HAL Company Profile: Products, Promoters and Clients

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited: HAL Company Description 

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is a global manufacturer and service provider for aircraft, helicopters, and related equipment. They specialize in manufacturing and overhauling a variety of aerospace products including aircraft, helicopters, communication/navigation systems, aero engines, and satellite launch vehicles. 

Additionally, they offer services such as repairs, servicing, training, and technical support for both military and civilian customers.

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Q1.What are the Products & Services of HAL?

Indigenous products

HAL Tejas

Over the years, HAL has designed and developed several platforms like the HF-24 Marut,[39] the Dhruv,[40] the LUH,[41] and the LCH.[42] HAL also manufactures indigenous products with technology transferred from the DRDO, in association with Bharat Electronics for its avionics and Indian Ordnance Factories for the on-board weapons systems and ammunition.

HAL supplies ISRO, the integrated L-40 stages for GSLV Mk II, propellant tanks, feed lines of PSLV, GSLV MKII and GSLV MKIII launch vehicles and structures of various satellites.

Agricultural aircraft

HA-31 Basant (1972-1980)(out of production)

Fighter aircraft

HF-24 Marut

HAL HF-24 Marut — (retired) Mk.1 and Mk.1T (200+ built)
MBB/HAL HF-73 — (cancelled)
HAL Tejas — (in service) 4.5 generation light combat aircraft (LCA)
HAL Tejas MK2[44] — 4.5+ generation Medium weight fighter (under development) 2025 first flight expected.
HAL TEDBF — Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter is 4.5+ generation fighter for Indian Navy's aircraft carriers (under development). HAL ORCA version for IAF planned.
Sukhoi/HAL FGFA — (cancelled) 5th generation fighter based on Sukhoi SU-57
HAL AMCA

Mk.1: 5th generation stealth fighter (under development)
Mk.2: 5.5th generation stealth fighter ( it will operate in CATS {combat air teaming system}, a UCAV in the swarm will be equipped with a direct energy weapon) (planned).

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Trainer aircraft

HAL HTT-40 Basic training aircraft

Hindustan HJT-36 Sitara Intermediate jet trainer

HT-2 — (1951-1990) First company design to enter production. Exported to Ghana. (retired)
HAL-26 Pushpak — (1958 to ~1960s)Basic trainer, based on Aeronca Chief. (out of production)
HJT-16 Kiran — (1964-1989) (in service) Mk1, Mk1A and Mk2 - Turbojet trainers scheduled to be replaced with HJT-36 Sitara
HPT-32 Deepak —(1984-2009) (retired) Basic trainer that was in service for more than three decades.
HTT-34 — (retired) Turboprop version of HPT-32 Deepak
HTT-35 (cancelled) — Proposed replacement for HPT-32 basic trainer in the early 1990s; not pursued
HJT-36 Sitara — Intermediate jet trainer (under -development)
HJT 39 / CAT — Advanced jet trainer, developed into HLFT-42 (cancelled)
HTT-40 — Basic trainer (in production)first prototype flew its first flight on 31 May 2016.
HLFT-42— Proposed lead-in fighter trainer.

Passenger, transport and utility aircraft

Saras, under joint development with National Aerospace Laboratories

Saras — of 14-19 seater capacity multi-purpose civilian light transport aircraft jointly developed with NAL.
Indian Regional Jet (IRJ) — (under development) of 70-100 seater capacity regional airliner to be jointly developed with NAL.

Helicopters

HAL Dhruv of Indian Coast Guard

HAL Prachand of No. 143 Helicopter Unit, IAF.

Dhruv — (in production) Advanced light helicopter
Rudra — (in production) Armed and reconnaissance version of Dhruv
Prachand — (in production) Light attack helicopter
Light Utility Helicopter — (in limited series production) Light utility helicopter
Indian Multi-role Helicopter — (under development) medium multi-role helicopter. Naval version also planned.

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Observation and reconnaissance aircraft

HAOP-27 Krishak (1959 to ~1975) (retired)— Based on HAL-26 Pushpak

Unmanned aerial vehicles

PTA Lakshya - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
PTA Lakshya 2 - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TARGET DRONE)
DRDO Archer-NG
Nishant - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Rustom - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
TAPAS-BH-201 - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (MALE)
NRUAV
HAL Combat Air Teaming System (CATS)

CATS Mothership for Air teaming Exploitation (MAX) - based on Tejas Mark 1A or SPECAT Jaguar
CATS Warrior
CATS Air Launched Flexible Assets (ALFA) - Unmanned carrier and launcher of weaponized swarm drone ALPHA-S.
CATS Hunter - Modular multi-purpose weapon carrying system
CATS Infinity - High altitude solar powered atmospheric satellite

Gliders

G-1 — HAL's first original design, dating from 1941. Only one was built.
RG-1 Rohini
Ardhra — training glider

Engines

GTX-35VS Kaveri prototype testing

Cryogenic Rocket Engine

CE-20 cryogenic rocket engine. It is the most powerful upper-stage Cryogenic engine operational today.

CE-7.5 — cryogenic rocket engine (in production, used on GSLV mk.ii Cryogenic upper stage CUS15)
CE-20 — cryogenic rocket engine (in production, used on C25 upperstage of LVM-3)

Turboshaft Engine

Shakti — a turboshaft engine for HAL Dhruv Helicopter, co-developed with Safran Helicopter Engines based on Safran Ardiden 1 ( in production and used on LUH, Dhruv, Rudra , Prachand )
HTSE-1200 — a turboshaft engine can be used as engine alternatives for the HAL-developed LUH, Dhruv, Rudra and Prachand helicopters[55] (under development)

Turbojet Engine

HAL HJE-2500 Engine at HAL Museum. Built in 1965, it was the first turbojet engine built by HAL

Hindustan Jet Engine (HJE-2500) (retired)
PTAE-7 — (in service) For indigenously designed Lakshya PTA.

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Turbofan Engine

GTX-35VS Kaveri — a turbofan engine can be used in HAL-developed Tejas and AMCA, co-developed with GTRE of (DRDO) and Safran Aircraft Engines (under development)
HTFE-25 — a turbofan engine can be used in single-engine trainer jets, business jets and UAVs weighing up to 5 tonnes and in twin-engine configuration for same weighing up to 9 tonnes[57] (under development)

Licensed production

Fighter aircraft

HAL made Su-30MKI

HAL made Jaguar

De Havilland Vampire — (retired) first combat jet manufactured by HAL, 250+ FB.52, 60 T.55 models[58]
Folland Gnat — (retired) Over 175 manufactured by HAL.

HAL Ajeet —(retired) improved version of the Folland Gnat , 89 manufactured by HAL
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 —(Out of production) FL, M, Bis and UPG upgrades variants 660 manufactured by HAL
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 —(retired) A total of 150 ML variant were manufactured by HAL
SEPECAT Jaguar — (Out of production) IS, IB and IM variants (89 IS, 27 IB and 12 IM variants built)
Sukhoi Su-30MKI — (In Service) a derivative of the Sukhoi Su-30 (272 delivered, 12 on order)

Trainer aircraft

Harlow PC-5 — first aircraft assembled by HAL
Percival Prentice — 66 built by HAL
BAE Hawk Mk 132 — The type and its engines are produced under license, proposed to be developed into Hawk-i fighter - trainer aircraft.

Passenger, transport and utility aircraft

HS 748 Avro — modified for military usage, includes Series 2M variant with large freight door
Dornier 228 — 117 built + fuselage, wings and tail unit for production of the upgraded Dornier 228 NG variant. Sometimes referred to as HAL 228.

Helicopters

Aerospatiale SA 315B Lama — HAL Cheetah, Lancer, Cheetal Variants
Aerospatiale SA 316B Alouette III — HAL Chetak, Chetan Variants.

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Engines

Turbofan Engines

Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour Mk 811 — Engine for SEPECAT Jaguar, produced under licence
Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour Mk 871 — Engine for BAE Hawk Mk 132, produced under licence
Garrett TPE331-5 — Engine for Dornier 228, produced under licence
Saturn AL-31FP — Engine for Sukhoi Su-30MKI, produced under licence
Klimov RD-33MK — Engine for Mikoyan MiG-29, produced under licence
F414-GE-INS6 — Engine for HAL Tejas Mk2, produced under licence. And planned to produce for HAL AMCA in future

Turboshaft Engine

Turbomeca TM 333 — Engine for HAL Dhruv Helicopter, produced under licence

Services:

1.Aircraft MRO

2.Helicopter

3.Power Plant Services

4.Systems, Accessories and Avionics

Q2.Who are the Promoters of the company?

HAL is managed by a board of directors appointed by the President of India through the Ministry of Defence, Government of India.

Q3.Who all are the Clients of the Company?

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