Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has an order basket of Rs 1 lakh crore, even as its sole preserve of manufacturing aircraft and equipment for the Indian defence forces gets invaded by private sector competitors. HAL is leveraging on its depth and confidence from LCA Tejas to Combat helicopters to Unmmaned systems.
In a freewheeling chat, HAL’s Chairman and Managing Director R. Madhavan, talks to BW Businessworld’s Manish Kumar Jha of the many new projects on the anvil. Madhavan throws light on crucial projects: LCA Tejas Mk1a, Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF), AMCA, Tejas Mk 2, Trainer aircraft (HTT 40) and UAVs among others
Hindustan Aeronautics limited (HAL) is leading on some of the most strategic projects in the aerospace and Defence in India. With Rs 1 lakh crore worth of order basket, HAL is leveraging on its depth and confidence from LCA Tejas to Combat helicopters to Unmmaned systems.
Especially the growing stature of LCA Tejas and its acceptability by the IAF guide us for building the next generation capabilities with such trails and tribulation. But the new era of aerospace is about breaking boundary across technological breakthroughs. In a freewheeling chat,
HAL’s Chairman and Managing Director R. Madhavan, talks to BW Businessworld’s Manish Kumar Jha of the many new projects on the anvil. Madhavan throws light on crucial projects: LCA Tejas Mk1a, Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF), AMCA, Tejas Mk 2, Trainer aircraft (HTT 40) and UAVs among others. But again what excites is the depth of aero engine technology.
What do we need in terms of advance material, turbine core or the blade technology for the turbofan engine? Is HAL going to leapfrog in developing big-sized UAVs for ISR? The entire range of such critical projects will be a paradigm of India’s security and industrial capability in a decade to come.
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