Tatas launch three new aerospace projects in Hyderabad
15 Feb 2011
The Tata Group on Monday announced the launch of three new aerospace manufacturing facilities in Hyderabad to be set up with international collaboration.
The three projects are for Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructure, a joint venture between Tata Advanced Systems and Lockheed Martin; Tata Aerospace Systems, a joint venture between Tata Advanced Systems and Sikorsky Aircraft and Nova Integrated Systems.
The ground breaking ceremony for the new projects was conducted in the city in the presence Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and Tata Advanced Systems chairman S Ramadorai.
Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructure will be a export-oriented unit. The products manufactured here will form a key aircraft structure that Lockheed Martin will integrate and complete for its global C-130 aircraft customers.
Similarly, Tara Aerospace Systems will manufacture aerospace components for Sikorsky in India, including components for S-92 helicopter cabins. Tata will build upon the existing facility at the Aerospace and Precision Engineering SEZ, which assembles Sikorsky S-92 helicopter cabins.
Nova Integrated Systems will set up an integrated aerospace complex to undertake high end precision electronics manufacturing, assembly and integration of airborne vehicles, the company said.