INDIA’S FIRST PRIVATE-SECTOR HELICOPTER F-A-L IN KARNATAKA

NEWS: PM Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron virtually inaugurated India’s first private-sector Helicopter Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Vemagal, Karnataka.

ABOUT

• Operates underà A strategic partnership between Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and Airbus Helicopters to manufacture the Airbus H125 light utility helicopter.
• Marks the first timeà A private Indian company has undertaken end-to-end manufacturing, integration, and testing of advanced helicopters.
• Karnataka becomes àhome to the world’s fourth H125 manufacturing and FAL facility, joining France, the United States, and Brazil.

Airbus H125 Helicopter

• A single-engine light utility helicopterà optimised for peak performance in high-altitude and hot environments.
• The only helicopter to have successfully landed on and taken off from the summit of Mount Everest (29,029 feet).
• Offers a range of 340 nautical miles (630 km) and a standard fuel endurance of 4.5 hours.
• A multi-mission workhorseà used extensively in law enforcement, search and rescue, air ambulance, firefighting, construction support, and power-line inspection.