HAL receives First Centre Fuselage for LCA Tejas Mk 1A
This is for the first time a major sub-assembly for the LCA Tejas being manufactured by a private Indian company.
To boost indigenous defence manufacturing capabilities, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd receives the first centre fuselage assembly for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk1A by VEM Technologies in Hyderabad on May 30, 2025. This is for the first time a major sub-assembly for the LCA Tejas being manufactured by a private Indian company.
The handover took place in the presence of Secretary (Defence Production) Shri Sanjeev Kumar and Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of HAL, Dr. D. K. Sunil.
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Speaking on the occasion, Secretary (Defence Production), Shri Sanjeev Kumar hailed the partnership between HAL and VEM Technologies in accelerating the production of LCA Mk 1A. He said that there is a significant growth in defence production at a rate of about 10% annually as well as in our defence exports. This would not have been possible without the support of industries and Public Sector Units like HAL. Security and sovereignty of the country are paramount and cannot be achieved without own manufacturing and supply of spare parts which could meet the requirements of the Armed Forces, he added.
HAL CMD acknowledged the rapid growth of Tier 1 and MSME suppliers in the production of the LCA Tejas. The handover is a major milestone in establishing a fourth production line for the LCA Mk1A, in addition to the two existing lines in HAL-Bengaluru and one in HAL-Nashik.
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The LCA Tejas Division has already received structural modules of air intake assemblies, rear fuselage assemblies, loom assemblies, and fin and rudder assemblies in the Mk1A configuration. The state-owned company further plans to extend this outsourcing model to future projects, reinforcing its in-house capacity with the expertise of Indian industry.
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