Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., bagged a ₹62,700 crore ($7.3 billion) order to supply helicopters to India’s military, according to a government statement.
The state-owned firm will supply 156 light combat helicopters to the army and the Air Force. The homemade choppers will “enhance the combat capability of armed forces at high altitudes,” the statement said. Operating at heights is a key requirement of the Indian military, which faces Pakistan and China along its Himalayan borders.
The army will get 90 helicopters, while the remaining will go to the air force. The deliveries will start from 2028 and will be spread over the next five years, the Ministry of Defence said in the statement.