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    HAL Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) and Light Observation Helicopter (LOH)

    Ghar da peer chul da vatta. Ghar ki murgi daal barabar.
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    HAL Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) and Light Observation Helicopter (LOH)

    It needs a more powerful engine. I believe they are co-developing one with Safran.
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    HAL Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) and Light Observation Helicopter (LOH)

    Great. Rajnath probably will put LUH soon on the negative import list. This is his way of forcing the hands of the IAF.
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    HAL Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) and Light Observation Helicopter (LOH)

    Is the LUH ready for prime time or a work-in-progress? The intent of the question is to find out if HAL is giving IAF/IA an excuse to say that they need the copters now & LUH is not there yet.
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    HAL Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) and Light Observation Helicopter (LOH)

    Good. Now if we could only remove the infatuation of IAF & IA with Chetak & Cheetah the problem would be solved.
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    HAL Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) and Light Observation Helicopter (LOH)

    Is IAF going to still buy the Kamov 224t or that deal is gone?
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    HAL Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) and Light Observation Helicopter (LOH)

    Rajnath Singh is the defense minister of India. He can do exactly what Parrikar did when IAF rejected Tejas Mk1, but look at the anemic order for LCH, LUH. LCH you can argue that it's not fully weaponized but what about LUH? What is so valuable about these two types of helicopters is that our...
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    HAL Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) and Light Observation Helicopter (LOH)

    Absolutely! Every time a Cheetah/Chetak crashes some high-level IAF officer will fly a Cheetah/Chetak for half hour to show that the helicopter is safe. This happens until the next Cheetah/Chetak crashes following which they will run the same playbook. They have been doing this with these...
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