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[Payeng]

HAL Reports 19 Percent Sales Increase

By vivek raghuvanshi
Published: 1 Apr 11:59 EDT (15:59 GMT)



NEW DELHI - India's sole military aircraft producer, state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL), has reported a 19 percent increase in sales for the financial year that ended March 31. HAL reported sales of $2.05 billion for the financial year, compared with $1.73 billion the previous year.

However, profits increased only 4.4 percent to $452 million, up from $432.5 million in the previous year.

"The company has achieved a significant breakthrough in exports by securing an order for supply of seven Advanced Light Helicopters (ALHs) to Ecuador against stiff international competition. Five helicopters have already been delivered in March 2009," according to a HAL release.

HAL's order book stands at about $12 billion, a HAL executive said.

Ashok Nayak has replaced Ashok Baweja as company chairman as of April 1.

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[Pintu]

There is Dhruv in the order book , and including the spare parts also for the Major Aircraft manufactures of the world . A very good start.

 

[SATISH]

http://www.idrw.org/2009/04/08/hal_...lage_for_gulfstream_g150_aircraft_to_iai.html

HAL hands over first rear fuselage for Gulfstream (G-150) aircraft to IAI


Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on Tuesday strengthened its position as a leading aerospace export house when it handed over the first rear fuselage for the Gulfstream (G-150) aircraft to Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI).

HAL Chairman Mr Ashok Nayak handed over the documents of the HAL-built Aft (rear) fuselage for G-150 to Mr Shlomi Karako, General Manager, Business Jets Division, IAI, at a simple function at HAL’s Aircraft Division in Bangalore. Gulfstream (G-150) is a business executive aircraft built in Israel and transported to the United States for further furnishing. The G-150 is marketed the world over by the US-based Gulfstream Corporation.

Ready for more challenges, says Nayak: The Aircraft Division has made a mark on the international export map over the years by supplying several types of door assemblies to Boeing, Airbus and other global firms. “With the G-150 fuselage delivery HAL has now entered a fairly advanced manufacturing level of building major structural assemblies for global players in the civil sector. The G-150 project augurs well not only for HAL, but also for the national objective of producing a civil aircraft of international standards,” Mr Ashok Nayak said.

He also attributed the success of the project to the involvement of the private sector and expressed hope that the Company would bag more orders in the future. “The G-150 programme has given us huge confidence in taking up bigger challenges. We are now looking forward to the G-250 programme and we have made our strong presence felt in the bidding process. HAL-IAI has a time-tested partnership and we are here to capitalize on the vast potential in the business jet market,” Mr Nayak added.

Quality at its best, says Israel: HAL’s ability to deliver the G-150 fuselage on time came in for praise from the strong contingent of IAI officials. “To us, this is a champion product. We have seen closely HAL’s capabilities in handling new technologies and new IT processes. For us the Gulfstream fuselage is a perfect example of synergy and quality,” Mr Shlomi Karako of IAI said.

About the project: The IAI approached HAL with a request for quotation (RFQ) for building the fuselage in December 2006, since they required a partner to build the fuselage from digital data for the first time. (This process was against the legacy of paper drawings from which hundreds of aircraft were built in Israel.) The contract for producing 200 ship-sets of G-150 fuselages was signed in 2007, and a dedicated state-of-the-art hangar came up in Bangalore within nine months.

The programme also saw significant and close collaborative efforts between HAL and IAI in realizing the hardware through web-based design data transfer. It also brought together the Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Civil Aviation Authority of Israel (CAAI). HAL has a seven-year schedule to deliver 200 fuselage ship-sets to Israel.

 

[Pintu]

Thanks Satish for this update.

G-150 fuselage development is really great news, and also I think HAL will be benefited from this experience while developing RTA.

 

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[ezsasa]

Good to see some aggression from HAL, i thought they were doing the usual bull shit when this came out last year. They moved pretty fast in this.

MoS Civil Aviation @jayantsinha inaugurating Structural Assembly of HAL–Do-228 (Civil variant) at HAL’s Kanpur facility on Dec 10.

 

[ezsasa]

HAL Chief Test Pilot Explains Challenges in Developing A Military Helicopter

 

[ezsasa]

Details of HAL’s current order book, in response to a question in India’s Parliament today.

 

[lcafanboy]

Indian jugaad ka kamal Omani Jaguars refurbished and being inducted.....

 

[ezsasa]

Quite an achievement all around..
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300th ALH (Dhruv) Rolls-out from HAL Hangar

 

[Digifybox]

There is Dhruv in the order book , and including the spare parts also for the Major Aircraft manufactures of the world . A very good start.

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[Spitfire9]

This article from 2020 does not refer directly to Tejas. It bears on everything HAL does, including Tejas.

HAL turnover to cross Rs 20,000 crore; but unpaid IAF dues of Rs 17,000 crore means HAL needs bank loans to pay employee salaries

With this sort of thing going on, India's prospects of becoming successful in the military aerospace sector are greatly limited. It could only happen in India.

I love the irony of HAL borrowing from the bank to pay an interim dividend, most of which was paid to its largest shareholder GOI, a delinquent debtor!

 

[Tshering22]

This article from 2020 does not refer directly to Tejas. It bears on everything HAL does, including Tejas.


With this sort of thing going on, India's prospects of becoming successful in the military aerospace sector are greatly limited. It could only happen in India.

I love the irony of HAL borrowing from the bank to pay an interim dividend, most of which was paid to its largest shareholder GOI, a delinquent debtor!

The problem is corporatization of HAL. It has only been done int he name. If LIC owns majority of your shares, then you still are a government company and not answerable to profits. Also since most new projects are not HAL's prototypes but government budgets, there is no incentive to get results on the table.

This might sound radical but hiving off HAL's assets into different companies and auctioning them off to the private sector would be the most sensible thing. It will certainly encounter stiff resistance from government employees, but then again there are provisions to deal with them now until privatization happens.

- Company 1 for combat aircraft
- Company 2 for transport aircraft
- Company 3 for helicopters
- Company 4 for UAVs
- Company 5 for maintenance services of all these
- Company 6 to be include GRSE and be privatized as an engine design & manufacturing company like TEI or GE or RR or Safran.

Under government, defence will get nowhere. Not because of the leadership but because of the immunity these sarkari middle & senior management scum enjoy.

 

[Covfefe]

The problem is corporatization of HAL. It has only been done int he name. If LIC owns majority of your shares, then you still are a government company and not answerable to profits. Also since most new projects are not HAL's prototypes but government budgets, there is no incentive to get results on the table.

This might sound radical but hiving off HAL's assets into different companies and auctioning them off to the private sector would be the most sensible thing. It will certainly encounter stiff resistance from government employees, but then again there are provisions to deal with them now until privatization happens.

- Company 1 for combat aircraft
- Company 2 for transport aircraft
- Company 3 for helicopters
- Company 4 for UAVs
- Company 5 for maintenance services of all these
- Company 6 to be include GRSE and be privatized as an engine design & manufacturing company like TEI or GE or RR or Safran.

Under government, defence will get nowhere. Not because of the leadership but because of the immunity these sarkari middle & senior management scum enjoy.

Something similar has been recommended by many air force officials too- break it down to specialised divisions and bring in professionals from Forces and industry. Stop this Chu HAL GET exams and recruit some good experienced candidates even if they Excel in just one field(a good Engineer can never be great simultaneously at Structures, Metallurgy, and Computational Fluid Dynamics- please stop having stupid expectations) . Stop hiring from other PSUs for God's sake. And please set up a sales and marketing team from a few fellas skimmed off Boeing , Bell, etc which works on - scouring for customers, understanding their requirements and match make them with technical teams of HAL showing that how can their requirements be fulfilled from their platforms.(basically what a marketing team should do, also grease the palm with no conscience- it's all business)

 

[Aman kumar]

I am seeing a lot of civilian flights landing at HAL Bangalore… counted 7-8 till now… most of them are indigo and vistara… don’t know if these are same planes doing round or different ones…
I did saw one of the take off also from HAL…
Any news on this???

 

[Aman kumar]

I am seeing a lot of civilian flights landing at HAL Bangalore… counted 7-8 till now… most of them are indigo and vistara… don’t know if these are same planes doing round or different ones…
I did saw one of the take off also from HAL…
Any news on this???

No… not same planes… number has gone 15+ now… something wrong at Bangalore airport… planes are landing every 5 mins…

 

[jai jaganath]

No… not same planes… number has gone 15+ now… something wrong at Bangalore airport… planes are landing every 5 mins…

I think some problem in Bangalore airport
I guess