Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

Type	Public (BSE)
Founded	1940 (in 1964, company took on current name), Bangalore
Headquarters	Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Key people	Ashok. K. Baweja (Chairman), Fakruddin Mohammad (Director Corporate Planning and Marketing),D.Shivmurti(Director-Finace)Sanjeev Sahi (Director - personnel)
Industry	Aerospace and defense
Products	Aerospace equipment Military aircraft Communication & Navigation equipment Space systems
Revenue	44.25 billion INR (FY 2004) (INR 8.25B)
Employees	30,000
Slogan	"Asia's Premier Aerospace Complex"
Website	www.hal-india.com

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is a major aerospace company under the Ministry of Defence headquartered in Bangalore, India. The company is mainly involved 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 HAL. This is the first public-private partnership in the area of defence avionics.

1 History
2 Products
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] Products

[edit] 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
Saras — A multipurpose Light Transport Aircraft designed with the NAL

[edit] 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

[edit] Gallery

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