A brief presentation on the aircraft manufacturing industry of India, prepared for class room presentation at Noorul Islam University

1. Aeronautical Industry In
India
Sharon M
S7, Department of Mechanical Engineering
NIU

2. Elephant Does Not Know Its Strength!

3. Objectives
 To give a brief overview about the aeronautical industry in India
 To introduce the aircrafts and components produced in India
 To introduce the Aeronautical Industries in India

4. Aeronautical Industry In India-An Overview
 Aircraft Manufacturers-HAL,NAL,Mahindra Aerospace Ltd etc
 Aircraft Models- More than 19 different aircrafts
 7 Frontline Combat Jets
 3 Transport Aircrafts
 4 Helicopters
 Aircraft Production- More than 3550 aircrafts have been produced in the country
 Aircraft Engines-8 Aero engines produced in the country
 Exports-Exports of Aircrafts and Aircraft parts to USA,E.U,Switzerland,Ecuador,Malayasia,
Israel,Peru,Turkey,Namibia and Mauritius

5. The Need for an Aeronautical Industry
Cold
Hot
Sea Level
Humid
>Large and Diverse area unique
to the country

6. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd
 First aircraft industry in the country, established in 1940 as “Hindustan Aircrafts”.
 Found by industrialist Walchand Hirachand in the Kingdom of Mysore
 Was ranked 34th in the top 100 defence firms
 Has a revenue of Rs 15128 Crores
 First aircraft produced was a Harlow PC-5

7. National Aerospace Ltd
 Established in 1959
 Second largest aerospace firm in India
 Tasked with the development of civilian aircrafts

9. HAL HT-2
>First Indian designed and made
powered aircraft
>Designed by V.M Ghatge
>First flight on August 5,1951
>Over 172 aircrafts were made
>Powered by Cirrus Major III piston engine
>Used by Indian Air Force and Indian Navy
>Exported to Ghana

10. Wing load Tests being conducted on HT-2.

11. Load Tests on Seats

12. Before First Flight

13. HT-2 Assembly Line

15. HAL LCA Tejas
 HAL Light Combat Aircraft “Tejas”, developed by ADA
 4th Generation Multirole Combat Aircraft
 Smallest and Lightest in its class
 First flight in 4th January 2001
 Top speed of Mach 1.6 (1,350 KMPH)
 The need was first rised in 1969, with the project funding starting in 1993
 Tejas program was aimed to build a complete aviation eco-system in the country

16. Critical Technologies-LCA Tejas
 Fly-By-Wire
>Replacing manual control interfaces with digital electronic interfaces
>Tejas has quadruplux redundant Fly-By-Wire controls created by NAL
 Relaxed Static Stability
> The aircraft is made intentionally unstable, adding manevourability
 Composites
> Carbon Fibre, Glass and Aluminium based composites are extensively used
>Saves weight, cuts radar cross section
>Autolay- an ADA software composite designing software licensed to Airbus and Infosys

17. Critical Technologies- LCA Tejas
 Afterburning Turbofan Engine
 An afterburner directly injects fuel to the exhaust, giving additional power
 Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) developed GTX Kaveri afterburning engine which
produced 81 Kilo Newton thrust
 GTX Kaveri fell short of Tejas requirement of 90 KN
 Kaveri is being derived for use in ships,tanks and trains
 Glass Cockpit
 Fully digital displays replacing analogue ones

18. • Tailless delta wing design

19. GTX Kaveri

20. Analogue Cockpit V/s Glass Cockpit

21. HAL HF-24 Marut
>India’s first jet aircraft, flying on 17 June 1961
>Designed by German engineer Kurt Tank
>India’s first supersonic jet
>147 Jets built

22. HAL ALH Dhruv
 Advanced Light Helicopter
 First flight in 1992,introduced into service in 2002
 Powered by two Shakti engines
 It can carry 12-14 Passengers or a load of 2.6 tonnes
 More than 200 helicopters produced
 In service with Ecuador, Mauritius,Israel,Malidives,Israel etc
 Several variants successfully developed

23. HAL Dhruv from Sarang team

26. HAL Rudra

27. HAL LCH

28. HAL HJT 16 “Kiran”

29. HAL HJT-36 “Sittara”

30. NAL Saras

31. License Made Aircrafts

32. >MiG-21
>Over 650 Aircrafts built

33. R25 Afterburning Turbojet Engine

34. >Su-30 MKI
>More than 144 built

35. Al-31 Afterburning Turbofans

36. >SEPECAT Jaguar

37. >Dornier Do-228
>More than 100 built

38. >HS-148
>89 built

39. >HAL Cheetah

40. >HAL Chetak

41. Future
 124 4.5 generation Rafale jets to be made in India in the largest contract in the world
 Indigenous 5th generation project AMCA in development
 Indo-Russian joint venture 5th generation project FGFA in development
 Civilian aircraft Regional Transport Aircraft (RTA) under development at NAL

42. Conclusion
 Indian Aeronautical Industry is huge and has a lot of growth potential
 Local research and development is in full swing
 India’s positive global image has contributed to the growth
 Local contents in aircrafts needs to be improved
 Time for operationalization needs to be reduced

43. Thank You