41 new dhruv Helicopters ordered.

[Abingdonboy]

Interesting.

Do you know how many are already on order? Including other types?

32 Dhruv for IN and ICG

but IN has a requirement of
139 Naval Light Utility helicopters.
123 Naval Multirole Helicopters.

http://idrw.org/india-will-require-...xt-15-years-for-its-military-defence-analyst/

Precisely.

At the current rate of manufacture, this is the best that can be done.

ALH production is very respectable at around 35 units/year that may be expanded further once the Temkur plant is up and running. There is a backlog of around 150 (I guess now close to 200) units for IA/ICG/IN/IAF including for Rudras.

By 2020 HAL will be making 100-120 helos/year (LCH/ALH/Rudra) and from 2023 >140/year (as phase 2 of Temkur kicks in). In 2024-5 when the IMRH is ready for production this figure may climb yet further. There are few other helicopter manufactuerers with this kind of capacity.

The Indian armed forces require >1000 new helos by 2030, HAL will play a very large role in meeting this requirement.