HAL signs MoU with French firm to extend cooperation on chopper engines
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with French firm Safran Helicopter Engines to extend their cooperation and explore opportunities for new helicopter engines in civil and military markets.
The MoU was signed during the ground-breaking ceremony for a new facility of Helicopter Engines MRO Pvt Ltd (HE-MRO), a joint venture of HAL and Safran at Sattari, 40 km from Panaji, in Goa.
Safran manufactures aircraft engines and aerospace components. Florent Chauvancy, executive vice-president of OEM Sales at Safran, and Amitabh Bhatt, CEO of HAL’s Bangalore Complex, signed the MoU.
