Manufacturing of Helicopters

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The design and development programme of Light Combat Helicopter was approved in October 2006. The first prototype (technology demonstrator) is expected to get the initial operational clearance by December 2010. There is a proposal to export the indigenously developed helicopters. HAL has exported five numbers of the indigenously developed Helicopter Dhruv to Ecuador.

This information was given by Minister of Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri Hansraj G Ahir in Lok Sabha today.

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