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'Hindustan Aeronautics Limited' (HAL) is a major aerospace company under the Ministry of Defence headquartered in Bangalore, India. The company is mainly involved in manufacturing aircraft, aerospace, navigation and communication equipment.
It built the first military aircraft constructed in South Asia and is currently involved in the design, fabrication and assembly of aircraft, jet engines, helicopters and their components and spares. It has facilities that are located throughout India including Nasik, Korwa, Kanpur, Koraput, Lucknow, and Hyderabad. The German engineer Kurt Tank designed the HF-24 Marut fighter-bomber, the first indigenously designed fighter aircraft constructed in India.
Hindustan Aeronautics has a long history of collaboration with several other international and domestic aerospace agencies such as the Sukhoi Aviation Corporation, Israel Aircraft Industries, Mikoyan-Gurevich, BAE Systems, Dassault Aviation, Dornier Flugzeugwerke, Aeronautical Development Agency and Indian Space Research Organisation.
Recently in July 2006 it entered into a joint venture agreement with electronics display systems manufacturer Samtel which shall be developing and manufacturing avionics display systems for HAL. This is the first public-private partnership in the area of defence avionics. Contracts worth Rs. 17,800 crores (4 billion USD) were concluded during the 05-06 fiscal year.

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History

Products

Indigenous designs:

Licensed production:

Gallery

See also

External links

History

It was established as ''Hindustan Aircraft'' in Bangalore in 1940 by Walchand Hirachand to produce aircraft; the initiative was actively encouraged by the Kingdom of Mysore, especially the Diwan, Sir Mirza Ismail. The British Government bought one-third of the stock-holding by April 1941 as it believed this to be a strategic imperative; In April 1942, it bought out the stake of Walchand Hirachand and other promoters so that it can act freely in case of a Japanese attack during the ensuing Second World War. However, the Mysore Kingdom refused to sell its stake but yielded the management control to the British Government. Thus, within 2 years of establishment, it was nationalized.

Products

Indigenous designs:

★ HT-2

★ HPT-32 Deepak

★ HUL-26 Pushpak

★ HAOP-27 Krishak

★ HA-31 Basant

★ HJT-16 Kiran — Mk1, Mk1A and Mk2

★ HF-24 Marut — Mk1 and Mk1T

★ Lakshya — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

★ Tejas — Light Combat Aircraft

★ Dhruv — Advanced Light Helicopter

★ Light Combat Helicopter

★ HJT-36 — Intermediate Jet Trainer

★ Saras — A multipurpose Light Transport Aircraft designed with the NAL

Licensed production:

★ Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 — FL,M,Bis,Bison Upgrades variants

★ Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 — M variant

★ SEPECAT Jaguar— IS,IB,IM variants

★ HAL Ajeet — Improved version of the Folland Gnat

★ Aerospatiale Alouette III — HAL Chetak, Chetan Variants

★ SA 315 Lama — HAL Cheetah, Lancer, Cheetal Variants

★ Dornier Do 228

★ HAL HS 748 Avro

★ Sukhoi Su-30MKI

★ BAe Systems Hawk Mk 132 Advanced Jet Trainer: Scheduled production of 42 aircraft

Gallery

See also

★ DRDO

★ HAL Airport

★ Indian Air Force

★ Indian Space Research Organisation

★ Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company

External links

★ Official web site

★ helis.com Chetak page