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Hindustan Aeronautics
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is a public sector undertaking aircraft company by the Government of India based in Bangalore, India. It built the first military aircraft constructed in the subcontinent and is currently involved in the design, fabrication and assembly of aircrafts, jet engines, helicopters and their components and spares. It has facilities that are located throughout India including Nasik, Korwa, Kanpur, Koraput, Lucknow, and Hyderabad.
The German engineer Kurt Tank designed the HF-24 Marut fighter-bomber, the first indigenously designed fighter aircraft constructed in India.
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Products
Indigenous designs:
- HT-2
- HAL HPT-32 Deepak
- HJT-16 Kiran (Mk1 and Mk2)
- HF-24 Marut (Mk1 and Mk1T)
- HAL Tejas (Light Combat Aircraft)
- HAL Dhruv (Advanced Light Helicopter)
- HAL HJT-36 (Intermediate Jet Trainer)
Licensed production:
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21(M,FL,BIS variants)
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27(M variant)
- BAe Hawk
- SEPECAT Jaguar
- Aerospatiale Alouette III (HAL Chetak)
- SA 315 Lama (HAL Cheetah)
- Dornier Do-228
- HAL HS 748 Avro
- Sukhoi Su-30 MKI
External links
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