light Combat Helicopter Technology Demonstrator TD-3 made its maiden flight | |||
The
HAL's Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) Technology Demonstrator TD-3 made
the successful maiden flight here today. “Escorted by a Dhruv
helicopter, the entire flight was flawless. It will be an effective weapon
platform to deliver precision strikes at high altitude and we are confident
it will meet the requirements of the IAF”, says Dr. R.K. Tyagi,
Chairman HAL. “We are making all efforts to achieve IOC by September
next year”, he adds. |
|||
HAL's Light Combat Helicopter Technology Demonstrator TD-3 during its
maiden flight |
|||
In all HAL is expected to produce/manufacture 179 LCH
for Indian Defence forces. Today’s flight was piloted by Wg Cdr
Unni Pillai and co-piloted by Gp Capt SHK Nair. It took off at 15.20
hrs. and flew for 20 minutes. The scope of this project covers design and development of two technology demonstrators, one full scale mock-up, one break away fuselage (BAF) and Initial Operational Clearance (IOC). During development of LCH, HAL Board sanctioned LCH
related projects, namely, Modified Rotor System, Manufacturing of TD-3
& TD-4 for acceleration of development flight testing, indigenous
development of Integrated Avionics and Display System (lADS) & Automatic
Flight Control System (AFCS) in order to reduce the dependency on foreign
vendors and develop indigenous technology. For better planning, execution and monitoring of the project leading to enhancement of number of flights to achieve milestones of Cold Weather Trials, Hot Weather trails. |
|||