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Monday, May 24, 2010

India’s first attack copter takes flight

LCHIndia's first indigenous attack helicopter took to the skies on Sunday morning, marking the country’s entry into a league of select nations that can design and manufacture the complex rotary wing attack aircraft.

The maiden flight of the Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) was kept a low-key affair after Defence Minister A K Antony cancelled his visit in the wake of Saturday’s air crash at Mangalore.

The LCH, which has been developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at a cost of Rs 376 crore, will now go through a series of rigorous tests and evaluations over the next few years before its planned induction into the Army and Air Force by 2014-15.

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