LH Aviation

LH Aviation is a French aircraft manufacturing company, founded in 2004 and located in Melun-Villaroche. It is the developer of the LH-10 Ellipse.

Introduction

Created in 2004 by Sebastien Lefebvre, this SME has managed in less than 10 years to establish itself as a French aircraft manufacturer in its own right and position in the area of aerial surveillance at the international level.

Its flagship product, the LH-10, a two-seater plane full of carbon adaptable to multiple missions is considered the most advanced of its category. An innovative, economic and ecological response to the needs of the world market of light aviation. Versatile, it comes in different versions ranging from training aircraft, tactical UAV (24h autonomy), through the Advanced Surveillance monitoring or the intervention aircraft equipped with missiles and laser guided bombs guided for instance. Since this year, LH Aviation also features an operational range of UAVs from the contra rotating helicopter to the LH-D tactical UAV.

Finance and Strategy

At the 2009 Paris Le Bourget Air show, LH-Aviation was looking for financial support. Christophe Rémy who was financial and administrative manager of GECI-International came into contact with LH-Aviation. He offered a deal of €5M in order to manage their financial strategy. For that purpose "Magellan Industries" was created with Stéphane Schiller and Miss Châo Hoang Naudin (formerly manager of Reims-Aviation, bought by GECI-International before bankruptcy in 2010). Many financial instruments called Pégase 1, 2, 3 etc. were created and controlled by the Magellan society. Christophe Rémy, manager of Magellan Industries and major stock holder since 2010, became CEO of LH-Aviation in July 2017.[1] The LH 10 did not succeed the certification procedure due to miss-conception problems.[2] That is why an UAV model was built. In 2014 LH Aviation contacted Mohsine Bennani-Karim, a Moroccan business man, in order to build the LH 10 M in Morocco. But disagreements came rapidly. According to Bertrand Vilmer expert, LH 10 did not have any airworthiness certificate, nor any kit airworthiness certificate and so could not have been sold.[3] In 2015, LH Aviation tried to settle in India also via licences agreements which do not need financial account from LH Aviation, but from the contractor.[4]

Key dates
  • May 2004: LH Aviation created
  • September 2007: First flight of the prototype SN Presentation at the Avia International Airsh
  • Mars 2008: LH Aviation joined the Aerospace Cluster Activity at Melun-Villaroche
  • June 2010: Financial and operational backing from Aeronautic Investment Fund Magellan Ind.
  • June 2009: 2011, 2013: Participation to the 49th, 50th and 51st Paris Air Show and Flying demonstration
  • October 2011: First formation: Saget Promotion Official delivery of the first two surveillance airplanes
  • August 2012: First flight of the LH-10 Ellipse Surveillance Advanced version
  • May 2013: First rocket launch performed from the LH-10 Ellipse
  • April 2014: Set up of the Moroccan subsidiary
  • December 2014: Use of the LH-10 by the French border police
  • January 2015: Creation of the Explorair 45
  • February 2015: Creation of the outsourcing department
  • 18 April 2018: judicial reorganization [5]
  • 21 October 2018: judicial liquidation [6]

Products
LH-10 Ellipse at Le Bourget - 2009

LH-10 Ellipse

The LH-10 Ellipse is ideal for training and pilot training; It has a tandem configuration and a glass cockpit adjustable front and rear. Thus, the drivers quickly become operational and versatile, that can provide a variety of missions. The LH-10 Ellipse enhances the educational work (low failure rate, evaluation of the potential of the student, using the aircraft extended range ...), it allows to master the that's wrong baby training costs and direct training (low cost of flight hour ...) and indirect (simple logistic monitoring, simple maintenance ...). It is also ideal for learning the combat of basic figures (barrel roll, upset, lazy eight ...)

LH-10 Guardian

The LH-10 Guardian is ideal for various surveillance missions (border, maritime areas ...) thanks to the concept of scalable technology platform multi-mission LH-10. During these missions, pilots can quickly intervene in land and sea areas, and transmit real-time information collected to command centers by secure links. The LH-10 Guardian has characteristics adapted (6h autonomy, autopilot 2-axis ...) and the "Plug & Play" equipment (gyro-stabilized ball, hyper-spectral camera, GSM encrypted ...) adapted to different types of surveillance.

LH-10 Elfe

The LH-10 is the military ACAS aircraft LH Aviation, it is nicknamed "Elfe" in reference to the legendary creatures of small size, light and dexterous with a great power. The LH-10 Elf is thus the intervention of LH Aviation platform. Possessing all integrated weapon system, it has a capacity of nocturnal lightning stop moving targets. With its unique system of KC20 / Mission shelter equipped, it can be projected quickly on any theater of operations.

LH-D

This is the tactical UAV with OPV option. 100% carbon design, it benefits from all the expertise and technical innovations developed and tested on the LH-10. Thus, it is equipped with the latest generation of embedded systems. It also has a quick release system, which gives it the ability to be packaged in a standard KC20 kind specially designed container. The LH-D is able to operate a surveillance mission in discreetly. Moreover, it can be implemented in degraded conditions and operated by a team of only three people. Its fields of application are multiple (surveillance zone, maritime surveillance, special forces task ...), its characteristics are adapted (autonomy 24h, low heat signature ...) and has very good communications (satellite link, Data link compatible with SAIM) and the "plug & play" equipment.

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References
  1. https://www.lalettrea.fr/entreprises_defense-et-aeronautique/2017/06/15/christophe-remy-prend-le-manche-de-lh-aviation,108249883-brl
  2. https://www.infomediaire.net/lh-aviation-mohcine-karim-bennani-gagne-une-longue-bataille-judiciaire/
  3. https://www.infomediaire.net/lh-aviation-mohcine-karim-bennani-gagne-une-longue-bataille-judiciaire/
  4. https://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/lh-aviation-veut-produire-ses-drones-bas-couts-dans-le-monde-entier.N340873
  5. http://confidentielafrique.com/aeronautique/enquete-exclusive-dessous-de-turbulences-chez-lh-aviation%e2%80%af-france/
  6. https://www.procedurecollective.fr/fr/redressement-judiciaire/1406512/lh-aviation.aspx
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