Hyderabad, May 30 -- In a significant boost to India's indigenous defence manufacturing capabilities, the first centre fuselage assembly for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk1A was handed over to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) by M/s VEM Technologies, the Hyderabad-based Defence manufacturing company, on Friday.
The handover took place in the presence of Secretary (Defence Production) Sanjeev Kumar and HAL Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) Dr. D. K. Sunil.
This event marks the first time a major sub-assembly for the LCA Tejas being manufactured by a private Indian company.
Speaking on the occasion, Sanjeev Kumar while hailing the partnership between HAL and VEM Technologies in accelerating the production of LCA Mk 1A, said t...