HAL to open integrated cryogenic engine facility soon in Bengaluru.

HAL after contributing to the success of Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) and GSLV Mk III launch in 2014 is now taking steps to open Integrated Cryogenic Engine Manufacturing (ICEM) facility at Bengaluru.

'The facility is to be opened shortly at our Bangalore Complex and will focus on manufacture, integrate and test the Cryogenic Engine CE20 and Semi Cryogenic Engine SE2000 for launch of GSLV MKII and GSLV MKIII launch vehicles,' said Dr R K Tyagi Chairman, HAL.

'When commissioned the facility will make HAL one among the technologically prudent companies across the globe,' he added.

On R&D front, Dr Tyagi said HAL has done extremely well during 2014 by focusing on patents and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). 'Over the last three years, HAL has transformed itself into a technology company from being just a manufacturing company. The number of patents filed by HAL increased from 71 in 2012-13 to 209 in 2013-14 and to 773 in 2014-15,' he said.

On projects front, HAL achieved major milestones in Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) and Su-30.

According to Dr Tyagi, the first series production of the LCA-Tejas took to the skies recently and is scheduled to be delivered to IAF soon. HAL designed and developed LCH Technology Demonstrator TD-3 made a maiden flight signifying a paradigm shift in the company's approach for design and development by building more prototypes to increase the number of flights needed for initial operational clearance (IOC) reducing the lead-time.

The Ground Test Vehicle (GTV) run of Light Utility Helicopter is yet another important milestone. The first ROH Su-30 aircraft was recently handed over to the Indian Air Force.

Talking about customer interface, Dr. Tyagi said HAL senior executives visited various customer bases as part of confidence building measure to apprise its customers on the new initiatives undertaken by us.

HAL through new initiative dedicated for Integrity, Customer Focus and Quality (ICQ). 'Here HAL was rated as 'Excellent' with a score of 1.08 for the year 2013-14 which is the best among all Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs). The company emerged in top six public sector companies out of over 180 PSEs assessed by Department of Public Enterprises (DPE),' claimed Dr Tyagi.



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