Hyderabad - India's Emerging Aerospace & Defence Manufacturing Hub

[Chanakya's_Chant]

Hyderabad tech puts aerospace, defence manufacturing in new orbit

Hyderabad's strong base of over 1,000 SMEs coupled with IT firms catering to the aerospace segment have proved to be a major draw for global aerospace giants. ​

HYDERABAD: Not many would be aware that the cabin of the Sikorsky S-92 chopper that ferries the US President Barack Obama is made in Hyderabad, as also some crucial components powering ISRO's inter-planetary craft to Mars, Mangalyaan.

When Andhra Pradesh lost the Tata Nano project in 2008, it came as a blessing in disguise for the state. Hyderabad's aerospace and defence manufacturing sectors were propelled into a new orbit as Ratan Tata promised the government that he would park a project no less prestigious in the state.

Tata kept his promise, and that's how Tata Advanced Systems Ltd set up its facility at India's first aerospace SEZ at Adibatla on Hyderabad's outskirts - putting the city on the global defence and aerospace map through joint ventures with Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky of US, and Swiss player RUAG investing, over Rs 4,000 crore.

Today, Hyderabad's second wave of investments in this sector have made it the biggest challenger to Bengaluru's supremacy in aerospace and defence sectors. While Bangalore emerged as aeronautics hub thanks to HAL (which has a small presence in Hyderabad), Hyderabad has a stronger missile base. Its foundation was laid after the 1962 Sino-Indian border war when premier institutes like Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) and Research Center Imarat (RCI), among others, were set up in the city, considered "safe" for its distance from the country's then troubled borders.

"Small and medium enterprises making components for these defence institutions have now started building sub-systems as well as systems for them. These institutions have also ensured a steady flow of talent for the sector which requires highly-skilled manpower," said G Satheesh Reddy, scientific adviser to the defence minister. Over 70% of components for Akash missiles too are being sourced from Hyderabad SMEs, Reddy added.

In fact, Hyderabad's strong base of over 1,000 SMEs coupled with IT firms catering to the aerospace segment have proved to be a major draw for global aerospace giants. This is also what perhaps prompted Boeing to bet on Hyderabad in partnership with the Tatas.

"Hyderabad's strategic advantages are its emerging industrial base, infrastructure and availability of skilled manpower," said Boeing India president Pratyush Kumar. "All these are critical to develop a competitive aerospace and defence base, and we took this into consideration while signing a framework agreement with TASL to collaborate in aerospace and defence, including UAVs," Kumar added.

Boeing is currently working with Hyderabad-based Avantel on mobile satellite systems for the P-8I military aircraft and Cyient Ltd (formerly Infotech Enterprises for many of its commercial airplane projects.

This ecosystem is also giving wings to the multi-billion dollar maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) sector in the city. In May 2015, Air India set up its Rs 80-crore MRO at the Hyderabad International Airport, even as the 250-acre GMR Aerospace Park SEZ housing GMR's MRO Facility services narrow bodied aircraft like Airbus A 320 and Boeing 737, among others.

"Hyderabad is important also from the maintenance perspective as it has been a base maintenance station of erstwhile Indian Airlines from very early days," said HR Jagannath, CEO, Air India Engineering Services Limited (AIESL).

"The required manpower and higher level of tools, equipment, processes and systems necessary to carry out higher level checks on the aircraft were already available. Hyderabad is now being seen as a major maintenance hub for captive work load of Air India as well as third party business," Jagannath added. Now, US-based Pratt & Whitney is gearing up to launch its third global centre after US and China for training aircraft engineers and technicians near Hyderabad airport.

To keep the sector cruising, the Telangana government is not only setting up the state's second aerospace park spread over 1,000 acres at Elimenidu on Hyderabad's outskirts, but is also giving finishing touches to an aerospace policy to be announced in November, said Telangana IT secretary Jayesh Ranjan. Investments in Hyderabad have made it the biggest challenger to Bengaluru in defence and aerospace sectors.

Source:- Hyderabad tech puts aerospace, defence manufacturing in new orbit - The Economic Times
@Srinivas

 

[NIA]

Hyderabad tech puts aerospace, defence manufacturing in new orbit

Hyderabad's strong base of over 1,000 SMEs coupled with IT firms catering to the aerospace segment have proved to be a major draw for global aerospace giants. ​

HYDERABAD: Not many would be aware that the cabin of the Sikorsky S-92 chopper that ferries the US President Barack Obama is made in Hyderabad, as also some crucial components powering ISRO's inter-planetary craft to Mars, Mangalyaan.

When Andhra Pradesh lost the Tata Nano project in 2008, it came as a blessing in disguise for the state. Hyderabad's aerospace and defence manufacturing sectors were propelled into a new orbit as Ratan Tata promised the government that he would park a project no less prestigious in the state.

Tata kept his promise, and that's how Tata Advanced Systems Ltd set up its facility at India's first aerospace SEZ at Adibatla on Hyderabad's outskirts - putting the city on the global defence and aerospace map through joint ventures with Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky of US, and Swiss player RUAG investing, over Rs 4,000 crore.

Today, Hyderabad's second wave of investments in this sector have made it the biggest challenger to Bengaluru's supremacy in aerospace and defence sectors. While Bangalore emerged as aeronautics hub thanks to HAL (which has a small presence in Hyderabad), Hyderabad has a stronger missile base. Its foundation was laid after the 1962 Sino-Indian border war when premier institutes like Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) and Research Center Imarat (RCI), among others, were set up in the city, considered "safe" for its distance from the country's then troubled borders.

"Small and medium enterprises making components for these defence institutions have now started building sub-systems as well as systems for them. These institutions have also ensured a steady flow of talent for the sector which requires highly-skilled manpower," said G Satheesh Reddy, scientific adviser to the defence minister. Over 70% of components for Akash missiles too are being sourced from Hyderabad SMEs, Reddy added.

In fact, Hyderabad's strong base of over 1,000 SMEs coupled with IT firms catering to the aerospace segment have proved to be a major draw for global aerospace giants. This is also what perhaps prompted Boeing to bet on Hyderabad in partnership with the Tatas.

"Hyderabad's strategic advantages are its emerging industrial base, infrastructure and availability of skilled manpower," said Boeing India president Pratyush Kumar. "All these are critical to develop a competitive aerospace and defence base, and we took this into consideration while signing a framework agreement with TASL to collaborate in aerospace and defence, including UAVs," Kumar added.

Boeing is currently working with Hyderabad-based Avantel on mobile satellite systems for the P-8I military aircraft and Cyient Ltd (formerly Infotech Enterprises for many of its commercial airplane projects.

This ecosystem is also giving wings to the multi-billion dollar maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) sector in the city. In May 2015, Air India set up its Rs 80-crore MRO at the Hyderabad International Airport, even as the 250-acre GMR Aerospace Park SEZ housing GMR's MRO Facility services narrow bodied aircraft like Airbus A 320 and Boeing 737, among others.

"Hyderabad is important also from the maintenance perspective as it has been a base maintenance station of erstwhile Indian Airlines from very early days," said HR Jagannath, CEO, Air India Engineering Services Limited (AIESL).

"The required manpower and higher level of tools, equipment, processes and systems necessary to carry out higher level checks on the aircraft were already available. Hyderabad is now being seen as a major maintenance hub for captive work load of Air India as well as third party business," Jagannath added. Now, US-based Pratt & Whitney is gearing up to launch its third global centre after US and China for training aircraft engineers and technicians near Hyderabad airport.

To keep the sector cruising, the Telangana government is not only setting up the state's second aerospace park spread over 1,000 acres at Elimenidu on Hyderabad's outskirts, but is also giving finishing touches to an aerospace policy to be announced in November, said Telangana IT secretary Jayesh Ranjan. Investments in Hyderabad have made it the biggest challenger to Bengaluru in defence and aerospace sectors.

Source:- Hyderabad tech puts aerospace, defence manufacturing in new orbit - The Economic Times
@Srinivas

Thank you sir for posting nice article.
But I have seen many of your articles posted here go un-answered / un-noticed..yes there are few threads... so plz tag atleast 10-12 members

 

[sathya]

Thank you sir for posting nice article.
But I have seen many of your articles posted here go un-answered / un-noticed..yes there are few threads... so plz tag atleast 10-12 members

Follow is the tool here..
No need for him to tag anyone..

 

[sumoto]

Actually I like the new policy which telangana floated earlier this year it was
TS-iPASS which made a record of clearing proposals of 17 companies in just 10 days that's why you see google and amazon setting there campus near hyderabad.

But I will say that the aerospace park in chennai will be a game changer than in telangana.
Because it provides whole infrastructure for aeroplane building in one shelter

Chennai Aerospace park attracts Rs 1,015 crore investment
T E Narasimhan | Chennai Jun 26, 2015 08:39 PM IST

The Chennai aerospace park has attracted investments to the tune of Rs 1,015 crore from 11 companies. The state government said 19 other companies had expressed interest to set up units with a proposed investment of Rs 2,000 crore.

Being developed by the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited (Tidco), the exclusive aerospace components manufacturing industries park is coming up on 260 acre (expandable to 700 acre in Phase-II) at Sriperumbudur. It is expected to put in place a supporting ecosystem to enable rapid growth of the aviation industry manufacturing in the state.
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The park will have diversified common facilities, including an advanced computing and engineering design centre, common testing and technology centre, avionics complex, composites development centre and a warehousing complex. An advanced computing and engineering design centre would be established covering one million sft at an estimated cost of Rs 350 crore.

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It is expected that the total committed investment in the park would generate 5,000 jobs.The facility will have advanced super-computing facility and design facilities ideal to the growth of aerospace components designing and product development. The proposed common testing and technology centre would be developed by the Union MSME ministry with an investment of Rs 200 crore to meet the needs of auto and aerospace, electronics and precision engineering manufacturing units.

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Earlier, the state government officials had said that the state government was planning to come out with a new aerospace policy to attract greater investments from the industry.

The global aerospace industry is estimated to be worth around $1 trillion, growing at an annual rate of four per cent, while the industry in India is growing much higher at around 10 per cent.

This is going to be real game changer not because we will have presence of giants in this park but because SMEs will be having a good platform in this park but also can use advance technologies provided in this park and also can use supercomputer.

Also I would like to share is that the
CHENNAI- BANGALORE induatrial corridor is said to be declared as aerospace corridor so lot of good news ahead for Indian aerospace engineers and also for SMEs and indian. Also aerospace industry will give skill development course under new push by this governement and also giants are ready for skill development.
So @Chanakya's_Chant I think you are 18 years old so I will really advise you to go for something deifferent and do aeronautical engineering.
But you are entitled to your choice but one request not to become just another mechanical engineering please.
Till then good luck.

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

TASL manufactures -

(01) C-130's Center Wing Box (CWB holds holds the wings in place and keep them cantilevered) and complex assemblies for critical control-surfaces.

Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructures delivers first C-130 Center Wing Box - timesofindia-economictimes

(02) Pilatus PC-12 'Green Aircraft' Aerostructures.

TASL to make aerostructures for Pilatus aircraft | Business Standard News

(03) Sikorsky S92 Helicopter Cabin Assembly. The helicopter used by Obama is also S-92.

Press Releases Details
US President Barack Obama's chopper to have India-made cabin - IBNLive

TASL @ Hyderabad

 

[Srinivas]

Yes, Lot of defense establishments are there in the city.

DRDO, RCI, etc...etc...

Hyderabad tech puts aerospace, defence manufacturing in new orbit

Hyderabad's strong base of over 1,000 SMEs coupled with IT firms catering to the aerospace segment have proved to be a major draw for global aerospace giants. ​

HYDERABAD: Not many would be aware that the cabin of the Sikorsky S-92 chopper that ferries the US President Barack Obama is made in Hyderabad, as also some crucial components powering ISRO's inter-planetary craft to Mars, Mangalyaan.

When Andhra Pradesh lost the Tata Nano project in 2008, it came as a blessing in disguise for the state. Hyderabad's aerospace and defence manufacturing sectors were propelled into a new orbit as Ratan Tata promised the government that he would park a project no less prestigious in the state.

Tata kept his promise, and that's how Tata Advanced Systems Ltd set up its facility at India's first aerospace SEZ at Adibatla on Hyderabad's outskirts - putting the city on the global defence and aerospace map through joint ventures with Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky of US, and Swiss player RUAG investing, over Rs 4,000 crore.

Today, Hyderabad's second wave of investments in this sector have made it the biggest challenger to Bengaluru's supremacy in aerospace and defence sectors. While Bangalore emerged as aeronautics hub thanks to HAL (which has a small presence in Hyderabad), Hyderabad has a stronger missile base. Its foundation was laid after the 1962 Sino-Indian border war when premier institutes like Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) and Research Center Imarat (RCI), among others, were set up in the city, considered "safe" for its distance from the country's then troubled borders.

"Small and medium enterprises making components for these defence institutions have now started building sub-systems as well as systems for them. These institutions have also ensured a steady flow of talent for the sector which requires highly-skilled manpower," said G Satheesh Reddy, scientific adviser to the defence minister. Over 70% of components for Akash missiles too are being sourced from Hyderabad SMEs, Reddy added.

In fact, Hyderabad's strong base of over 1,000 SMEs coupled with IT firms catering to the aerospace segment have proved to be a major draw for global aerospace giants. This is also what perhaps prompted Boeing to bet on Hyderabad in partnership with the Tatas.

"Hyderabad's strategic advantages are its emerging industrial base, infrastructure and availability of skilled manpower," said Boeing India president Pratyush Kumar. "All these are critical to develop a competitive aerospace and defence base, and we took this into consideration while signing a framework agreement with TASL to collaborate in aerospace and defence, including UAVs," Kumar added.

Boeing is currently working with Hyderabad-based Avantel on mobile satellite systems for the P-8I military aircraft and Cyient Ltd (formerly Infotech Enterprises for many of its commercial airplane projects.

This ecosystem is also giving wings to the multi-billion dollar maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) sector in the city. In May 2015, Air India set up its Rs 80-crore MRO at the Hyderabad International Airport, even as the 250-acre GMR Aerospace Park SEZ housing GMR's MRO Facility services narrow bodied aircraft like Airbus A 320 and Boeing 737, among others.

"Hyderabad is important also from the maintenance perspective as it has been a base maintenance station of erstwhile Indian Airlines from very early days," said HR Jagannath, CEO, Air India Engineering Services Limited (AIESL).

"The required manpower and higher level of tools, equipment, processes and systems necessary to carry out higher level checks on the aircraft were already available. Hyderabad is now being seen as a major maintenance hub for captive work load of Air India as well as third party business," Jagannath added. Now, US-based Pratt & Whitney is gearing up to launch its third global centre after US and China for training aircraft engineers and technicians near Hyderabad airport.

To keep the sector cruising, the Telangana government is not only setting up the state's second aerospace park spread over 1,000 acres at Elimenidu on Hyderabad's outskirts, but is also giving finishing touches to an aerospace policy to be announced in November, said Telangana IT secretary Jayesh Ranjan. Investments in Hyderabad have made it the biggest challenger to Bengaluru in defence and aerospace sectors.

Source:- Hyderabad tech puts aerospace, defence manufacturing in new orbit - The Economic Times
@Srinivas

 

[Magi Brahmin]

a good topic/thread of Independence day. thank you @Chanakya's_Chant

undoubtedly our great nation is rising. but we need more cities like Hyderabad and Bangalore. specially in north and west india.

 

[proud_indian]

 

[Rau]

Boeing was started the construction of MRO facility for commercial plane at Nagpur, Maharashtra but it now stopped due to financial constrain...

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

Boeing was started the construction of MRO facility for commercial plane at Nagpur, Maharashtra but it now stopped due to financial constrain...

I think it's already operational - Asia's largest MRO facility -

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Air India Opens Asia's Largest Aircraft Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Facility at Nagpur

 

[Rau]

I think it's already operational - Asia's largest MRO facility -

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Air India Opens Asia's Largest Aircraft Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Facility at Nagpur

Sorry ,My mistake. But initially This MRO facility is joint venture between Boeing and Air India but later on Boeing back out leaving only Air India .
Boeing no more associated with MRO facility in Nagpur: Nitin Gadkari

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

Sorry ,My mistake. But initially This MRO facility is joint venture between Boeing and Air India but later on Boeing back out leaving only Air India .
Boeing no more associated with MRO facility in Nagpur: Nitin Gadkari

Boeing has completed it's construction and formally handed it over to Air India last month - Boeing invested some $100 million in the same but now it will be operated by Air India solely.

Formally handed over Nagpur MRO to Air India, says Boeing | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis