Do you want to access to this and other private contents?
Log in if you are a subscriber or click here to request service

India delivers its first light helicopter to coast guard

New Delhi, India - The helicopter has been built by Hindustan Aeronautics

India has delivered its first advanced light helicopter to the country's Coast Guard. The helicopters, designed and manufactured by state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at a cost of 114 million dollars The prototype of the Army version was first flown in 1994 and officials said the Army, Navy and the Air Force would receive the helicopters within a couple of months. HAL officials said...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 25252
Rome, Italy, 03/19/2002 14:34
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

Similar

Civil aviationCarabineros de Chile acquire S-100 UAS

For security operations

Carabineros de Chile, the Chilean national police force, has acquired the Camcopter S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS), making them the first police force in Latin America to implement this advanced technology... more

Civil aviationBahrain Ministry of Interior orders 9 H-145 helicopters

For law enforcement missions and emergency medical services

Airbus Helicopters has signed a contract with Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Minister of Interior of Bahrain, for the purchase of nine H-145 helicopters. These aircraft will be operated by the... more

Civil aviationEve Air Mobility and Helicopters Inc. sign LoI for up to 50 eVTOL aircraft

The order was announced during an AAM conference

Eve Air Mobility has signed a letter of intent with Helicopters Inc., a reference vertical lift and helicopter operator in the United States, for up to 50 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL)... more