HAL plans to outsource 35% of LCA manufacturing to private sector
NEW DELHI: Gearing up for its biggest order yet under the Make in India initiative, state owned Hindustan Aeronautics LimitedNSE 1.30 % (HAL) plans to outsource a significant part of the estimated Rs 38,000 crore contract to the private sector.
The leading aeronautical firm is in line to bag a contract to manufacture 83 of the LCA Mk 1A fighters — to be equipped with advanced radars, sensors and indigenous weaponry — and is doubling its annual production capacity to meet the requirement.
