National Aerospace Laboratories

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This article is about India. See also the National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan.

National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) is an Indian R&D establishment dealing with civil aeronautics and allied disciplines. Set up by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), at Delhi in 1959, it moved to Bangalore in 1960.

NAL employs a staff of about 1300 with about 350 full-fledged R&D professionals. NAL is equipped with facilities such as the Nilakantan Wind tunnel Centre and a computerised fatigue test facility. NAL also has facilities for investigating failures and accidents in aerospace.

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NAL Hansa
NAL Hansa
  • HANSA - An all composite, light-weight trainer aircraft
  • Saras - A light, multi-role, 14 seater transport aircraft

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