Bangalore,2 Feb 2021
The Minister for Defence Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the new Factory today at Doddannekundi[around 3 km from the main factory] in Namma BENGALURU
HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LTD[HAL] is the Pioneering Aircraft Manufacturing/R&D organisation in INDIA and has recently filled it's order books with a massive Rs 45,696 Cr{approx 6 B US$}contract to produce 83 TEJAS LCA 4th Generation Combat jet FighterAircraft for the Indian Air Force[IAF already has two squadrons operational:'Flying Daggers,''Flying Bullets']based at Sulur near Coimbatore
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Shri Rajnath Singh,Minister for Defence,Govt of INDIA[GoI]speaking at the event |
The new facility is spread over 35 acres and will have State-of-the art CNC machining equipment,special heat treatment facilities etc envisaging a production rate of around 8-16 aircraft per year,spread over this decade.Around 5000 jobs will be created giving a boost to the Aerospace Ecosystem in our country, in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision for ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT
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| TEJAS aircraft fuselage structure manufactured by ALPHA TOCOL Engineering Services Pvt Ltd;a division of ALPHA DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES Ltd[ADTL],one of the Prime Contractors for the TEJAS-LCA manufacturing project |
For more info/details,please visit/peruse
www.hal-india.co.in/LCA-Tejas
www.alphatocol.com
www.adtl.co.in
