HAL inaugurates Tumakuru helicopter production facility

Rahul Bedi, New Delhi - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
06 January 2016


India's state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) laid the foundation for its long-pending INR50 billion (UNS670 million) military helicopter production facility at Tumakuru, some 74 km north of Bangalore, on 3 January.

The complex is projected to start licensed production of 200 twin-engine Russian Kamov Ka-226T 'Hoodlum' light multirole helicopters from 2018 and manufacturing over 600 rotary-wing platforms over the next 15 years for all three services, senior officials said.

HAL was awarded the more than USD1 billion contract to build the Ka-226Ts for the Army Aviation Corps (AAC) and Indian Air Force (IAF) in early January to replace their fleets of ageing Chetak (Aerospatiale Alouette III) and Cheetah (Aerospatiale SA 315B) helicopters.


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apa perlu Indonesia mempertimbangkan untuk membangun perusahaan penerbangan lainnya yang fokus dalam produksi rotary wing platforms yang lokasinya benar-benar baru di luar Bandung?