Bengaluru, April 13 -- Secretary of Defence Production Sanjeev Kumar on Monday officially opened the new structure assembly line for the Prachand Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) at the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) factory in Tumakuru, Karnataka.

According to a press release, Sanjeev Kumar, Secretary (Defence Production), Ministry of Defence, inaugurated Prachand Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) structure assembly line and an Automated Storage & Retrieval System (ASRS) at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's New Helicopter Factory in Tumakuru, Karnataka. DK Sunil, CMD, HAL and Ms Manisha Chandra, Joint Secretary (Aero), were present along with HAL Directors and senior officers from HAL and MoD.

The New Helicopter Facility is a state-of-the-...