By Admin 
Indian Army Prachand Helicopters Lch: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has received an order to prepare 156 light fighter helicopters (LCH) for the Indian Army and Air Force. On security, the Cabinet Committee has approved this deal of Rs 62,500 crore. Now, to complete this work, Hal is planning to hand over work to private companies like Locen and Toubro and WAM Technology.
Ever since this defense deal has been done, there has been a stir in the defense sector because HAL will also join hands with private companies to complete this project. If sources are to be believed, HAL is planning to give work of about 25 thousand crore rupees to private companies. Actually, HAL wants to promote defense production by including private companies in the defense sector. Tenders will be issued soon for private companies regarding this.
62,500 crore has a defense deal
The public sector company HAL wants to complete this project just like LCA. In this project too, HAL gave different parts of the helicopter to private companies like fuselage and wings. Now the defense deal of 62,500 crore has been done, about 40 percent of the work will also be given to the private sectors.
HAL has orders worth about 2 lakh crores
HAL is the largest aerospace company in the country. It has orders worth more than Rs 2 lakh crore and is expected to get orders worth more than Rs 70,000 crore in the near future. By including private companies in this, defense production will increase and work will be quickly.
Eastern Ladakh and Siachen will be posted in glaciers.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has designed these light fighter helicopters for campaigns in height areas. This is the only attacker helicopter, which is capable of flying and landing up to a height of up to five thousand meters, or up to about five thousand meters. These LCH are appropriate to deploy in challenging areas like Siachen Glacier and Eastern Ladakh. These helicopters are equipped with advanced weapons. These include air -to -air and air -to -ground missiles, rockets and turret guns. These LCH are capable of dealing effectively with enemy tanks, bunkers and air threats. Apart from this, they can also destroy air defense system.
HAL has delivered the army 15 LCH
The deal includes 90 helicopters for the Indian Army and 66 for the Indian Air Force (IAF), leading the IAF joint purchase effort. The Indian Army is dealing with HAL for this under ‘Make in India’, which aims to reduce dependence on foreign military supply and increase indigenous defense production capabilities. HAL has already delivered 15 LCH to the Indian Army.