Airbus awards copter fuselage contract to Mahindra

Airbus Helicopters has awarded a contract to Mahindra Aerostructures Pvt Ltd (MASPL) to manufacture the main fuselage of its best-selling helicopter, the H125. The first fuselage delivery of the H-125 is targeted for 2027.

The contract was announced in the presence of  Airbus executive vice-president (international) Wouter van Wersch, president and MD (India and South Asia) Jürgen Westermeier and MASPL MD and CEO Arvind Mehra

The fresh contract followed the award of the Airbus H-130 helicopter’s fuselage manufacturing to MASPL in April 2025, the Airbus said.

Westermeier said "This significant H125 work package, along with our existing H130 partnership demonstrates our confidence in India as a critical hub for global aerospace manufacturing.”

The Airbus is not just building helicopters in India, it is building an entire ecosystem that will contribute to developing and maturing the rotorcraft market in India. The Airbus decision to award this contract to MASPL complements Airbus’s wider strategy in India. It has established of two final assembly lines for the H125 helicopter as well as the C295 military aircraft, both with the Tata Advanced Systems Limited.