Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and France’s Safran Aircraft Engines opened a cutting-edge manufacturing facility in Hyderabad on October 28, 2025, dedicated to producing components for CFM LEAP aircraft engines. This development strengthens the India-France aerospace partnership, aligns with local manufacturing initiatives, and enhances India’s role in global aviation supply chains.
Safran Aircraft Engines is set to open a USD 163 million MRO facility in Hyderabad by November 2025, enhancing India’s aviation maintenance capabilities. This facility will support LEAP engines, marking India’s transition to a global aviation hub. The growth of India’s commercial fleet presents significant opportunities for engine manufacturers like Safran.
French aeroengine company Safran has announced a new MRO facility for Rafale aircraft engines in Hyderabad, enhancing India’s aerospace capabilities. Set to support over 600 engine modules annually, it highlights the Indo-French defense collaboration, fostering self-reliance and generating 150 skilled jobs by 2040 for India’s defense sector.
New Delhi: French aeroengines major Safran has appointed Jetendra S. Gavankar as its next managing director, a former Indian Air Force officer, for its helicopter engines unit in India. Gavankar took over the new role from his predecessor Satish Kirtikar, who is retiring, according to a statement from […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Rajiv Chib A resurgence of COVID-19 cases in India has forced domestic defence companies to reintroduce strict restrictions. It again threatens to increase […]
New Delhi: India plans to roll out its first indigenous fifth-generation combat aircraft in five years of project approval, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman Dr G. Satheesh Reddy has said. The DRDO will aim to deliver the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), as the Indian fifth […]
