LUH Army Variant completes High Altitude Trials
Lieutenant General AK Suri, DG & Colonel Commandant Army Aviation, visited Aviation Squadrons in Leh & forward areas, where he flew a test sortie in the Light Utility Helicopter & High-Altitude trials for the same has been completed. Few days back had reported that the fourth Prototype of Indigenous light utility helicopter LUH is back at the Daulat Beg Oldie airstrip near China to demonstrate its high-altitude operations capacity this time with an extended Tail Rotor.
HALL will hand over 12 LUH ( Six each ) next year to the
Indian Army and Indian Air Force. Indian Army Aviation will be biggest operator
of the LUH and has shown intent to procure 126 units to replace Cheetah and
Chetak Helicopters in service with the Indian Army.
Indian Army Aviation also has plans to procure 135 units of Ka-226T
twin engine utility helicopters from Russia. Indian Air Force has plans to
procure 65 LUH and 65 Ka-226T each by 2030. Since the deal for Ka-226T with
Russia still hangs in balance and HALL is also designated local production
partner for the Russian Ka-226T in
India, HALL will try to push its Product.
Discussions With US Underway On S-400: India
India on Thursday said discussions are going on with the US
on the S400 missile defence deal, a day after US Deputy Secretary of State
Wendy Sherman expressed unease over New Delhi’s procurement of the Russian
weapons system.
Sherman, on a three day visit to India, told journalists that
any decision on possible sanctions on the S400 deal will be made by President
Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The issue of India procuring
the S400 missile system from Russia figured in Sherman’s wide ranging talks
with Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Wednesday and both sides hoped
to find a way out on the issue through dialogue.
The first batch of S400 missile defence system will arrive in
India from Russia by this year. The US has already imposed sanctions on Turkey
under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act CAATSA for the
purchase of S400 missile defences from Russia. In October 2018, India had
signed a USD 5 billion deal with Russia to buy five units of the S400 air
defence missile systems, despite a warning from the Trump administration that
going ahead with the contract may invite US sanctions.
Why India is set to miss 2021 deadline to upgrade Mirage 2000
fighters?
The nearly USD 2.5 billion plan to upgrade India’s Mirage
2000 fighter aircraft by the end of 2021 is set to miss the deadline, with only
half of them having completed the process till now.
As part of the plan, Dassault Aviation, the original French
manufacturer of the Mirage, was to upgrade two aircraft in France and then two
more in India, at the Bengaluru facility of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
The upgrade includes a new mission computer with higher
memory, new radar, advanced navigation and electronic warfare systems, advanced
communication and identification systems. The upgraded aircraft are also
supposed to undergo a massive upgrade of the cockpit, with two lateral
displays, glass cockpits, and helmet mounted displays.
A Fatal Accident in February 2019 involving an upgraded
Mirage during a test flight, and the subsequent pandemic led to the delay. The
IAF delayed the delivery of overhauled engines and certain other systems,
contributing to the delay. The IAF, meanwhile, says there were issues with the Final
Operational Clearance (FOC) variant, as they were not fully satisfied with
certain integration of new systems.
HAL delivers Key semi-cryogenic propellant tank to Isro
HAL on Thursday said that the heaviest semi cryogenic
propellant tank SC120 -LOX it has ever fabricated has been delivered to Isro.
Last year, HAL had delivered the biggest ever cryogenic Liquid Hydrogen tank C-32
LH2 which is four meters in diameter and eight meters in length, much ahead of
contractual schedule.
HAL has mastered skills and technologies required for
fabricating welded propellant tanks. Various new projects like PS2/GS2
integration, semi cryo structure fabrication and manufacturing of cryo and semi
cryo engines are being taken up at HAL, for which installation and
commissioning of unique infrastructures are nearing completion.
HAL also supported Isro on Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry
Experiment, Pad Abort Test for Crew Escape for human space mission and is
currently supplying hardware for full-fledged launch vehicle GSLV Mk3 for
Gaganyaan.
Indian Airforce to commemorate 1971 Indo Pak war victory on
89th Air Force Day
A single seat interceptor and air defence/ground attack Gnat
aircraft were among a range of modern versions of frontline fighter aircraft up
for display at Ghaziabad’s Hindon airbase on Wednesday as the Indian Air Force conducted
full dress rehearsals ahead of the 89th Air Force Day that will be observed on
Friday.
IAF officers said that they are also commemorating 50 years
of the 1971 war between India and Pakistan as ‘Swarnim Vijay Varsh’. The Gnat
aircraft was specially showcased at the Hindon airbase as it played a crucial
role during the war.
The 89th Air Force Day will be celebrated as ‘Swarnim Vijay
Varsh’, where the IAF will try to commemorate the victory of the 1971 war. The
Gnat aircraft is at static display, it is a tribute to the veterans and heroes
of the 1971 war as we celebrate its 50th year.
On Air Force Day, frontline fighter aircraft will be flying
in from different airbases and converging at the Hindon airbase in different
formations for the air show.
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