Aeronautical Industry In India

Sharon MS7, Department of Mechanical EngineeringNIU

Elephant Does Not Know Its Strength!

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

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

The Need for an Aeronautical IndustryCold

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>Large and Diverse area unique to the country

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

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

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

Wing load Tests being conducted on HT-2.

Load Tests on Seats

Before First Flight

HT-2 Assembly Line

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

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

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

• Tailless delta wing design

GTX Kaveri

Analogue Cockpit V/s Glass Cockpit

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

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

HAL Dhruv from Sarang team

HAL Rudra

HAL LCH

HAL HJT 16 “Kiran”

HAL HJT-36 “Sittara”

NAL Saras

License Made Aircrafts

>MiG-21>Over 650 Aircrafts built

R25 Afterburning Turbojet Engine

>Su-30 MKI>More than 144 built

Al-31 Afterburning Turbofans

>SEPECAT Jaguar

>Dornier Do-228>More than 100 built

>HS-148>89 built

>HAL Cheetah

>HAL Chetak

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

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

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