Bengaluru, Feb 22 (UNI) The helicopter facility of the Defence PSU, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) coming up at Tumakuru in Karnataka will house the final assembly and servicing of the Russian-made Kamov-226T Light Utility Helicopter, for which a joint-agreement was registered recently.
According to HAL sources, as per an agreement, India will get not less than 140 to 200 helicopters in the future and also to work towards localisation of production in the country.
The Kamov-226T featured with the suite of the state-of-the-art avionics, coaxial main rotor system, maximum take-off weight of 3.6 tons is capable of transporting up to one ton of payload.