Chile, India Expected To Sign ALH Contract

[Bluezoo]

Chile, India Expected To Sign ALH Contract
By VIVEK RAGHUVANSHI, NEW DELHI


India and Chile are poised to finalize plans for Chile’s purchase of an unspecified number of Advanced Light Helicopters (ALHs) built by Indian government-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL), a senior Defence Ministry official here said Oct. 26.

The news was divulged as Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee began an official visit to Chile. The ALH sale contract will be signed during his visit.

Mukherjee is accompanied by a high-level delegation, including Vice Adm. Raman Puri, chief of India’s Integrated Defence Staff; HAL Chairman Ashok Baweja; Ordnance Factories Board Chairman P.K. Mishra; and Sivathanu Pillai, managing director of the BrahMos cruise missile project.

India last year offered to sell Chile its homegrown multi-utility helicopters, and a number of senior-level delegations from the two countries have visited each other to negotiate the purchase. HAL is marketing ALH jointly with Israel Aircraft Industries to the global market.

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[khukuri]

wow, india now sells choppers

[rajkhalsa]

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[ed316]

how are they compared to blackhawks and pumas?

[DOOMSDAYDEXTER]

Cheaper!

Boom Boom!

[liberation]

The ALH was specifically designed to operate at altitudes far higher than a Puma or Blackhawk can endure. The Helicopter has proven its self to be the best and only helicopter that can operate in the high altitudes that prevail in the Himalayas.

Chile, with its high mountain ranges, should get great service out of the ALH.

[khukuri]

Many would think that a country like india would be producing low quality shyte. But the expierince I have of indian made products like trucks turned out positive. The stuff Ive seen is very high quality.It can ofcourse be different with choppers, I just wanted to poit out that theyre not like the cheap chicom ****.

[Mark Sman]

Does India still build the Alouette under license?

I know they had success operating those at altitude as well.

[rajkhalsa]

Mauritius to purchase defence systems from India (http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200510272221.htm)

Kochi, Oct 27.(PTI):Mauritius will purchase an indigenously developed Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) and an offshore Patrol vessel from India.