Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (Hindi: ; IAST: Hindustn eronawiks limie)

(HAL; ) is an Indian state-owned aerospace and
defence company based in Bangalore, Karnataka. It is
governed under the management of the Indian Ministry
of Defence.

HAL was established as Hindustan Aircraft in Bangalore in 1940 On 23 Dec 1940 Hindustan Aircraft
Company was duly incorporated under the Mysore Companies Act as a private Ltd Company. Walchand
Tulsidas- Khatau Ltd was the Managing agency. It
rst directors were: Mr. Walchand Hirachand, Chairman, Mr.Tulsidas Khilachand, Mr.Dharmsey Mularaj
Khatau, Mr.A.N. Raghavachar ( Mysore State Representative ), Mr.Venkatanaranappa ( Mysore State Representative). Companys oce was opened at a bungalow called Eventide on Domlur Road.The initiative was
actively encouraged by the Kingdom of Mysore, especially by its Young Maharaja, H.H. Jayachamarajendra
Wadiyar and the Diwan, Sir Mirza Ismail. Walchand had
st approached share holders of his own company - The
Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd for diversifying
but was refused. Then he wrote to the Rulers of Baroda,
Gwalior and Bhavanagar without success. Only Maharaja
of Mysore responded favorably by agreeing to invest 25
lakhs and gave initial 700 acres of land free.

The government-owned corporation is primarily involved

in the operations of the aerospace industry. These include
manufacturing and assembly of aircraft, navigation and
related communication equipment and airports operation.
HAL built the rst military aircraft in South Asia. It is
currently involved in the design, fabrication and assembly of aircraft, jet engines, helicopters and their spare
parts. It has several facilities spread across India. The
locations where the manufacturing plants are operated by
HAL include Nasik, Korwa, Kanpur, Koraput, Lucknow,
Bangalore and Hyderabad. The German engineer Kurt
Tank designed the HF-24 Marut ghter-bomber, the rst
ghter aircraft made in India.
Hindustan Aeronautics has a long history of collaboration
with several other international and domestic aerospace
agencies such as Airbus, Boeing, Lockheed Martin,
Sukhoi Aviation Corporation, Elbit Systems, Israel Aircraft Industries, RSK MiG, BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce
plc, Dassault Aviation, MBDA, EADS, Tupolev, Ilyushin
Design Bureau, Dornier Flugzeugwerke, the Indian Aeronautical Development Agency and the Indian Space Research Organisation.

The organisation and equipment for the factory at Bangalore was set up by William D Pawley of the Intercontinental Aircraft Corporation of New York, who had already established Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company (CAMCO) in partnership with Chinese Nationalist
government in China. Pawley managed to obtain a large
number of machine-tools and equipment from the United
States.
The Indian Government bought a one-third stake in the
company and by April 1941 by investing 25 lakhs as it
believed this to be a strategic imperative. The decision by
the government was primarily motivated to boost British
military hardware supplies in Asia to counter the increasing threat posed by Imperial Japan during Second World
War. The Kingdom of Mysore supplied two directors,
Air Marshal John Higgins was resident director. The rst
aircraft built was a Harlow PC-5[2] On 2 April 1942, the
government announced that the company had been nationalised when it had bought out the stakes of Seth Walchand Hirachand and other promoters so that it could act
freely. The Mysore Kingdom refused to sell its stake in
the company but yielded the management control over to
the Indian Government.

History

In 1943 the Bangalore factory was handed over to the

United States Army Air Forces but still using Hindustan Aircraft management. The factory expanded rapidly
and became the centre for major overhaul and repair of
American aircraft and was known as the 84th Air Depot. The rst aircraft to be overhauled was a Consolidated

Production line of the HAL Dhruv at Bangalore

2 OPERATIONS

PBY Catalina followed by every type of aircraft operated Directors.

in India and Burma. When returned to Indian control two
years later the factory had become one of the largest overhaul and repair organisations in the East. In the post war
reorganisation the company built railway carriages as an 2 Operations
interim activity.
One of the largest aerospace companies in Asia, HAL has
annual turnover of over US$2 billion. More than 40% of
HALs revenues come from international deals to manufacture aircraft engines, spare parts, and other aircraft
materials. A partial list of major operations undertaken
by HAL includes the following:

2.1 International agreements

IJT prototype in its hangar

After India gained independence in 1947, the management of the company was passed over to the Government
of India.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) was formed on 1
October 1964 when Hindustan Aircraft Limited joined HAL Dhruv helicopters of the Ecuadorian Air Force in 2009 Aero
the consortium formed in June by the IAF Aircraft Man- India
ufacturing Depot, Kanpur (at the time manufacturing
HS748 under licence) and the group recently set up to
manufacture MiG-21 under licence (with its new factories planned in Koraput, Nasik and Hyderabad).[3]
Though HAL was not used actively for developing newer
models of ghter jets, except for the HF-24 Marut, the
company has played a crucial role in modernisation of
the Indian Air Force. In 1957 company started manufacturing Bristol Siddeley Orpheus jet engines under licence
at new factory located in Bangalore.
During the 1980s, HALs operations saw a rapid increase
which resulted in the development of new indigenous aircraft such as the HAL Tejas and HAL Dhruv. HAL also
developed an advanced version of the Mikoyan-Gurevich
MiG-21, known as MiG-21 Bison, which increased its
life-span by more than 20 years. HAL has also obtained several multimillion-dollar contracts from leading
international aerospace rms such as Airbus, Boeing and
Honeywell to manufacture aircraft spare parts and engines.
By 2012, HAL was reportedly been bogged down in
the details of production and has been slipping on its
schedules.[4] On 1 April 2015, HAL reconstituted its
Board with Mr. TS Raju as CMD, Mr. S Subrahmanyan
as Director (Operations), Mr. VM Chamola as Director
(HR), Dr. AK Mishra as Director (Finance) and Direc- An IAF BAe Hawk being licence-produced at the HAL Hawk protor (Engineering & R&D) to be selected by PESB. There duction facility in Bangalore
are two Govt. nominees in the Board and six independent

3
The US$35 billion fth-generation ghter jet programme with the Sukhoi Corporation of Russia.[5][6]

US$57 million upgrade of SEPECAT Jaguar eet of

the Indian Air Force.[24]

US$1 billion contract to manufacture aircraft parts

for Boeing.[7]

US$55 million helicopter simulator training facility in Bangalore in collaboration with Canada's
CAE.[25]

Multi-role transport aircraft project with Ilyushin of

Russia worth US$600 million.[8]
120 RD-33MK turbofan engines to be manufactured for MiG-29K by HAL for US$250 million.[9]
Contract to manufacture 1,000 TPE331 aircraft engines for Honeywell worth US$200,000 each (estimates put total value of deal at US$200 million).[10]
US$120 million deal to manufacture Dornier 228
for RUAG of Switzerland.[11]
Manufacture of aircraft parts for Airbus SAS worth
US$150 million.[12]

64 MiG-29s to be upgraded by HAL and Russias

MiG Corporation in a programme worth US$960
million.[26]
Licensed production of 82 BAe Hawk 132.

3 In-house developed products

3.1 Agricultural aircraft
HA-31 Basant

US$100 million contract to export composite materials to Israel Aircraft Industries.[13]

3.2

Fighter aircraft

US$65 million joint-research facility with

Honeywell and planned production of Garrett
TPE331 engines.[14]
US$50.7 million contract to supply Advanced Light
Helicopter to Ecuadorian Air Force.[15] HAL will
also open a maintenance base in the country.[16]
US$30 million contract to supply avionics for
Malaysian Su-30MKM.[17]
US$20 million contract to supply ambulance version
HAL Tejas
of HAL Dhruv to Peru.[18]
Contract of 3 HAL Dhruv helicopters from Turkey
worth US$20 million.[19]
US$10 million order from Namibia for HAL Chetak
and Cheetah helicopters.[20]
Supply of HAL Dhruv helicopters to Mauritius' National Police in a deal worth US$7 million.[21]
Unmanned helicopter development project with
Israel Aircraft Industries.[22]

2.2

Domestic agreements

HF-24 Marut Mk1 and Mk1T

Tejas Light Combat Aircraft
Su-30MKI a derivative of the Sukhoi Su-27, codeveloped with Sukhoi Corporation
FGFA under joint development with Sukhoi Corporation
AMCA Indias indigenous stealth ghter (under
development).

220 Sukhoi Su-30MKI being manufactured at 3.3 Helicopters

HALs facilities in Nasik, Koraput and Bangalore.
The total contract, which also involves Russias
Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter
Sukhoi Aerospace, is worth US$3.2 billion.
Light Combat Helicopter (under trial)
200 HAL Light Combat Helicopters for the Indian
Air Force and 500 HAL Dhruv helicopters worth
Light Utility Helicopter (under development)
US$5.83 billion.
Indian Multi-role Helicopter (under development)
US$900 million aerospace hub in Andhra
Pradesh.[23]
Rudra - Attack helicopter

3 IN-HOUSE DEVELOPED PRODUCTS

HJT-36 Sitara Intermediate jet trainer (under development) (Inducted as LSP waiting further orders)
HAL HTT-40 Basic trainer (under deveopment)[27]
HAL HJT 39 / CAT Advanced jet trainer (proposal)

3.6 Observation and reconnaissance aircraft

HAL Dhruv of the Indian Army

3.4

Engines

HAOP-27 Krishak

3.7 Transport and passenger aircraft

GTRE GTX-35VS Kaveri- co-developed with

GTRE (DRDO) (under development; developed
into following programmes)
PTAE-7- For indegeniously designed Lakshya PTA
GTSU-110 - for starting main engine GE404 or
Kaveri of LCA Tejas
HAL/Turbomeca Shakti - co-developed with
Turbomeca for HAL Dhruv Helicopter to be used
in light utility helicopter

3.5

Trainer aircraft

Saras, developed by HAL Lucknow and National Aerospace

Laboratories

Saras under joint development with the National

Aerospace Laboratories (NAL)
HAL Multirole Transport Aircraft under jointdevelopment with Ilyushin Design Bureau
Indian Regional Jet (IRJ) of 70-100 seater capacity
to be jointly developed with NAL.
Closeup of a HAL Kiran aircraft

HT-2 - First company design to enter production.

HPT-32 Deepak - Basic trainer in service for more
than three decades.
HJT-16 Kiran Mk1, Mk1A and Mk2 - Turbojet
trainers scheduled to be replaced with IJT like HJT36 Sitara
HTT-34 - Turboprop version of HPT-32 Deepak
HTT-35 - Proposed replacement for HPT-32 basic
trainer in early 1990s; not pursued

3.8 Utility aircraft

HUL-26 Pushpak

3.9 Gliders
HAL G-1 HALs rst original design, dating from
1941. Only one was built.
Ardhra training glider
Rohini

3.10 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

PTA Lakshya UAV

Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour Mk 811 Engine

for SEPECAT Jaguar

PTA Lakshya 2 UAV

Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour Mk 871 Engine

for BAE Hawk Mk 132

NRUAV

Garrett TPE331-5 Engine for Dornier Do 228

Nishant UAV

Turbomeca TM 333 Engine for HAL Dhruv

Rustom H Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

5 Gallery
4

Licensed production

HAL licence manufactured MiG-27

HAL licence manufactured Jaguar IS
HAL overhauled Mirage 2000
Hawk production facility at HAL, Bangalore.

6 See also
HAL Aerospace Museum
DRDO
HAL Airport
HAL licensed-built Su-30 MKI

Harlow PC-5 rst aircraft assembled by HAL

Percival Prentice 66 built by HAL
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 FL, M, Bis and Bison upgrades variants

HAL School Lucknow

Indian Air Force
Indian Space Research Organisation
Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC

Folland Gnat

National Aerospace Laboratories

HAL Ajeet improved version of the Folland Gnat

Mahindra Aerospace

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 M variant

Tata Advanced Systems

SEPECAT Jaguar IS, IB and IM variants

Aeronautical Development Agency

BAE Hawk scheduled production run of 42 aircraft

Sukhoi Su-30 MKI variant
Dornier Do 228 117 built + fuselage, wings and
tail unit for production of the upgraded Do 228 NG
variant
Aerospatiale SA 315B Lama HAL Cheetah,
Lancer, Cheetal Variants
Aerospatiale SA 316B Alouette III HAL Chetak,
Chetan Variants
HAL HS 748 Avro Modied for military usage,
includes Series 2M variant with large freight door

7 References
[1] http://hal-india.com/Common/Uploads/Finance/
Annual-Report-2013-14-English.pdf
[2] Hindustan Aircraft Ltd Flight 27 August 1954 p. 296.
[3] HAL Preserved Flight International 1964
[4] HAL slipping up on deliveries as it handles too many
projects. The Hindu Business Line, March 3, 2012.
[5] 21/10/2010+7C (2009-01-22). In Brief - Russias nextgeneration warplane scheduled for maiden ight in 2009
| NEWS | The Moscow News. Mnweekly.ru. Retrieved
2010-10-21.

[6] Dec 5, 2007 (2007-12-05). Asia Times Online :: South

Asia news - India takes aim at next level of defense.
Atimes.com. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
[7] Boeing to export up to $1 billion in work to India |TheNewsTribune.com |Tacoma, WA

EXTERNAL LINKS

[25] PTI, Aug 16, 2007, 04.11pm IST (2007-08-16).

Hindustan Aeronautics to set up pilot training schoolIndia Business-Business-The Times of India. The Times
of India. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
[26] AFP: India awards Russia billion dollar MiG-29 upgrade

[8] Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd and Ilyushin start work on

multi-role transport aircraft. domain-b.com. 2008-0404. Retrieved 2010-10-21.

[27] http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/
parrikar-68-basic-trainer-aircraft-to-come-from-hal-38-from-pilatus/

[9] India Signs Contract For $964M MiG-29 Upgrade.

Aviation Week. 2008-03-10. Retrieved 2010-10-21.

8 External links

[10] HAL to make 1,000 Honeywell engines. The Financial

Express. 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
[11] HAL to make new generation Dornier aircraft.
Archived from the original on 2009-01-29.
[12] National : HAL bags $150-million Airbus order. The
Hindu. 2008-03-19. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
[13] Israel News : Israel outsources $100-mn composites for
UAVs to India. Israelenews.com. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
[14] Honeywell opens $65m R&D facility in Bangalore.
Pacetoday.com.au. 2009-05-11. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
[15] Hindustan Aeronautics gets $50.7 mln helicopter contract from Ecuador air force. Forbes.com. 2008-0626. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved
2010-10-21.
[16] 7 Sep, 2008, 09.40AM IST,PTI (2008-09-07). HAL
to have maintenance base in Ecuador - The Economic
Times. Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved
2010-10-21.
[17] TajaNews. TajaNews. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
[18] HAL secures order for ambulance version of ALH Dhruv
from Peru. domain-b.com. 2008-06-24. Retrieved
2010-10-21.
[19] HAL bags $20 million contract for supply of three Dhruv
helicopters to Turkey. domain-b.com. 2008-08-12. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
[20] 10 Jun, 2009, 08.48PM IST,PTI (2009-06-10). HAL
bags $10 mn order for Chetak, Cheetah from Namibia.
Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
[21] PTI, Mar 1, 2009, 04.30pm IST (2009-03-01). India
signs pact for supply of Dhruv helicopters to Mauritius.
The Times of India. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
[22] PTI, Apr 2, 2008, 04.41am IST (2008-04-02). "'India,
Israel developing unmanned helicopter' -Gulf-World-The
Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 2010-1021.
[23] India to construct new aerospace hub. Itexaminer.com.
2008-10-16. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
[24] HAL to upgrade Indian Jaguar eet. Flightglobal.com.
Retrieved 2010-10-21.

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