Mahindra Aerospace

{{short description|Aerospace division of the Indian multinational conglomerate company Mahindra Group}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Mahindra Aerospace

| logo = Mahindra Aerospace.svg

| image = The_first_flight_of_C-NM5_on_sep_1,2011.jpg

| logo_size = 220px

| type = Private

| slogan =

| foundation = {{start date and age|2003}}{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Mahindra-offers-to-quit-AI-board-over-conflict-of-interest/752899 |title=Mahindra offers to quit AI board over conflict of interest |publisher=Indianexpress.com |date=2011-02-22 |accessdate=2011-03-03}}

| founder = Anand Mahindra

| location = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India{{cite web|author=CJ: puretechin |url=http://www.merinews.com/article/mahindra-engineering-services-bags-process-innovation-award-at-the-nasscom-innovation-awards-2011/15843904.shtml |title=Mahindra Engineering Services bags Process Innovation award at the NASSCOM Innovation Awards 2011 |publisher=Merinews.com |date= |accessdate=2011-03-03}}

| key_people = {{plainlist| *Mr. Arvind Mehra
(Executive Director & CEO){{cite web|url=http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/Mahindra-GippsAeros-GA8TC-320-Airvan-enthrals-Mumbai/5088063365 |title=Mahindra GippsAero’s GA8TC-320 Airvan enthrals Mumbai |publisher=Indiainfoline.com |date= |accessdate=2011-03-03}}

  • Anand Mahindra
    (Vice-Chairman & MD)
  • Hemant Luthra
    (President){{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_mahindra-aero-bets-on-components_1514709 |title=Mahindra Aero bets on components - Money - DNA |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date= |accessdate=2011-03-03}}}}

| num_employees =

| industry = Aerospace

| products = {{plainlist|

| revenue =

| net_income =

| subsid = GippsAero

| parent = Mahindra Group

| homepage = {{URL|http://www.mahindraaerospace.com}}

}}

Mahindra Aerospace is an Indian aerospace company, part of the Mahindra Group.{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-08/india-business/28547496_1_facility-aircraft-components-turboprop |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308235345/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-08/india-business/28547496_1_facility-aircraft-components-turboprop |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-03-08 |title=Mahindra plans Rs 285cr aerospace facility |date=2011-02-08 |work=The Times of India |accessdate=2011-03-03}}{{cite web|url=http://www.investinindia.com/news/mahindra-aerospace-looking-strategic-investors-including-oems-and-tier-i-suppliers-90j8 |title=Mahindra Aerospace looking for strategic investors including OEMs and tier I suppliers |publisher=Invest in India |date=2011-02-21 |accessdate=2011-03-03}} It is the first Indian private firm to make smaller civil aircraft for the Indian general aviation market. It is an AS9100 Rev.D certified design organization.{{cite web|url=https://www.mahindraaerospace.com/mahindra-aerospace/ |title=Aerospace |publisher=mahindraaerospace.com |date= |accessdate=6 February 2020}}

Acquisitions

File:CAP Gippsland GA8 Airvan at West Houston Airport.jpg GA8 Airvan on takeoff from West Houston Airport during a mission following Hurricane Rita in 2005.]]

The parent Mahindra & Mahindra group acquired a 75.1% majority stake in December 2009 of Australian aircraft manufacturer Gippsland Aeronautics, builder of the Gippsland GA200, Gippsland GA8 Airvan and the Gippsland GA10 Airvan. The company was renamed GippsAero.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/business/companies/article65783.ece |title=Mahindra buys major stake in Australian firms |work=The Hindu |date=16 December 2009 |accessdate=28 June 2010}}

Also in December 2009 the Mahindra & Mahindra group also acquired a 75.1% stake in Aerostaff Australia,{{cite news|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5341817.cms|title=M&M buys two Aussie aerospace cos|date=16 December 2009}} a component manufacturer of high-precision, close-tolerance, aircraft components and assemblies for large aerospace original equipment manufacturers.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}

In June 2010 the company acquired the Australian Boeing unit, an aerospace component manufacturer.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}

Products

National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) and Mahindra Aerospace jointly developed the NAL NM5 light aircraft.

Manufacturing plants

See also

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