Indian Helicopter Upgrades Include Fac And Ew Suites

摘要

Although Aero India 2009 in February was light on helicopter news despite the host nation's substantial and growing needs, and the large number of procurement and development programmes (plus attendant controversies), there were signs of more prosaic efforts aimed at providing operational benefits fairly quickly.rnOne of these was on display on the Alpha Design Technologies stand. This Indian company showed an intriguing installation of a ground laser rangefinder in the rear cabin of an HAL Cheetah intended to give both this aircraft and the larger Chetak an airborne forward air control capability (FAC) and a defensive aids suite that should prove adaptable to whatever airframe is eventually selected for the resurrected Light Observation Helicopter requirement.