This is confession that India is still far from designing and making an indigenous plane.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
International deals
HAL Dhruv helicopters of the Ecuadorian Air Force in 2008.
An IAF BAe Hawk being license-produced at the HAL Hawk production facility in Bangalore.
* The US$10 billion fifth-generation fighter jet program with the Sukhoi Corporation of Russia.
* US$1 billion contract to manufacture aircraft parts for Boeing.
* Multi-role transport aircraft project with Ilyushin of Russia worth US$600 million.
* 120 RD-33MK turbofan engines to be manufactured for MiG-29K by HAL for US$250 million.
* Contract to manufacture 1,000 TPE331 aircraft engines for Honeywell worth US$200,000 each (estimates put total value of deal at US$200 million).
* US$120 million deal to manufacture Dornier 228 for RUAG of Switzerland.
* Manufacture of aircraft parts for Airbus Industries worth US$150 million.
* US$100 million contract to export composite materials to Israel Aircraft Industries.
* US$65 million joint-research facility with Honeywell and planned production of Garrett TPE331 engines.
* US$50.7 million contract to supply Advanced Light Helicopter to Ecuadorian Air Force.
HAL will also open a maintenance base in the country.
* US$30 million contract to supply avionics for Malaysian Su-30MKM.
* US$20 million contract to supply ambulance version of HAL Dhruv to Peru.
* Contract of 3 HAL Dhruv helicopters from Turkey worth US$20 million.
* US$10 million order from Namibia for HAL Chetak and Cheetah helicopters.
* Supply of HAL Dhruv helicopters to Mauritius' National Police in a deal worth US$7 million.
* Unmanned helicopter development project with Israel Aircraft Industries.
Domestic deals
* 180 Sukhoi Su-30MKI being manufactured at HAL's facilities in Nasik and Bangalore. The total contract, which also involves Russia's Sukhoi Aerospace, is worth US$3.2 billion.
* 200 HAL Light Combat Helicopters for Indian Air Force and 500 HAL Dhruv helicopters worth US$5.83 billion.
* US$900 million aerospace hub in Andhra Pradesh.
* US$57 million upgrade of SEPECAT Jaguar fleet of the Indian Air Force.
* US$55 million fighter training school in Bangalore in collaboration with Canada's CAE.
* 64 MiG-29s to be upgraded by HAL and Russia's MiG Corporation in a program worth US$960 million.
* Licensed production of 82 BAe Hawk 132.
In-house developed products
Fighter aircraft
HAL Tejas performing an inverted pass maneuver.
* HF-24 Marut — Mk1 and Mk1T
* Tejas — Light Combat Aircraft
* FGFA — under joint-development with the Sukhoi Corporation
* MCA — india's indigenous stealth fighter
* Su-30MKI, a derivative of Sukhoi Su-27 co-developed with Sukhoi Corporation
Helicopters
HAL Dhruv of the Indian Army
* Dhruv — Advanced Light Helicopter
* Light Combat Helicopter (under development)
* Light Observation Helicopter (under development)
* Indian Multi-role Helicopter (under development)
Engines
* GTRE GTX-35VS Kaveri- Co-developed with GTRE(DRDO)(under development)
* PTAE-7- For indegeniously designed Lakshya PTA
Light trainer aircraft
* HT-2
* HPT-32 Deepak
* HUL-26 Pushpak
* HAOP-27 Krishak
* HA-31 Basant
* HJT-16 Kiran — Mk1, Mk1A and Mk2
* HJT-36 Sitara — Intermediate Jet Trainer (under development)
if you still say india is far behind developing indigenous planes, then Iam sorry, Time for you to consult a Good psychiatrist
all these contract again proves that HAL is still on its way to get technologies for 4th gen fighters like engines etc.Having said that HAL has done good in Helicopter sector.
