Hindustan Aeronautics Limited reported revenue of ₹32,250 crore for FY 2025-26, with a higher order book driven by new defence contracts. The company expanded production capacity and entered civil aviation and space sectors during the year.
HAL’s Nashik facility has conducted the first flight of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk1A and inaugurated new production lines for the fighter and the HTT-40 trainer aircraft. The expansion is intended to increase LCA output to 24 aircraft annually and represents a major boost to India’s indigenous manufacturing capacity.
HAL has had extensive experience in supporting the Honeywell TPE 331 family of engines, a variant of which powers the MQ-9B Guardian High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS).
The second prototype of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) HTT 40 basic trainer conducted its first flight in Bangalore today.
Find out everything you wanted to know about the HTT 40 basic trainer development in this 12-minute video. Deputy project manager Prashant Singh Bhaduria, takes you around HAL’s success story at Aero India 2017.
