At a ceremony held in this city today, HAL presented the final of the 16 ALHs (Mk-III, Maritime duty) to be delivered to the Indian Coast Guard as part of a contract to DG Coast Guard V S Pathania in the presence of top representatives from the CG, Defense, and HAL. “We are pleased to announce a Letter of Intent (LoI) for nine additional helicopters and thrilled to be connected with HAL. Despite COVID-19, HAL supplied all the helicopters in the quickest amount of time with no interruptions to production, allowing us to increase India’s maritime security, the official said. In March 2017, the CG and HAL agreed to a contract for the supply of 16 ALH Mk IIIs.
ALH Mk III is indigenously designed, developed and produced by HAL. The company has so far produced more than 330 ALHs, a versatile helicopter which has logged more than 3.74 lakhs of flying hours.