Helina ready for full-range ground-based trials in Pokhran

[sancho]

HELINA will not be integrated on the Apaches, the US won't allow it. It is meant for Rudra, LCH and later armed UAVs, but I would love to see it on IAF / IN fighters as well, because it's a great addition in CAS roles.

 

[Omega007]

Wow! Any pics in that config?

SORRY,no picture till now and there won't be until the intigration of all the subsystems of FCS and Helina ATGM onboard ALH Rudra is completed.I was talking about an idea.The IAF wants 2 Helina per pylon to keep the over all weight lower as the Helina is heavy atgm and also needs launch tubes unlike LAHAT/Hell fire.But as the inboard pylons are capable of carrying more payload compared to outer pylons so in my opinion,LCH should be able to mount 4X Helina ATGMs in quad launch configuration per inboard pylon ane 2X Helina per outward pylon,similar to the Eurocopter Tigers.
W.R.T LAHAT quad packs on ALH outer pylons,yeah,a picture exists.I will try to find that.
ps.Sancho already has posted the pics.

 

[sancho]

SORRY,no picture till now and there won't be until the intigration of all the subsystems of FCS and Helina ATGM onboard ALH Rudra is completed.I was talking about an idea.The IAF wants 2 Helina per pylon to keep the over all weight lower as the Helina is heavy atgm and also needs launch tubes unlike LAHAT/Hell fire as the inboard pylons are capable of carrying more payload compared to outer pylons so in my opinion,ALH Rudra should be able to mount 4X Helina ATGMs in quad launch configuration per inboard pylon ane 2 per outward pylon,similar to the Eurocopter Tigers.
W.R.T LAHAT quad packs on ALH,yeah,a picture exists.I will try to find that.

Rudra can't carry quad launchers for missiles, the subwings are too light and the plans is to carry 2 + 2 on each wing:

LAHAT quad launchers instead are possible, even for both hardpoints:

LCH will have a higher payload capability and a quad launcher should be possible at least for the inner hardpoints, so when we talk about ATGMs like HELINA, SPIKE or Hellfire, it would be like this:

Rudra: 8 x missiles (16 x LAHAT)
LCH: 12 to 16 x missiles (16 x LAHAT)
Apache: 16 x missiles

 

[OrionHunter]

Helina what a beautiful name. It looks so good. Another achievement by DRDO.

The name sounds romantic until you realize that it's an acronym for HELIcopter NAg. 'Nag' is a ground based top attack anti tank missile, now incorporated onto an aerial platform - the helicopter. So HELINA!

Cheers!

 

[Omega007]

Rudra can't carry quad launchers for missiles, the subwings are too light and the plans is to carry 2 + 2 on each wing:

LAHAT quad launchers instead are possible, even for both hardpoints:

LCH will have a higher payload capability and a quad launcher should be possible at least for the inner hardpoints, so when we talk about ATGMs like HELINA, SPIKE or Hellfire, it would be like this:

Rudra: 8 x missiles (16 x LAHAT)
LCH: 12 to 16 x missiles (16 x LAHAT)
Apache: 16 x missiles

SORRY!!I actually meant to say LCH while talking about mounting 4X Helina ATGMs in quad launch configuration under the inboard pylons.
I have edited my earlier post.

 

[harpoon]

The name sounds romantic until you realize that it's an acronym for HELIcopter NAg. 'Nag' is a ground based top attack anti tank missile, now incorporated onto an aerial platform - the helicopter. So HELINA!

Cheers!

Didn't know that. I thought it was somehow connected to Greek(Hellenic) legends.It surprised me as DRDO usually sticks to Indian mythology for naming their products. Actually Helina means "Light from the sun" in Russian

Helina | Name Meaning & Origin | Girl Name Helina | Baby Names World

 

[Swati Shukla]

Good going,DRDO!

 

[Omega007]

This may seem to be off topic but I think HEMRL should start developing heavy ERA tiles similar to Ukrainian Knife and Duplet ERA for Arjun MkII to protect them from equivalent heavy ATGMs.The Knife(Nozh) ERA is atleart a generation ahead compared to 4S22 Relict ERA on T 90AM and offers significantly greater protection against both tandem shaped charge and modern heavy unitary long rod FSAPDS round like the ARDE MkI/DM 53/DM 63.