HAL Dhruv

The HAL Dhruv ( Sanskrit: Pole Star ) is a multi-purpose helicopter of the Indian Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL ). It is produced in various military but also civilian versions.

Description

The development within Hindustan Advanced Light Helicopter Program ( ALH) was announced in November 1984, but was due to changing demands by the Indian military and financial problems ( also with regard to the employees of Messerschmitt -Bolkow -Blohm as a consultant company ) sluggish. The first prototype flew so only in August 1992. Then an armed version was introduced in 1996. Was further delayed the program in 1998 when U.S. sanctions after Indian nuclear tests prevented the delivery of the proposed engines. Then the machine was 333- 2B2 redesigned to a version of the Turbomeca TM after a corresponding contract with 746 kW of power. The first version was only 2000-2001 delivered to the Indian Coast Guard, followed by versions for the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force (a total of about 75 to 2007 pieces). From 2003, a new version was launched with a glass cockpit Israeli origin, should be sold by the 50 to Israel. But it was only one machine there delivered, another to Mauritius, four to Nepal and seven in Ecuador, one of which crashed due to a pilot error. The helicopter is on the current state of the art (FADEC for the engines, automatic flight control system (4 -axis control ), hingeless rotor head, Anti -resonance Vibration Isolation System ( ARIS) Lord Corporation ).

On August 16, 2007, an advanced version of ALH - WSI in Bangalore its maiden flight. This has a weapons carrier and sensors on a nose at the bow and is equipped with more powerful ( jointly by Turbomeca and India) developed engines Shakti (also Ardiden 1H ) connection with 30 % higher emergency power. The armament is identical to that of LCH.

In October 2007, a Dhruv with 9075 meters on a high-flying record.

In 2009, the Indian Army ordered the first 16 ALH-WSI.

Specifications

, take off ) or two Shakti / Ardiden 1H, each with 895 kW

Arming

  • 8 × anti-tank missiles
  • 4 × air - to-air missiles
  • 4 × 68mm rocket launchers ( Air Force and Army )
  • 2 × torpedo, depth charges or anti-ship missiles
Turbomeca Makila Electronic Flight Instrument System Rotorhead HAL/Turbomeca Shakti
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