Bengaluru: Government owned aerospace and defence company, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Rolls-Royce have signed an agreement to 'Make-in-India' Adour engine parts which support Rolls-Royce's international defence customer base.
The agreement was signed by B Krishna Kumar, Executive Director (Engine & IMGT), HAL and Abhishek Singh, Senior Vice President – Defence, India and South East Asia, Rolls Royce here, on Tuesday.
On the occasion, R. Madhavan, CMD, HAL said, “With over 30 years’ experience of supporting repair and maintenance services for the Adour engines in India, HAL has the capability to support a large defence customer base. This is the first order for supply of spares for the Adour Global Supply chain. We plan to be a key player in the supply chain of Adour engines and expect more orders to follow. We look forward to working with Rolls-Royce to build on this capability to serve global market for supply of spares and MRO of Adour engines. This new partnership will create avenues for the two companies to expand the defence sourcing footprint in India.”
Through this partnership, Rolls-Royce aims to strengthen the ecosystem for Adour engines in India by building on HAL’s existing capabilities for manufacturing and supporting the Adour engines maintenance for Indian customers over several decades. This follows the MoU signed by Rolls-Royce and HAL during the Aero India 2021 to establish an Authorized Maintenance Centre for Adour at HAL to support international military customers and operators.
Kishore Jayaraman, President, Rolls-Royce India and South Asia from Rolls-Royce said, “Our valued partnership with HAL has grown from strength to strength over the last few decades and this is a significant step towards strengthening the defence manufacturing ecosystem in India, and to help catapult India’s vision for the defence sector to ‘make in India’ for the world.”
Alex Zino, Executive Vice President – Business Development and Future Programmes (Defence) added that they are excited to expand the long-standing partnership with HAL to support long term sustainment of Adour engines for both Indian and global customers. "This is our first defence supplies agreement in India and creates an opportunity for India to increase its defence exports given the robust demand forecast for high precision components in this sector," he said.
C B Ananthakrishnan, Director (Finance), M S Velpari, Director (Operations) and Amitabh Bhatt, CEO (Bangalore Complex) from HAL were also present on the occasion.
