HAL to Transfer Technology of Light Helicopter 'Dhruv' to Private Indian Entity

[Water Car Engineer]

The state-run Hindustan Aeronautics will transfer the technology of its advanced light helicopter Dhruv to a domestic defense manufacturer for commercial production.

HAL is in the process of identifying a private entity with whom it will share the technology for the production of twin-engine combat helicopter in India, unnamed official sources were quoted as saying by PTI Sunday.

The private entity will have the option of selling the choppers or through HAL.

HAL will for the first time share technology with a private entity for the mass production of a military platform. It was not immediately known how much it would charge for the technology transfer.

The decision to go ahead with this was in line with the government’s initiative to promote the domestic defence industry, officials said.

The indigenously designed and developed Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH-DHRUV) is a twin-engine, multi-role, multi-new generation helicopter in the 5.5-tonne weight class.

By March 2017, HAL had produced 228 Helicopters, including 216 for the Indian Armed Forces.

At present, it is executing an order for another 159 choppers for the Army and the Air Force.

Dhruv has also been supplied to Nepal, Mauritius and the Maldives.

The sources said a number of defence manufacturers have shown an interest in acquiring the technology for the Dhruv helicopter.

In September, HAL had signed a Rs 6,100-crore ($947 million) contract for the supply of 41 Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) to the Indian Army while in March, the state-run entity inked a contract for supplying 32 ALH to the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard.

The officials said HAL had enhanced its production facilities to speed up the manufacturing of helicopters and the Tejas light combat aircraft. They said HAL had finalised a plan to manufacture nearly 1,000 military helicopters and over 100 planes, in tune with the governments focus on speeding up defence indigenisation.



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[livingdead]

how does govt decide on the private entity? is it not open to corruption, unless companies openly bid for the rights?

 

[Papa Dragon]

how does govt decide on the private entity? is it not open to corruption, unless companies openly bid for the rights?

If it was Congress's regime, Tata would most likely bag the contract but BJP may offer the contract to Ambanis or Adanis

 

[cloud4000]

Wouldn't it be better just to privatize HAL instead? Then it can keep its design in house.

 

[bloo]

Wouldn't it be better just to privatize HAL instead? Then it can keep its design in house.

There are a lot of factors to be looked at if one is going to privatise a dpsu.

There's the bureaucracy, the unions, the competent private parties, etc.

Granted, Modi government has initiated this process and are making good progress but there's a lot left to do before we effectively rid our DPSUs of socialist babudom and incompetency.

 

[YogaMudra]

how does govt decide on the private entity? is it not open to corruption, unless companies openly bid for the rights?

Its obvious going to be decided by an open tender like any other public sector operations.

Everything is open to corruption, in every nation in the world. Its absurd to single out HAL for it.

In any case, its a decision by the HAL directors, not the GoI and like any other business, the one of gets the rights would be the one who does everything in his power (legal or otherwise) to get the deal. Same as life and same as in deals in any other country in the world.

Wouldn't it be better just to privatize HAL instead? Then it can keep its design in house.

The DESIGN would continue to be in house.

Its the PRODUCTION and SERVICE that is going to be outsourced.

HAL would continue to get either royalty or similar form of revenue.

 

[cerberus]

If it was Congress's regime, Tata would most likely bag the contract but BJP may offer the contract to Ambanis or Adanis

So what is the problem with ambani

 

[YogaMudra]

So what is the problem with ambani

He has a "Tata" fetish. He drives Indica and refuses to use reliance Jio

 

[Papa Dragon]

So what is the problem with ambani

He has a "Tata" fetish. He drives Indica and refuses to use reliance Jio

I am not pro to anyone and infact I am pro-Modi rather than Congress. I'm just saying every government has a backing of some large private entity and Tata was favored a lot during Congress's regime and there is a high possibility Ambanis or Adanis maybe favored by BJP, recently they were criticized for the Rafale deal that Anil Ambani partnered with Dassault so that a larger order could be placed in the future which benefits Reliance

My point is either HAL should be completely privatized but there is less possibility for that to happen or individual parts should be contracted to different private firms like the Tejas but in Dhruv's case, the final integration should also be a private Indian firm. BJP govt has already been facing a lot of criticism from the opposition that they are favoring the Gujarati origin big-shots.

If Dhruv is contracted to multiple firms along with Rudra, LCH, LUH etc, the required numbers could be achieved faster and BJP also wouldn't face any backlash for favoring a single entity

 

[ranadd]

I am not pro to anyone and infact I am pro-Modi rather than Congress. I'm just saying every government has a backing of some large private entity and Tata was favored a lot during Congress's regime and there is a high possibility Ambanis or Adanis maybe favored by BJP, recently they were criticized for the Rafale deal that Anil Ambani partnered with Dassault so that a larger order could be placed in the future which benefits Reliance

My point is either HAL should be completely privatized but there is less possibility for that to happen or individual parts should be contracted to different private firms like the Tejas but in Dhruv's case, the final integration should also be a private Indian firm. BJP govt has already been facing a lot of criticism from the opposition that they are favoring the Gujarati origin big-shots.

If Dhruv is contracted to multiple firms along with Rudra, LCH, LUH etc, the required numbers could be achieved faster and BJP also wouldn't face any backlash for favoring a single entity

Conglomerates don’t do parties. They give and take equally. Who do you think funds everyone’s party rallies?

Anyways top Indian pvt heavy engineering firms are Tata, L&T, Godrej, kirloskar etc.

Reliance core competency is not heavy engineering.

 

[dar]

I am not pro to anyone and infact I am pro-Modi rather than Congress. I'm just saying every government has a backing of some large private entity and Tata was favored a lot during Congress's regime and there is a high possibility Ambanis or Adanis maybe favored by BJP, recently they were criticized for the Rafale deal that Anil Ambani partnered with Dassault so that a larger order could be placed in the future which benefits Reliance

My point is either HAL should be completely privatized but there is less possibility for that to happen or individual parts should be contracted to different private firms like the Tejas but in Dhruv's case, the final integration should also be a private Indian firm. BJP govt has already been facing a lot of criticism from the opposition that they are favoring the Gujarati origin big-shots.

If Dhruv is contracted to multiple firms along with Rudra, LCH, LUH etc, the required numbers could be achieved faster and BJP also wouldn't face any backlash for favoring a single entity

Since tata has some aerospace mfg. experience i would prefer them over ambanis.

 

[YogaMudra]

I am not pro to anyone and infact I am pro-Modi rather than Congress. I'm just saying every government has a backing of some large private entity and Tata was favored a lot during Congress's regime and there is a high possibility Ambanis or Adanis maybe favored by BJP, recently they were criticized for the Rafale deal that Anil Ambani partnered with Dassault so that a larger order could be placed in the future which benefits Reliance

My point is either HAL should be completely privatized but there is less possibility for that to happen or individual parts should be contracted to different private firms like the Tejas but in Dhruv's case, the final integration should also be a private Indian firm. BJP govt has already been facing a lot of criticism from the opposition that they are favoring the Gujarati origin big-shots.

If Dhruv is contracted to multiple firms along with Rudra, LCH, LUH etc, the required numbers could be achieved faster and BJP also wouldn't face any backlash for favoring a single entity

The opposition target "Reliance and Adani" because they are owned and run by Gujarati's. Its racism plain an simple.

"Tata" OTOH is seen as "minority" owned and hence "secular".

The whole categorization is despicable.

HAL has already launched its IPO by dis-investing 10% of its stake.


Its Dassault who choose to go with Reliance. GoI wanted them to go with HAL.


Finally, BJP govt. will face criticism either-way. It has no basis in reality. Only perception management by making false allegation.

 

[KapitaanAli]

Excellent.

The money from this ToT should flow into the IMRH and the production lines converted for the LCH.