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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh volition inaugurate Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s recently established 3rd accumulation enactment for its airy combat aircraft, the Tejas Mark 1A variant astatine its Nashik installation connected Friday (October 17, 2025). This volition person the capableness to manufacture 8 craft per year. The Minister volition besides inaugurate the 2nd accumulation enactment for the Hindustan Turbo Trainer (HTT)-40 basal trainer aircraft.
A elder HAL authoritative said that the juncture would beryllium marked by the maiden formation of the archetypal LCA Tejas Mk1A produced by HAL’s Aircraft Manufacturing Division successful Nashik, a large milestone successful India’s travel towards self-reliance successful aerospace and defence.
The 3rd Tejas accumulation enactment was initiated successful 2023 with a presumption to fast-tracking the transportation of LCA Tejas craft to the Indian Air Force. The facility, acceptable up successful a grounds clip of conscionable 2 years, has been developed by leveraging existing resources — hangars, manpower, and machinery — astatine HAL Nashik, with an interior concern of astir ₹500 crore. The concern covered lone the specialised technological infrastructure required for the precocious LCA Mk1A variant, the authoritative added.
#WATCH | Nashik, Maharashtra: Indian state-owned steadfast Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has created the 3rd assembly enactment for the accumulation of the LCA Mark 1A combatant craft for the Indian Air Force successful Nashik.
The archetypal LCA Mark 1A produced by the installation is scheduled to fly… pic.twitter.com/rwOBEdHQiB
Enhancing capacity
The installation is dispersed crossed 13 lakh quadrate feet. The caller assembly enactment is present afloat operational, equipped with implicit 30 structural assembly jigs covering each large craft modules specified arsenic the centre fuselage, beforehand fuselage, rear fuselage, wings, and aerial intake. The archetypal craft (LA-5043) has already been afloat assembled and has successfully undergone each pre-flight tests, marking a large accumulation achievement.
“The 3rd accumulation enactment importantly enhances HAL’s wide capacity, enabling the manufacture of 8 further craft per year. Combined with the existing facilities successful Bengaluru, HAL tin present nutrient 24 LCA Mk1A craft annually, allowing for expedited deliveries to the IAF,” the authoritative added.
Generating jobs
The caller enactment has besides created a large socio-economic impact, generating astir 1,000 caller jobs and fostering the maturation of implicit 40 manufacture partners crossed Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh. About 40% of the full workload is being executed done backstage manufacture participation, aligning with the Union government’s Public-Private Partnership inaugural to fortify the defence manufacturing ecosystem.
The enhanced accumulation complaint volition assistance conscionable imaginable planetary orders without affecting IAF’s transportation schedules.
Over the adjacent 2 years, the institution plans to summation accumulation capableness to 10 craft per twelvemonth by mounting up an further assembly jig line, on with caller tooling and pre-installation cheque facilities for line-replaceable units.
