09 August 2011

India: Export of ALH DHRUV

The Dhruv helicopter
of the Indian Army,
deploying U.S troops
during a joint military exercise.
The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) plans to sell its Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv to certain South American countries. HAL has bagged an order for export of seven Dhruv Helicopters to Ecuador in global bidding. HAL is in the process of setting up a regional maintenance centre for Dhruv to cover after sales service, technical/logistic support in the entire Latin American region.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Shri M M Pallam Raju in a written reply to Shri Dr. Padmasinha Bajirao Patil in Lok Sabha today.