Monday, July 15, 2013

Military tech prop for indigenous plane

New Delhi: India’s first civilian aircraft, the plan for which was approved by a high-level committee on manufacturing headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last week, may be based on the same platform currently being used to develop a military transport aircraft.
The move is expected to reduce the time taken to design and develop an aircraft from scratch.
The 90-100 seater aircraft will be built by a collaborative venture of National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), state-run organisations and private partners.
At present, HAL manufactures aircraft and helicopters for military use under licensed production agreements with foreign vendors.
However, aviation analysts point out that HAL has already entered into a joint venture with Irkut Corporation of Russia to develop and make 60-tonne multi-role transport aircraft (MRTA). Under the pact, Ilyushin Design Bureau of Russia will design the MRTA, and HAL and Irkut will manufacture it in Kanpur.
15/07/13 Kiran Choudhury/Telegraph
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