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Tatas, GE in pact to make aircraft engine components

HYDERABAD: Telangana has got aerospace boost with Tata Group and General Electric Co. (GE) signing an agreement to build a new factory in Hyderabad to make engine parts for passenger jets. GE Aviation and Tata Sons’ subsidiary Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL), based in Hyderabad, will work together in manufacturing, assembling, integration and testing of aircraft components.



Suresh Dharur

Tribune News Service

Hyderabad, December 15

Telangana has got aerospace boost with Tata Group and General Electric Co. (GE) signing an agreement to build a new factory in Hyderabad to make engine parts for passenger jets. GE Aviation and Tata Sons’ subsidiary Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL), based in Hyderabad, will work together in manufacturing, assembling, integration and testing of aircraft components. The two companies signed an agreement here in the presence of the state IT Minister KT Rama Rao to manufacture CFM International LEAP engine components in India for the global supply chain. The components made here will go into the LEAP engine, used in the new fuel-efficient Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX planes. 

The two companies also intend to jointly pursue military engine and aircraft system opportunities for the Indian market. A new Centre of Excellence (COE) will be established to help develop a robust ecosystem for aircraft engine manufacturing in India and build related capabilities.

“We look forward to working with GE to build more expertise and strengthen India’s defence manufacturing capabilities,” said N. Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Sons. “Tata group’s partnership with GE will help drive synergies in defence manufacturing and focus on innovation to support our armed forces.” At its aerospace hub in Hyderabad, Tata Group already builds aero-structures for Sikorsky helicopters, Pilatus trainers and the Lockheed Martin C-130 tail. Aircraft maker Boeing Co. is in the process of shifting its Apache attack helicopter manufacturing to TASL from its current supplier Korean Aerospace in South Korea.\

To power LEAP engine 

  • GE Aviation and Tata Sons’ subsidiary Tata Advanced Systems Limited will work together in manufacturing, assembling, integration and testing of aircraft components 
  • The components made here will go into the LEAP engine, used in the new fuel-efficient Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX planes
  • The two companies also intend to jointly pursue military engine and aircraft system opportunities for the Indian market

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