Tata Advanced Systems

TASL entered into a joint venture with Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation to manufacture the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter in India for the domestic civil and military markets. The plan was to have a US$200 million manufacturing plant operational in Hyderabad by 2010.[http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4121041&c=ASI&s=AIR Tata-Sikorsky Deal Ends HAL Aerospace Monopoly – Defense News]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{Cite web |url=http://machinist.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2140&Itemid=2 |title=MACHINIST – Tata Advanced Systems and Sikorsky to Manufacture Helicopter Cabins in India |access-date=3 May 2016 |archive-date=28 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228233638/http://machinist.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2140&Itemid=2 |url-status=dead }} As production began, the first S-92 cabin was delivered in November 2010,{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/11/09/349379/business-briefs.html|accessdate=2010-11-10|title=Business briefs|archive-date=12 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112051112/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/11/09/349379/business-briefs.html|url-status=live}} and capacity was expected to increase to 36–48 cabins a year.[http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_sikorsky-may-make-choppers-at-hyderabad_1355777 Sikorsky may make choppers at Hyderabad – Money – DNA] By the end of July 2013, 39 cabins had been assembled.

The joint venture with Sikorsky has since been expanded to include the development of aerospace components for other original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). This facility, called Tara, also located in Hyderabad, was completed in 2011 and commenced production in 2012.{{Cite web |url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/tata-sikorsky-jv-to-make-aerospace-components/376324/ |title=Tata, Sikorsky JV to make aerospace components |access-date=24 January 2010 |archive-date=17 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091117120433/http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/tata-sikorsky-jv-to-make-aerospace-components/376324/ |url-status=live }} Another TASL joint-venture, with Lockheed Martin, is producing aero structures for the Lockheed C-130 Hercules and the Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules in India. It is a 74:26 joint venture which currently assembles Hercules centre wing boxes and empennages.{{cite web | url=https://www.thestatesman.com/business/tata-lockheed-martin-delivers-150th-c-130j-super-hercules-empennage-1503007580.html | title=Tata Lockheed Martin delivers 150th C-130J Super Hercules empennage | website=The Statesman | date=15 September 2021 | access-date=27 July 2022 | archive-date=27 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727084009/https://www.thestatesman.com/business/tata-lockheed-martin-delivers-150th-c-130j-super-hercules-empennage-1503007580.html | url-status=live }} TASL will also establish a MRO facility in India of the C-130J.https://www.business-standard.com/amp/companies/news/tata-advanced-systems-to-expand-karnataka-ops-boost-aerospace-growth-125021101972_1.html TASL's joint venture with Lockheed Martin is named Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructures.{{Cite web |last=Shukla |first=Ajai |date=9 August 2023 |title=Tata-Lockheed Martin JV delivers 200th C-130J Super Hercules empennage |url=https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/tata-group-reaches-major-c-130j-landmark-for-lockheed-123080900660_1.html |access-date=12 May 2025 |website=Business Standard}}

In partnership with Airbus Defence and Space, the company fielded the EADS CASA C-295 medium–lift tactical transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force's light-cargo fleet renewal program, which the Indian government approved on 13 May 2015. Under the agreement, Tata Advanced Systems has been selected as the Indian Production Agency (IPA) by Airbus DS.{{cite web |title=Airbus C295|url=https://www.tataadvancedsystems.com/c295 |publisher=TATA Advanced Systems |access-date=November 5, 2024}} Under the project 16 complete aircraft will be imported, while 40 aircraft will be manufactured in India.{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/avro-aircraft-deal-defence-council-clears-rs-11930-cr-tata-airbus-bid/|title=Avro aircraft deal: Defence council clears Rs 11,930 cr Tata-Airbus bid|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=14 May 2015|accessdate=14 May 2015|archive-date=18 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518032224/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/avro-aircraft-deal-defence-council-clears-rs-11930-cr-tata-airbus-bid/|url-status=live}}

The Final Assembly Line (FAL) complex was inaugurated in October 2024. The first ‘Make in India’ C295 will roll out of the Vadodara FAL in September 2026.{{cite press release |date=October 28, 2024 |title=Tata Advanced Systems and Airbus inaugurate C295 Final Assembly Line in Vadodara, India |url=https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-10-tata-advanced-systems-and-airbus-inaugurate-c295-final-assembly-line-vadodara-india |publisher=Airbus |access-date=November 5, 2024}}{{Cite web |date=28 October 2024 |title=All about the C295 aircraft manufacturing plant, inaugurated by PM Modi in Vadodara |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/c295-aircraft-plant-modi-iaf-inauguration-9642745/ |access-date=5 November 2024 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

The company has also entered an agreement to produce structures for the Pilatus PC-12NG from 2016 to 2026.Trautvetter, Chad. "[http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ainalerts/2014-08-26/pilatus-taps-indias-tata-make-pc-12-aerostructures Pilatus Taps India's Tata To Make PC-12 Aerostructures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904230930/http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ainalerts/2014-08-26/pilatus-taps-indias-tata-make-pc-12-aerostructures |date=4 September 2014 }}" AINonline, 26 August 2014. Accessed: 4 September 2014.

The aerospace and military division of Tata Motors was sold to Tata Advanced Systems on May 3, 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/tata-motors-sells-defence-biz-to-group-co-tasl-for-rs-725-cr-2562407.html|title=Tata Motors to sell defence, aerospace business to Tata Advanced Systems|website=Moneycontrol|date=3 May 2018|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-04|archive-date=4 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504155511/https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/tata-motors-sells-defence-biz-to-group-co-tasl-for-rs-725-cr-2562407.html|url-status=live}} Lockheed Martin declared in September 2018 that, in partnership with TASL, it would manufacture wings for the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/04/lockheed-martin-set-to-build-all-f-16-wings-in-india.html|title=Lockheed Martin reportedly set to build all F-16 wings in India|website=CNBC|date=4 September 2018|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-04|archive-date=20 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230424/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/04/lockheed-martin-set-to-build-all-f-16-wings-in-india.html|url-status=live}} Inaugurated in 2018, the Hyderabad facility of Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited (TBAL), a joint venture between Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems, will serve as the exclusive global manufacturer of fuselages for AH-64 Apache helicopters supplied by Boeing to its clientele worldwide.{{Cite web |last=Kendall |first=David |last2=Vengadesan |first2=Joanne |last3=Walton |first3=Philip |title=Tata-Boeing joint venture establishes aerospace facility in Hyderabad |url=https://www.penningtonslaw.com/case-studies/tata-boeing-joint-venture-establishes-aerospace-facility-in-hyderabad |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=Penningtons Manches Cooper |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Apparasu |first=Srinivasa Rao |date=1 March 2018 |title=Tata Boeing Aerospace facility to produce fuselages for Apache aircraft opened in Hyderabad |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/tata-boeing-aerospace-facility-to-produce-fuselages-for-apache-aircraft-opened-in-hyderabad/story-0xXGV8rzzrs2narHcESEzN.html |access-date=29 September 2024 |work=Hindustan Times}} On 10th February 2025, TBAL delivered the 300th fuselage for the AH-64 Apache from its facility in Hyderabad.{{Cite news |title=Tata Boeing JV delivers 300th 'made in Telangana' AH-64 Apache fuselages |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tata-boeing-jv-delivers-300th-made-in-telangana-ah-64-apache-fuselages/articleshow/118111035.cms |access-date=2025-02-10 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}

In 2018, TASL established the Tata Centre of Excellence for Aero Engines to manufacture LEAP engine components in India for CFM International, a joint venture between GE Aerospace and Safran Aircraft Engines. Tata Power SED was purchased by Tata Advanced Systems from Tata Power in 2020.{{cite news |title=Tata Power completes sale of its defence business to Tata Advanced Systems |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/tata-power-completes-sale-of-its-defence-business-to-tata-advanced-systems/articleshow/78994672.cms |access-date=30 October 2022 |work=The Economic Times |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030220505/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/tata-power-completes-sale-of-its-defence-business-to-tata-advanced-systems/articleshow/78994672.cms |url-status=live }}

In early 2021, it was reported that Tata Advanced Systems of India had likely bought the intellectual property rights of the Grob G180 SPn aircraft for the development of a military variant to be offered to the Indian army as a signals intelligence gathering and surveillance platform.{{Cite news |last=Pubby |first=Manu |date=2021-02-01 |title=In a first, Tata to build military aircraft in India as it acquires IP rights |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/in-a-first-tata-to-build-military-aircraft-in-india-as-it-acquires-ip-rights/articleshow/80620506.cms |access-date=2024-09-29 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}} In February 2021, Lockheed Martin announced that they are teaming with Tata Advanced Systems for meeting the Indian Navy's proposed requirement for Naval Utility Helicopter (NUH).{{Cite web|url=https://forceindia.net/lockheed-martin-tasl-join-hands-navys-nuh-programme/|title=Lockheed Martin, TASL Join Hands for Navy's NUH Programme|date=9 February 2021}} In September 2021 India has signed deal of buying C-295 Cargo aircraft and that will be made by Tata Advanced System.{{cite news |title=Prime Minister's meeting with Prime Minister of Spain on the sidelines of G20 Summit in Rome |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1768262 |access-date=29 September 2024 |agency=Press Information Bureau |publisher=Prime Minister's Office, Government of India |date=31 October 2021}} In 2022, TASL and GE Aerospace extended their long-term contract for the production and supply of various commercial aircraft engine components, which are to be manufactured at the Tata Centre of Excellence for Aero Engines.{{Cite web |date=4 November 2022 |title=GE Aerospace, Tata Advanced Systems extend $1 billion long term contract |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/ge-aerospace-tata-advanced-systems-extend-1-billion-long-term-contract-122110400324_1.html |access-date=12 May 2025 |website=Business Standard}}

In 2024, Tata Advanced Systems announced that the company and Lockheed Martin are looking at further opportunities in India. This includes establishing a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in India to support the IAF's fleet of 12 C-130Js and other global Super Hercules fleets.{{Cite web |last= |date=10 September 2024 |title=Tata, Lockheed tie up for aircraft production in India. Details here |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/industry/aviation/story/tata-lockheed-tie-up-for-aircraft-production-in-india-details-here-445259-2024-09-10 |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=Business Today |language=en |archive-date=15 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915140230/https://www.businesstoday.in/industry/aviation/story/tata-lockheed-tie-up-for-aircraft-production-in-india-details-here-445259-2024-09-10 |url-status=live }} It also includes expanding the C-130J manufacturing and assembly in India to produce aircraft for the IAF’s Medium Transport Aircraft program, which subject to U.S. government and Indian government approvals.

Following an armored vehicle contract from the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces in 2024, Tata Advanced Systems will establish a plant in Casablanca. The first WhAPs are expected to be rolled out in 18 months, with the intention of catering to the broader African market. The production facility, which will be operational within a year, will be able to produce 100 combat vehicles yearly.{{Cite news |last=Pubby |first=Manu |date=2024-09-28 |title=A First for India: Tatas to set up defence factory abroad |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/a-first-for-india-tatas-to-set-up-defence-factory-abroad/articleshow/113749739.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-09-29 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}} In December 2024, TASL doubled the company's landholding in Nagpur’s MIHAN SEZ to 60 acres for expanding its aerospace manufacturing operations.{{Cite news |date=23 December 2024 |title=Tata Advanced Systems doubles land holding in Mihan for aerospace expansion |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/tata-advanced-systems-doubles-land-holding-in-mihan-for-aerospace-expansion/articleshow/116609349.cms |access-date=28 April 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}} TASL's existing Nagpur facility manufactures aircraft floor beams for both Boeing and Airbus at the same facility. In April 2025, the company acquired land in Karnataka's Vemgal Industrial Area for setting up a final assembly line for aircraft manufacturing and MRO.{{Cite web |date=3 April 2025 |title=Tata Advanced Systems buys land for over ₹29 crore in Karnataka |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/real-estate/tata-advanced-systems-buys-land-near-bengaluru-for-over-rs-29-crore-101743690737719.html |access-date=28 April 2025 |website=Hindustan Times}}

• License production of the C-295 in a JV with Airbus Defence and Space.
• Design, development and production of the TATA Kestrel for Indian Army.
• Upgradation and modernization of 37 airfields across Air Force Stations, Naval Stations, and Coast Guard Civil Enclaves.
• Production and maintenance of the Pinaka Multi Barrel Rocket launchers, command posts and other support vehicles for Indian Army.{{cite web|url=http://www.tatapowersed.com/product-range/weapon-systems.html|title=Tata Power Strategic Electronics Division :: Product Range :: Weapon Systems|website=Tatapowersed.com|accessdate=9 October 2017|archive-date=28 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131128064021/http://www.tatapowersed.com/product-range/weapon-systems.html|url-status=dead}}
• Production and Maintenance of the Akash SAM launchers, command posts and other support vehicles for IAF.
• Production and maintenance of the MRSAM launchers, command posts and other support vehicles for IAF.
• Production and maintenance of the control systems for the Arihant-class submarine.
• Production and development of the Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System for Indian Army
• Design, development and production of the Portable Diver Detection Sonar.
• Production and maintenance for the PDV Mk-II launcher.
• Development of the Advanced Loitering System-250 (ALS-250), a kamikaze drone with a range of 250 km with high payload capacity for munitions like anti-tank warhead.{{Cite news |last=Pubby |first=Manu |date=2025-02-11 |title=Tata Advanced Systems unveils advanced loitering suicide drone with 250 km range suitable for LAC |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/tata-advanced-systems-unveils-advanced-loitering-suicide-drone-with-250-km-range-suitable-for-lac/articleshow/118126566.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}
• Development of the unmanned medium-altitude long-endurance UAV variant of the Grob G180 SPn.{{Cite web |last= |date=2025-04-08 |title=India’s First Jet-Powered MALE by TASL ? |url=https://alphadefense.in/index.php/2025/04/08/tasl-indigenous-jet-powered-male-drone-conversion/?amp=1 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=alphadefense.in |language=en-US}}

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• Tata LSV (Light Specialist Vehicle)
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• Tata 2 Stretcher Ambulance
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• Tata LPTA 1615 TC (4x4)
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TASL is bidding to develop and build unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the Indian Armed Forces for surveillance.{{Cite web |url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/india-inc-makes-strategic-movesdefence-deals/361750/ |title=India Inc makes strategic moves on defence deals |access-date=15 July 2009 |archive-date=25 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925234235/https://www.business-standard.com/search?q=news |url-status=live }} It has agreements with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and "Urban Aeronautics" for cooperation and co-development of UAVs in India.[http://www.tataadvancedsystems.com/showNews.aspx?mId=5&cId=38&newsId=36 News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716193406/http://www.tataadvancedsystems.com/showNews.aspx?mId=5&cId=38&newsId=36 |date=2011-07-16 }}[http://www.tataadvancedsystems.com/showNews.aspx?mId=5&cId=38&newsId=14 News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716193503/http://www.tataadvancedsystems.com/showNews.aspx?mId=5&cId=38&newsId=14 |date=2011-07-16 }} It has developed and successfully flight tested a long-range kamikaze drone known as ALS-50 which can strike beyond ranges of 50 km and turn back in case of an abandoned mission and will soon be in use by the Indian armed forces.{{Cite news |last=Pubby |first=Manu |title=Indigenous loitering munition successfully hits target at Pokhran |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/indigenous-loitering-munition-successfully-hits-target-at-pokhran/articleshow/94383125.cms |access-date=2022-10-29 |archive-date=1 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101193854/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/indigenous-loitering-munition-successfully-hits-target-at-pokhran/articleshow/94383125.cms |url-status=live }}

TASL developed Rajak-XLR an enhanced variant of Rajak-ULR for the Regiment of Artillery. It consists of a long-range continuous zoom-type thermal camera, a long-range continuous zoom-type day camera, and a laser rangefinder for analyzing the distance of the target. The system can detect vehicles within a range of 50 km including the type and humans within 40 km.{{Cite news |last=Majumdar |first=Oishee |date=13 July 2022 |title=East Tech 2022: TASL's new surveillance system to be tested by Indian Army in August |work=Janes |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/industry-headlines/latest/east-tech-2022-tasls-new-surveillance-system-to-be-tested-by-indian-army-in-august |access-date=17 July 2022 |archive-date=17 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717061301/https://www.janes.com/defence-news/industry-headlines/latest/east-tech-2022-tasls-new-surveillance-system-to-be-tested-by-indian-army-in-august |url-status=live }}

TASL licence-manufactures Lanza-N L-band air surveillance radars for the frontline warships of the Indian Navy. The radar is originally manufactured by Indra Sistemas. Indian Navy ordered 23 such radars from the Spanish firm. The first 3 units were directly delivered by Indra while the rest of 20 units will be manufactured in India. It was reported that INS Mysore has been retrofitted with the radar.{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Naval News |date=2023-05-19 |title=Indian Navy Destroyer Fitted with Lanza-N 3D radar |url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/05/indian-navy-destroyer-fitted-with-lanza-n-3d-radar/ |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=Naval News |language=en-US |archive-date=25 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925234244/https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/05/indian-navy-destroyer-fitted-with-lanza-n-3d-radar/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2024-07-25 |title=Indian Navy installs Lanza-N surveillance radar on INS Mysore |url=https://www.janes.com/osint-insights/defence-news/c4isr/indian-navy-installs-lanza-n-surveillance-radar-on-ins-mysore |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=Default |language=en |archive-date=22 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822175656/https://www.janes.com/osint-insights/defence-news/c4isr/indian-navy-installs-lanza-n-surveillance-radar-on-ins-mysore |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=TATA & INDRA Has Installed The First Lanza-3D Naval Radar On An Indian Navy Warship |url=https://www.indiandefensenews.in/2023/05/tata-indra-has-installed-first-lanza-3d.html |access-date=2024-08-22 |archive-date=22 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822175656/https://www.indiandefensenews.in/2023/05/tata-indra-has-installed-first-lanza-3d.html |url-status=live }}

TASL built TSAT-1A at the Vemagal facility in Karnataka in collaboration with Satellogic. It is the first private-sector-owned sub-metre resolution earth observation satellite in India. the satellite was launched aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 Bandwagon-1 mission on 7th April 2024 at 23:16 GMT.{{Cite web |last=Press Trust of India |date=8 April 2024 |title=Sub-metre optical satellite assembled in India deployed into space: TASL |url=https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/sub-metre-optical-satellite-assembled-in-india-deployed-into-space-tasl-124040800585_1.html |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=Business Standard |archive-date=15 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915214422/https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/sub-metre-optical-satellite-assembled-in-india-deployed-into-space-tasl-124040800585_1.html |url-status=live }} TASL signed a deal with Satellogic, a US-based LEO satellite manufacturer, to build a production facility in India for LEO satellites.{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=29 November 2023 |title=Tata Advanced Systems partners Satellogic to develop local space tech capabilities in India |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/tata-advanced-systems-partners-satellogic-to-develop-local-space-tech-capabilities-in-india/articleshow/105591036.cms?from=mdr |access-date=16 September 2024 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389 |archive-date=15 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915214959/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/tata-advanced-systems-partners-satellogic-to-develop-local-space-tech-capabilities-in-india/articleshow/105591036.cms?from=mdr |url-status=live }}

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