HAL Medium Lift Helicopter

Medium Lift Helicopter

Role	Utility helicopter
National origin	India
Manufacturer	Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Status	Under Development
Primary user	Indian Armed Forces

HAL is planning to develop a Medium Lift Helicopter in the 10-15 ton class. It is currently looking for foreign partners either from Russia or France-based Eurocopter. HAL has plans of producing around 350 medium lift helicopters. The 10-tonne helicopter would be offered to the Indian Navy to meet its requirement for heavy-lift helicopters.^[1]

In July 2009, HAL cancelled an active tender for the co-development of the helicopter for which Eurocopter and Mil Helicopters had been shortlisted as potential technology and investment partners. HAL informed the two companies that the tender had to be scrapped because the qualitiative requirements of the armed forces have substantially changed. A fresh tender was scheduled to be out in September.

A mock up of IMRH was displayed at Aero India 2017. First flight of the helicopter was speculated to be in 2019 but user acceptance trials to take about 7-8 years before induction.

Specifications

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Capacity: 28 seated troops
Payload: 4,500 kg ()
Length: ()
Wingspan: ()
Height: ()
Max. takeoff weight: 12 tons ()

Performance

Maximum speed: 275 km/h
Range: 500 km ()

References

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↑ HAL looks at foreign partners for chopper project

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited aircraft

Indigenous

Manufacturer designations	G-1 HA-31 HAOP-27 HC-25 HF-24 HPT-32 HJT-16 HJT-36 HT-2 HUL-26 HTT-40
Light aircraft	Basant Krishak Pushpak
Trainers	Deepak Kiran Sitara HT-2
Fighter aircraft	Ajeet AMCA* Marut Tejas mk. I Tejas mk. II*
Helicopters	Dhruv LCH LUH* MLH* Rudra
Transporters	RTA* Saras*
Gliders	Ardhra G-1

Jointly developed

Fighter aircraft	Su-30MKI FGFA*
Medium transporter aircraft	UAC/HAL Il-214*

Under license

Fighter aircraft	Jaguar MiG-21 MiG-27 Gnat
Helicopters	Cheetah Chetak
Transporters	Do 228 HS 748
Trainers	PC-5A Prentice Hawk

(*) are under development

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