Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

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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 invloved in manuacturing 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, 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 the HAL.

This is the first public-private partnership in the area of defence avionics.

Contents

1 History
2 Products

2.1 Indigenous designs:
2.2 Licensed production:
2.3 Gallery

3 See also
4 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
HJT-36 — Intermediate Jet Trainer

Licensed production:

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 — FL,M,Bis,Bison Upgrades variants
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 — M variant
SEPECAT Jaguar— IS,IB,IM variants
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 Hawk Yet to start

Gallery

HAL license manufactured Su-30 MKI	HAL license manufactured MiG-27
HAL license manufactured Jaguar IS	HAL overhauled Mirage 2000
HAL developed and manufactured Dhruv	HAL manufactured Tejas
HAL HF 24 Marut

External links

Lists of Aircraft | Aircraft manufacturers | Aircraft engines | Aircraft engine manufacturers

| Airlines | Air forces | Aircraft weapons | Missiles | Timeline of aviation

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