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07/02/23 08:25 AM IST

PM dedicates HAL Helicopter Factory to the nation in Tumakuru

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  • The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, dedicated the HAL Helicopter Factory to the nation in Tumakur recently.
HAL Helicopter Factory
  • Its foundation stone was also laid by the Prime Minister in 2016.
  • It is a dedicated new greenfield helicopter factory which will enhance the capacity and ecosystem to build helicopters.
  • This is Asia’s largest helicopter manufacturing facility and will initially produce Light Utility Helicopters (LUH).
  • LUH is an indigenously designed and developed 3-ton class, single-engine multipurpose utility helicopter with the unique feature of high manoeuvrability.
  • The factory will be expanded to manufacture other helicopters such as Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) and Indian Multirole Helicopter (IMRH) as well as for repair and overhaul of LCH, LUH, Civil ALH and IMRH in the future.
  • The factory also has the potential for exporting the Civil LUHs in future.
Significance
  • The factory will have a manufacturing set-up of Industry 4.0 standards.
  • Over the next 20 years, HAL is planning to produce more than 1000 helicopters in the class of 3-15 tonnes from Tumakuru.
  • This will result in providing employment for around 6000 people in the region.
Source- PIB

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