Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is an Indian state-owned

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company, headquartered in

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. Established on 23 December 1940, HAL is one of the oldest and largest aerospace and defence manufacturers in the world today. HAL began aircraft manufacturing as early as 1942 with licensed production of

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and Vultee A-31 Vengeance for the

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. HAL currently has 11 dedicated

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(R&D) centers and 21 manufacturing divisions under 4 production units spread across India. HAL is managed by a Board of Directors appointed by the

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through the

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, Government of India. HAL is currently involved in designing and manufacturing of fighter jets, helicopters, jet engine and marine gas turbine engine, avionics, software development, spares supply, overhauling and upgrading of

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. The

HAL HF-24 Marut The HAL HF-24 Marut ("Spirit of the Tempest") was an Indian fighter-bomber aircraft of the 1960s. Developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), with Kurt Tank as lead designer. The Project Engineer from HAL was George William Benjamin. It i ...

fighter-bomber was the first indigenous fighter aircraft made in India.

History

Indian workers at Hindustan Aircraft Factory in Bangalore 1944

HAL was established as Hindustan Aircraft Limited in Bangalore on 23 December 1940 by Walchand Hirachand in association with the then

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. Walchand Hirachand became chairman of the company. The company's office was opened at a bungalow called "Eventide" on Domlur Road. The organisation and equipment for the factory at Bangalore was set up by William D. Pawley of the Intercontinental Aircraft Corporation of New York. Pawley obtained a large number of machine-tools and equipment from the United States. The

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bought a one-third stake in the company and by April 1941 by investing ₹25

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as it believed this to be a strategic imperative. The decision by the government was primarily motivated to boost British military hardware supplies in Asia to counter the increasing threat posed by

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during

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. The Kingdom of Mysore supplied two directors, Air Marshal John Higgins was resident director. The first aircraft built was a

On 2 April 1942, the government announced that the company had been nationalised when it had bought out the stakes of Seth Walchand Hirachand and other promoters so that it could act freely. The Mysore Kingdom refused to sell its stake in the company but yielded the management control over to the British Indian Government. In 1943 the Bangalore factory was handed over to the

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but still using Hindustan Aircraft management. The factory expanded rapidly and became the centre for major overhaul and repair of American aircraft and was known as the 84th Air Depot. The first aircraft to be overhauled was a

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followed by every type of aircraft operated in India and Burma. When returned to Indian control two years later the factory had become one of the largest overhaul and repair organisations in the East. In the post war reorganisation the company built railway carriages as an interim activity. IJT Prototype in hangar

After India gained independence in 1947, the management of the company was passed over to the

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. The total number of broad- gauge coaches manufactured by the Hindustan Aircraft Limited during the year 1954 is 158. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) was formed on 1 October 1964 (the

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has a registration date of 16 August 1963) when Hindustan Aircraft Limited joined the consortium formed in June by the IAF Aircraft Manufacturing Depot, Kanpur (at the time manufacturing HS748 under licence) and the group recently set up to manufacture MiG-21 under licence, with its new factories planned in Koraput, Nasik and Hyderabad. Though HAL was not used actively for developing newer models of fighter jets, except for the

HF-24 Marut The HAL HF-24 Marut ("Spirit of the Tempest") was an Indian fighter-bomber aircraft of the 1960s. Developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), with Kurt Tank as lead designer. The Project Engineer from HAL was George William Benjamin. It ...

, the company has played a crucial role in modernisation of the

. In 1957 company started manufacturing

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jet engines under licence at new factory located in Bangalore. HAL Dhruv production line

During the 1980s, HAL's operations saw a rapid increase which resulted in the development of new indigenous aircraft such as the

HAL Tejas The HAL Tejas is an Indian, single engine, delta wing, light multirole fighter designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) in collaboration with Aircraft Research and Design Centre (ARDC) of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for ...

and

HAL Dhruv The HAL Dhruv is a utility helicopter designed and developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in November 1984. The helicopter first flew in 1992; however, its development was prolonged due to multiple factors including the Indian Army ...

. HAL also developed an advanced version of the

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Its nickn ...

, known as MiG-21 ''Bison'', which increased its life-span by more than 20 years. HAL has also obtained several multimillion-dollar contracts from leading international aerospace firms such as

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and

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to manufacture aircraft spare parts and engines. By 2012, HAL was reportedly bogged down in the details of production and has been slipping on its schedules. On 1 April 2015, HAL reconstituted its Board with TS Raju as CMD, S Subrahmanyan as Director (Operations), VM Chamola as Director (HR), CA Ramana Rao as Director (Finance) and D K Venkatesh as Director (Engineering & R&D). There are two government nominees in the board and six independent directors. IA LCH induction2

In March 2017, HAL Chairman and Managing Director T Suvarna Raju announced that the company had finalised plans for an indigenisation drive. The company plans to produce nearly 1, 000 military helicopters, including Kamov 226, LCH (Light Combat Helicopter) ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter), and over 100 planes over the next 10 years. HAL will manufacture the Kamov 226T helicopter under a joint venture agreement with Russian defence manufacturers. The Kamov 226T will replace the country's fleet of Cheetah and Chetak helicopters. Over the next 5 years, HAL will carry out major upgrade of almost the entire fighter fleet of Indian Air Force including Su-30MKI, Jaguars, Mirage and Hawk jets to make them "more lethal". The company will also deliver 123 Tejas Light Combat Aircraft to the IAF from 2018 to 2019, at a rate of 16 jets per year. LCH production will now take place in a newly built Light Combat Helicopter Production Hangar at Helicopter Division in HAL Complex. In view of

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policy and to increase the share of defence exports to achieve the target of $5 billion by 2025, HAL is planning to setup logistic bases in

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and

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with priority target for

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and

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n markets. It would not only help to promote HAL products but also act as service centre for

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n origin equipment.

Operations

One of the largest aerospace companies in Asia, HAL has annual turnover of over 3 billion. More than 40% of HAL's revenues come from international deals to manufacture aircraft engines, spare parts, and other aircraft materials. A partial list of major operations undertaken by HAL includes the following:

International agreements

* US$1 billion contract to manufacture aircraft parts for

. * 120

RD-33 The Klimov RD-33 is a turbofan jet engine for a lightweight fighter jet that is the primary engine for the Mikoyan MiG-29 and CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder. It was developed in OKB-117 led by S. P. Izotov (now OAO Klimov) from 1968 with production star ...

MK turbofan engines to be manufactured for MiG-29K by HAL for US$250 million. * Contract to manufacture 1,000 Honeywell TPE331 aircraft engines for

worth US$200,000 each (estimates put total value of deal at US$200 million). * US$120 million deal to manufacture

Dornier 228 The Dornier 228 is a twin- turboprop STOL utility aircraft, designed and first manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA Dornier, Fairchild-Dornier) from 1981 until 1998. Two hundred and forty-five were built in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. In ...

for

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. * Manufacture of aircraft parts for

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worth US$150 million. * US$100 million contract to export composite materials to Israel Aerospace Industries. * US$65 million joint-research facility with

and planned production of

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engines. * US$50.7 million contract to supply

Advanced Light Helicopter The HAL Dhruv is a utility helicopter designed and developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in November 1984. The helicopter first flew in 1992; however, its development was prolonged due to multiple factors including the Indian Army's ...

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. HAL will also open a maintenance base in the country. * US$30 million contract to supply avionics for

Su-30 The Sukhoi Su-30 (russian: Сухой Су-30; NATO reporting name: Flanker-C/G/H) is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. It is a multirole fighter ...

MKM. * US$20 million contract to supply ambulance version of

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. * Contract of 3 HAL Dhruv helicopters for

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worth US$20 million. * US$10 million order from

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for HAL Chetak and Cheetah helicopters. * Supply of HAL Dhruv helicopters to

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' National Police in a deal worth US$7 million. * Unmanned helicopter development project with

Israel Aerospace Industries Israel Aerospace Industries (Hebrew: התעשייה האווירית לישראל ''ha-ta'asiya ha-avirit le-yisra'el'') or IAI (תע"א) is Israel's major aerospace and aviation manufacturer, producing aerial and astronautic systems for both mi ...

. *US$15 million contract for supplying steel and nickel alloy forgings to

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for its global military and commercial engine programmes.

Domestic agreements

* 221

Sukhoi Su-30MKI The Sukhoi Su-30MKI (NATO reporting name: Flanker-H) is a twinjet multirole air superiority fighter developed by Russia's Sukhoi and built under licence by India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF). A varia ...

being manufactured at HAL's facilities in

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, Koraput and

. The total contract, which also involves Russia's Sukhoi Aerospace, is worth 3.2 billion. * 200

HAL Light Combat Helicopter The HAL Prachand (IPA: prəcəɳɖ, lit.''"Fierce"'') is an Indian multi-role, light attack helicopter designed and manufactured by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) under project LCH. It has been ordered by the Indian Air Force and the ...

s for the Indian Air Force and 500

helicopters worth US$5.83 billion. * US$900 million aerospace hub in Shamshabad,

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. * US$57 million upgrade of

SEPECAT Jaguar The SEPECAT Jaguar is an Anglo-French jet attack aircraft originally used by the British Royal Air Force and the French Air Force in the close air support and nuclear strike role. It is still in service with the Indian Air Force. Originally ...

fleet of the Indian Air Force. * US$55 million helicopter simulator training facility in Bangalore in collaboration with

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's CAE. * 64

MiG-29 The Mikoyan MiG-29 (russian: Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the Mi ...

s to be upgraded by HAL and Russia's MiG Corporation in a programme worth US$960 million. * Licensed production of 82 BAE Hawk 132.

Indigenous products

Over the years, HAL has designed and developed several platforms like the HF-24 Marut, the Dhruv, the LUH, and the LCH. HAL also manufactures indigenous products with technology transferred from the

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, in association with

Bharat Electronics Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) is an Indian Government-owned aerospace and defence electronics company. It primarily manufactures advanced electronic products for ground and aerospace applications. BEL is one of nine PSUs under the Ministry ...

for its avionics and Indian Ordnance Factories for the on-board weapons systems and ammunition. HAL supplies

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, the integrated L-40 stages for GSLV Mk II, propellant tanks, feed lines of

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, GSLV MKII and GSLV MKIII launch vehicles and structures of various satellites.

Agricultural aircraft

* HA-31 Basant

Fighter aircraft

HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics), HF-24, Marut (7585415088)

— (retired) Mk.1 and Mk.1T (200+ built) * HAL HF-73 — (cancelled) *

HAL Ajeet The HAL Ajeet ( sa, अजीत; IAST: Ajīt, invincible or unconquerable) was a jet-powered fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by Indian aerospace manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). It was operated by the Indian Air Fo ...

— (retired) a derivative of the British Folland Gnat, 89 built * Tejas — Mk.1 (40 in service), Mk.1A (83 on order). * Tejas MK2 (MWF) — 4.5+ generation Medium weight fighter (under development) 2023 first flight expected. * TEDBF — Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter is 4.5+ generation fighter for Indian Navy's aircraft carriers (under development) * AMCA — Mk.1> 5+ th generation stealth fighter (under development), Mk.2> 6th generation stealth fighter(it will operate in CATS , a UCAV in the swarm will be equipped with a direct energy weapon).

Trainer aircraft

Hindusthan HUL-26 Pushpak G-AVPO Chester 29

* HT-2 — First company design to enter production. * HAL-26 Pushpak — Basic trainer, based on

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HPT-32 Deepak The HAL HPT-32 Deepak ("lamp" in Sanskrit) is an Indian prop-driven primary trainer manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. It has two seats in side-by-side configuration. Operational history The Deepak is used for primary training, observ ...

— Basic trainer in service for more than three decades. * HJT-16 Kiran — Mk1, Mk1A and Mk2 - Turbojet trainers scheduled to be replaced with HJT-36 Sitara. * HTT-34 — Turboprop version of

* HTT-35 — Proposed replacement for HPT-32 basic trainer in the early 1990s; not pursued * HJT-36 Sitara — Intermediate jet trainer (under development) * HTT-40 — Basic trainer (in production) first prototype flew its first flight on 31 May 2016. (106 ordered) * HJT 39 / CAT — Advanced jet trainer (proposal)

Passenger, transport and utility aircraft

* Saras — of 14-19 seater capacity multi-purpose civilian light transport aircraft jointly developed with

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. *

Indian Regional Jet The HAL/NAL Regional Transport Aircraft (RTA) or Indian Regional Jet (IRJ) is a regional airliner being designed by India's National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) and to be manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The aircraft is pla ...

(IRJ) — (under development) of 70-100 seater capacity

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to be jointly developed with

Helicopters

* Dhruv — (in production) Advanced light helicopter (350+ built) *

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— (in production) Armed and reconnaissance version of Dhruv (90+ built) * Prachand — (in production) Light attack helicopter (10+ built) * Light Utility Helicopter — (in limited series production) Light utility helicopter * Indian Multi-role Helicopter — (under development) medium multi-role helicopter

Observation and reconnaissance aircraft

* HAOP-27 Krishak — Based on HAL-26 Pushpak

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

* PTA Lakshya -

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* PTA Lakshya 2 -

(TARGET DRONE) * Nishant -

* Rustom -

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(MALE) * NRUAV *

HAL Combat Air Teaming System The HAL Combat Air Teaming System (CATS) is an Indian unmanned and manned combat aircraft air teaming system being developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The system will consist of a manned fighter aircraft acting as "mothership" of ...

(CATS) ** CATS Mothership for Air teaming Exploitation (MAX) - based on Tejas Mark 1A ** CATS Warrior ** CATS Air Launched Flexible Assets (ALFA) - Unmanned carrier and launcher of weaponized swarm drone ALPHA-S. ** CATS Hunter - Modular multi-purpose weapon carrying system ** CATS Infinity - High altitude solar powered

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Gliders

* G-1 — HAL's first original design, dating from 1941. Only one was built. * RG-1 Rohini * Ardhra — training glider

Engines

CE-7.5 The CE-7.5 is a cryogenic rocket engine developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation to power the upper stage of its GSLV Mk-2 launch vehicle. The engine was developed as a part of the Cryogenic Upper Stage Project (CUSP). It replaced the ...

— cryogenic rocket engine *

CE-20 The CE-20 is a cryogenic rocket engine developed by the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, a subsidiary of Indian Space Research Organisation. It has been developed to power the upper stage of the LVM 3. It is the first Indian cryogenic engine to ...

— cryogenic rocket engine * PTAE-7 — For indigenously designed Lakshya PTA * GTSU-110 — for starting main engine GE404 or Kaveri of LCA Tejas (under development) *

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— a turboshaft engine for

Helicopter, co-developed with

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based on Safran Ardiden 1 * GTX-35VS Kaveri — a turbofan engine can be used in HAL-developed Tejas and AMCA, co-developed with

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of (

) and

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(under development or initial stage) * HTFE-25 — a turbofan engine can be used in single engine trainer jets, business jets and UAVs weighing up to 5 tonnes and in twin engine configuration for same weighing up to 9 tonnes (under development) * HTSE-1200 — a turboshaft engine can be used as engine alternatives for the HAL-developed LUH, Dhruv,

and LCH helicopters (under development)

Licensed production

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— first combat jet manufactured by HAL, 250+ FB.52, 60 T.55 models *

— first aircraft assembled by HAL * Percival Prentice — 66 built by HAL *

— FL, M, Bis and Bison upgrades variants 660 built by

HAL HAL may refer to: Aviation * Halali Airport (IATA airport code: HAL) Halali, Oshikoto, Namibia * Hawaiian Airlines (ICAO airline code: HAL) * HAL Airport, Bangalore, India * Hindustan Aeronautics Limited an Indian aerospace manufacturer of figh ...

Folland Gnat The Folland Gnat is a British compact swept-wing subsonic fighter aircraft that was developed and produced by Folland Aircraft. Envisioned as an affordable light fighter in contrast to the rising cost and size of typical combat aircraft, it wa ...

* Ajeet — improved version of the

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 The Mikoyan MiG-27 (russian: Микоян МиГ-27; NATO reporting name: Flogger-D/J) is a variable-sweep ground-attack aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union and later licence-produced in India ...

— M variant *

— IS, IB and IM variants * BAE Hawk Mk 132 — scheduled production run of 42 aircraft *

— a derivative of the

Sukhoi Su-30 The Sukhoi Su-30 (russian: Сухой Су-30; NATO reporting name: Flanker-C/G/H) is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. It is a multirole fighter ...

* HS 748 Avro — modified for military usage, includes Series 2M variant with large freight door *

— 117 built + fuselage, wings and tail unit for production of the upgraded

Dornier 228 NG The Dornier 228 is a twin-turboprop STOL utility aircraft, designed and first manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA Dornier, Fairchild-Dornier) from 1981 until 1998. Two hundred and forty-five were built in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. In 198 ...

variant * Aerospatiale SA 315B Lama — HAL Cheetah, Lancer, Cheetal Variants * Aerospatiale SA 316B Alouette III — HAL Chetak, Chetan Variants * Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour Mk 811 — Engine for

, produced under license * Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour Mk 871 — Engine for BAE Hawk Mk 132, produced under license * Garrett TPE331-5 — Engine for

, produced under license * Saturn AL-31FP — Engine for

, produced under license * Klimov RD-33MK — Engine for

Mikoyan MiG-29 The Mikoyan MiG-29 (russian: Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the MiG ...

, produced under license *

Turbomeca TM 333 The Turbomeca TM 333 is a turboshaft engine manufactured by French company Turbomeca and designed for helicopters weighing 4-5 tonnes. It first ran in August 1981 and was introduced commercially in the mid-1980s. It was the first Turbomeca engin ...

— Engine for

Helicopter, produced under license

Notable people

* Kota Harinarayana (b. 1943), president of the

Aeronautical Society of India Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI) is the principal Society in India serving the professions in areas of aeronautics, aerospace and aviation. Its stated primary purpose is to "advance the sciences, engineering, technology and management of aer ...

Kurt Tank Kurt Waldemar Tank (24 February 1898 – 5 June 1983) was a German aeronautical engineer and test pilot who led the design department at Focke-Wulf from 1931 to 1945. He was responsible for the creation of several important Luftwaffe aircraft of ...

(1898–1983), German aeronautical engineer, designed Hindustan Marut fighter-bomber * Roddam Narasimha (1933–2020), aerospace scientist and fluid dinamicist *

Vishnu Madav Ghatage Vishnu Madav Ghatage (1908–1991) was an Indian aeronautical engineer, known for his pioneering conceptual and engineering contributions to Indian aeronautics. He led the team which designed and developed HAL HT-2, the first Indian design ...

(1908–1991), one of the pioneers of Indian aeronautics

References

External links

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Ready to roll: HAL offers its light combat helicopter to Indian Air Force
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