Minister of Civil Aviation Hardeep S Puri unveiling Hansa-NG Mock-up at Wings India 2020

CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Bengaluru successfully participated in Asia’s Largest Civil Aviation Wings India 2020 held at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad from 12-15 March 2020. India’s civil aviation agenda has a vision of spending $290 Billion to put 2000 aircraft in the skies by 2040, and $13.6 Billion (about Rs 1 lakh crore) sectoral investment to fund 100 new airports in the next five years.

At the event, CSIR-NAL displayed its civil aviation technologies & products like full-scale mock-up of the ongoing Hansa-Next Generation (NG) programme, India’s first all composite two-seat trainer aircraft ideally suited for ab-initio flying training, sport & hobby flying. The aircraft will be certified under JAR-VLA/CS-VLA Certification. 

CSIR-NAL is implementing the prestigious national programme on ‘Design & Development of 19 seats Light Transport Aircraft – SARASMKII’ for both civil and military applications. The aircraft is ideal for commuter connectivity under UDAN-Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) among tier-2 and tier-3 cities. The SARASMKII with low acquisition and operating cost can operate from semi-prepared runways and is operable from hot & high altitude airfields. The aircraft is designed to meet FAR-23 requirements. 

At the Wings India 2020, CSIR-NAL & HAL signed an MoU in presence of Shri R. Madhavan, Chairman HAL for taking this indigenous development to serve the Indian Defence Forces & Civil Aviation Sector by design, development and maintenance of SARASMKII aircraft.

This is a significant step in furthering the Make in India programme to realise its optimal potential in the civil aviation sector.