HAL Handed Over Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) Mk III

 HAL handed over five ALHs Mk III to the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard.

About ALH Mk III:

♦ ALH Mk III or Mark III Advanced Light Helicopters are used for coastal security.

♦ The helicopter has a full-glass cockpit, an Integrated Architecture Display System (IADS) with HAL, a more powerful "Shakti" (Safran Ardiden 1H1) engines and many new systems.

♦ It is fully loaded, multi-tasking, and equipped with a series of advanced sensors.

♦ These helicopters are equipped with the latest generation of avionics and role equipment.

♦ It is mainly used for shore-based roles.

♦ Mk-III ALH is also equipped with an indigenous low-frequency dunking sonar (LFDS) developed by the Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory in Kochi.

♦ The aircraft also has a nose-mounted surveillance radar with a coverage of 270 degrees, which can detect, classify and track multiple marine targets.

♦ It also has synthetic aperture radar, anti-synthetic aperture radar and moving target indication classification function.