The Indian Navy was planning to use the ALH variant of the Dhurv for Utility, ASW and SAR roles. The last two roles have been abandoned due to lack of a reliable rotor folding mechanism for small ship operation and only 8 ALH were accepted, the remainder being cancelled. 
News |
First Flight of HAL ALH with Segment Main Rotor Blades
03-Jul-22 - HAL completed first flight of Advanced Light Helicopter (Wheeled Version) with segmented MRBs (Main Rotor Blades) and MRH (Main Rotor Head) in pre-cone configuration #blades
First ALH Mk III for Indian Navy and Coast Guard
07-Feb-21 - HAL delivered first 3 Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) Mk III to the Indian Navy and first 2 to the Indian Coast Guard during Aero India 2021. Part of a 16 helicopters contract #AeroIndia
32 HAL Dhruv for Indian Navy and Coast Guard
30-Mar-17 - India ordered 32 HAL ALH Dhruv helicopters for the Navy and Coast Guard. The Performance Based Logistics (PBL) support for five years for 16 helicopters for ICG is the unique feature of this contract Units |
| Years | Units | Base |
|---|---|---|
| 2021- | INAS 323 | INS Hansa |
| 2013- | INAS 322 | INS Garuda |
| IFTU | INS Hansa | |
| INAS 324 | INS Dega | |
| INAS 325 | INS Utkrosh |
List of Aircraft |
| C/N | Mod | Built | ID In this Org | In other Org | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN709 Indian Navy ALH Mk III | |||||||
| IN711 Indian Navy ALH Mk III | |||||||
| IN713 Indian Navy ALH Mk III | |||||||
