New Delhi, April 12 -- Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has rubbished social media posts claiming that the state-owned defence company has selected consultancy firm PwC to benchmark its R&D.

In a post on X, HAL noted a few posts on social media (X) have falsely stated that HAL has finalized the selection of a consultancy firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to benchmark its R&D activities.

HAL clarified that no firm has been finalized yet for the benchmarking of its R&D processes.

"HAL would like to state that no firm has been finalized yet for the benchmarking of its R&D processes. HAL had issued a Request for Quotation (RFQ) to engage a consultancy firm to conduct a benchmarking study of its R&D framework against global Aerospace and De...