The third prototype of the HAL Light Utility Helicopter (LUH), with test serial XH0834, can be seen here on the flightline of Yelahanka during Aeroindia 2025. The type is planned to replace the HAL Cheetah and HAL Chetak, license-built versions of the Alouette II and Alouette III respectively, with the Indian Army and Air Force.

Flying past at Aero India 2023 with similar camo splinter patterns, these Light Utility Helicopters are slowly increasing in number. Intended to replace the Chetak and Cheetah, manufacture will get a boost after inauguration of HAL's largest Helicopter Facility in Tumkuru on 06 Feb 2023 by Prime Minister Modi. The LUH features a glass cockpit, is in the 3-ton category and powered by a single Shakti 1U turboshaft engine developed from the Safran Ardiden 1U. It has a service ceiling of 6500 m.