HAL Dhruv ALHs for Navy and Coast Guard

On 30 March 2017, the Government of India cleared a programme worth some Rs 8,000 crore for supply of 32 HAL Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopters for the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard, 16 each for both the services. A Performance Based Logistics (PBL) support for five years for for ICG is the unique feature of this contract. According to T Suvarna Raju, CMD, HAL, “The PBL is an element of logistics support as an integrated, affordable, performance package designed to optimise system readiness and meet performance goals for the product through long-term support arrangements with clear lines of authority and responsibility”.