Indian Rotorcraft New Helicopter Production Facility in Hyderabad

[angeldemon_007]

Indian Rotorcraft is pleased to announce that a ground breaking ceremony was held today at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, marking the start of construction of a new helicopter production facility and a new step in the development of the Indian aerospace industry.

The ground breaking ceremony was conducted in the presence of Mr. Ratan N Tata, Chairman, Tata Sons; Mr. Bruno Spagnolini, CEO, AgustaWestland and other dignitaries.

Indian Rotorcraft is a joint venture company formed by Tata Sons and AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, that will assemble, customise and flight test new helicopters for the worldwide market. The joint venture will initially start to produce the 8-seat AW119Ke light helicopter, with production commencing from mid-2013.

Mr. Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Sons, said at the ceremony “The project is integral to our plans in the aerospace sector and we look forward to an enduring and successful partnership with AgustaWestland for fostering the growth of the Indian aerospace sector.”
Mr. Bruno Spagnolini, CEO of AgustaWestland added “We are very pleased through our joint venture with Tata Sons to be playing an important role in the development of the Indian aerospace industry. Not only will this new facility be able to build helicopters for the Indian market but importantly it will supply helicopters to AgustaWestland customers around the world.”

He added “Indian Rotorcraft will initially create jobs for more than 70 highly skilled staff who will be trained by AgustaWestland. We see great potential to expand this facility in the future to become a support centre and production centre for other helicopter types.”

The facility is being built on a 10 acre (40,000 m2) site adjacent to the Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi International Airport and will include a 9,000 m2 (97,000 ft2) building incorporating a main assembly building, flight hangar, office accommodation and outside several helicopter landing pads. The facility will be capable of producing up to 30 helicopters per year and is designed to be further developed for other helicopter types, right up to the 16-ton AW101.
The Tata Group comprises over 100 operating companies in seven business sectors: communications and information technology, engineering, materials, services, energy, consumer products and chemicals. The Group has operations in more than 80 countries across six continents, and its companies export products and services to 85 countries. The total revenue of Tata companies, taken together, was $83.3 billion (around Rs3,796.75 billion) in 2010-11, with 58 per cent of this coming from business outside India. Tata companies employ over 425,000 people worldwide. The Tata name has been respected in India for more than 140 years for its adherence to strong values and business ethics.

Every Tata company or enterprise operates independently. Each of these companies has its own board of directors and shareholders, to whom it is answerable. There are 31 publicly listed Tata enterprises and they have a combined market capitalisation of about $89.29 billion (as on March 7, 2012), and a shareholder base of 3.6 million.

The major Tata companies are Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Tata Power, Tata Chemicals, Tata Global Beverages, Tata Teleservices, Titan, Tata Communications and Indian Hotels.

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, has the widest and most modern range of rotorcraft to meet customers vertical lift requirements. For offshore, passenger and VIP transport, air ambulance, law enforcement, SAR or utility missions AgustaWestland has a helicopter to suit the mission, with the unique advantage of having a family of helicopters that share a common design approach, common parts, common training and the same maintenance philosophy.

In the military sector AgustaWestland has the most capable helicopters in production today for naval, attack, utility and combat SAR missions. AgustaWestland 24/7 customer support and a full range of training solutions enhance availability and safety.

AgustaWestland has its main operations in Italy, the UK, Poland and the USA, but has also has a global presence through its network of industrial partners and an ever expanding network of regional headquarters, customer support centres and authorised service centres.

AgustaWestland has been present in India since the 1930s when the Westland Wapiti was the very first aircraft flown by the Indian Air Force, and then over 40 years ago AgustaWestland commenced the supply and support of the Indian Navy’s Sea King fleet. More recently it has achieved significant success with its commercial helicopter range for VIP and corporate transport, offshore oil and gas support and general charter operations. Nearly 50 AgustaWestland commercial helicopters have been sold in India in the last six years including almost 20 AW139 medium twins.

Indian Rotorcraft Holds Ground Breaking Ceremony For New Helicopter Production Facility in Hyderabad | Aerospace & Defence News

 

[JAT BALWAN]

nice news bro.....

 

[BoB's]

Hyderabad will be 2nd aerospace hub of India. Proud of TATA

Check this video too Tata and Sikorsky joint venture (old video)

 

[russellpeters]

great news.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Hyderabad will be 2nd aerospace hub of India. Proud of TATA

Check this video too Tata and Sikorsky joint venture (old video)

Watch the growth of the Aerospace sector in India over the next decade. It will be a manufacturing hub for Aerospace Majors; initially with sub-assemblies, later with major assemblies. It will grow independent of Government and the Automobile manufacturing experience will be replicated. This is the beginning, there is more to come.

 

[Abingdonboy]

Watch the growth of the Aerospace sector in India over the next decade. It will be a manufacturing hub for Aerospace Majors; initially with sub-assemblies, later with major assemblies. It will grow independent of Government and the Automobile manufacturing experience will be replicated. This is the beginning, there is more to come.

Absolutely correct, the future is very bright.

 

[StormShadow]

HYDERABAD?????

HOORAY!!!

First it became major hub for Defence R&D, next IT services and now Aerospace!!! Great...

 

[karan21]

wow great news. tata and mahindra want to go big into aerospace now. what reliance, l&t are doing? what are they waiting for?

 

[lilaspr]

reliance is a fraud company... ha ha ... this is what all Indian member says here... ha ha
I believe TATA and Mahindra is serious in this. But wait... one day u might see MOD will ban all defense companies in world. So there will be no company for JV.

 

[manojb]

wow great news. tata and mahindra want to go big into aerospace now. what reliance, l&t are doing? what are they waiting for?

L&t already in aerospace.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

reliance is a fraud company... ha ha ... this is what all Indian member says here... ha ha
I believe TATA and Mahindra is serious in this. But wait... one day u might see MOD will ban all defense companies in world. So there will be no company for JV.

Its not as simplistic as that. Reliance (or one branch of it certainly) is a "get-rich-quick" commercial venture, so you read what you did about Reliance. While corporations like Tata and Mahindras have a different commercial ethos. Govt. of India has no control over JVs formed by private Indian Companies to produce any product to be sold to non-governmental parties or exports. That is what this Tata-AW JV is all about. That 'blacklist/ban' applies only to Government contracts.
In effect, Indian Rotorcraft can do business with anybody in the world without restrictions, it is not intended to supply only to the MoD. If it bids for MoD contracts, only then it will come under the ambit of governmental norms. Thats all.

 

[Rang De]

wow great news. tata and mahindra want to go big into aerospace now. what reliance, l&t are doing? what are they waiting for?

L&T has partnered with EADS

L&T, EADS to set up joint venture for defence R&D, engg - CNBC-TV18 -

Reliance:

they seem to serious too

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well, good luck to all of em

 

[lilaspr]

Its not as simplistic as that. Reliance (or one branch of it certainly) is a "get-rich-quick" commercial venture, so you read what you did about Reliance. While corporations like Tata and Mahindras have a different commercial ethos. Govt. of India has no control over JVs formed by private Indian Companies to produce any product to be sold to non-governmental parties or exports. That is what this Tata-AW JV is all about. That 'blacklist/ban' applies only to Government contracts.
In effect, Indian Rotorcraft can do business with anybody in the world without restrictions, it is not intended to supply only to the MoD. If it bids for MoD contracts, only then it will come under the ambit of governmental norms. Thats all.

Understood... it was rather on a funny note... as MOD decided to ban one Israel defense major.
India should try to get as much as exposure, expertise, experience or technology it can get.
Cause aviation is going to be a very big sector in coming years in India.
And aviation technology is not mature in India yet, still in early stage.
JV like these will certainly help Indian workforce and expert to learn, as these companies have many years of experience and R&D.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Understood... it was rather on a funny note... as MOD decided to ban one Israel defense major.
India should try to get as much as exposure, expertise, experience or technology it can get.
Cause aviation is going to be a very big sector in coming years in India.
And aviation technology is not mature in India yet, still in early stage.
JV like these will certainly help Indian workforce and expert to learn, as these companies have many years of experience and R&D.

The 'banning episode' was for different reasons.
This new activity in Indian Aerospace is not directly related to Indian defence requirements. Just that the Aerospace majors have come to realise that there is a viable environment to set up shop in India. There is an expanding pool of trained manpower, there is a burgeoning R&D capacity (which will be accelerated by the aerospace companies themselves), cost of setting up infrastructure is competitive and the IPR regime is safe for safeguarding thir efforts. So down the line, they will increasingly set up facilities to support their world-wide markets from India. That will be the major infusion of technology and skills in the aerospace sector, even faster than the home-grown R&D effort. But both will work eventually in symbiotic fashion. And the fact that Indian defence is a big potential customer will certainly help.

Of course Indian aerospace tech is not matured yet, but this will help in a big way. In time, there will be a movement/migration of intellectual content through personnel turnover; that will be a big engine of growth.

Pretty much the same has already happened in the automotive industry in India. Most international auto majors are already present in the country. Some of them have already designated India to be the global source for certain products. For example Cummins the American engine manufacturer makes a certain BHP range only in India for world-wide sale. Now Mercedes-Benz is planning that for some of their Actros trucks just as Nissan plans that for their Micra range. The list is increasing.

That will be the template of growth for aerospace in India.

 

[Nishan_101]

Hyderabad will be 2nd aerospace hub of India. Proud of TATA

Check this video too Tata and Sikorsky joint venture (old video)

So will this be the Indian Armed Forces next Medium lift choppers then why they are buying Mi-17s