If it has met the requirements, it is better the Russians supply to us right away, than we wait for LUH to come on-board. The ones we are using should have replaced decades back.Avinandan wrote:There goes the HAL LUH , I was hoping HAL would have enough time to complete LUH and take a bigger pie of the Light helicopter requirement. What is the future for it now ?Hari Nair wrote:
I'm afraid you are a bit off the mark. The Ka-226 has good high altitude capability, courtesy its co-axial rotors and good installed power. It had cleared the trials conducted by Army for operations on the Siachen and had met the mission requirements. It is planned as a replacement to the Chetak -Cheetah helicopter.
Saving life of our service men & woman is more important than hurt pride of inducting half number of LUH.