Mahindra Aerospace

Mahindra Aerospace is aerospace division of the Indian multinational conglomerate company Mahindra Group.[5][6] It is the first Indian private firm to make smaller civil aircraft for the Indian general aviation market.[4] It is an AS9100 Rev.D certified design organization.[7]

Mahindra Aerospace
TypePrivate
IndustryAerospace
Founded2003[1]
FounderAnand Mahindra
HeadquartersMumbai, Maharashtra, India[2]
Key people
Mr. Arvind Mehra, Executive Director & CEO,[3] Anand Mahindra (Vice-Chairman & MD), Hemant Luthra, President.[4]
ParentMahindra Group
SubsidiariesGippsAero
Websitewww.mahindraaerospace.com

Acquisitions
A Civil Air Patrol GA8 Airvan on takeoff from West Houston Airport during a mission following Hurricane Rita in 2005.

The parent Mahindra & Mahindra group acquired a 75.1% majority stake in December 2009 of Australian aircraft manufacturer Gippsland Aeronautics, builder of the Gippsland GA200, Gippsland GA8 Airvan and the Gippsland GA10 Airvan. The company was renamed GippsAero.[8]

Also in December 2009 the Mahindra & Mahindra group also acquired a 75.1% stake in Aerostaff Australia,[9] a component manufacturer of high-precision, close-tolerance, aircraft components and assemblies for large aerospace original equipment manufacturers.

In June 2010 the company acquired the Australian Boeing unit, an aerospace component manufacturer.

Products

National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) and Mahindra Aerospace jointly developed the NAL NM5 light aircraft.

Manufacturing plants

See also

References
  1. "Mahindra offers to quit AI board over conflict of interest". Indianexpress.com. 22 February 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  2. CJ: puretechin. "Mahindra Engineering Services bags Process Innovation award at the NASSCOM Innovation Awards 2011". Merinews.com. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  3. "Mahindra GippsAero's GA8TC-320 Airvan enthrals Mumbai". Indiainfoline.com. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  4. "Mahindra Aero bets on components - Money - DNA". Dnaindia.com. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  5. "Mahindra plans Rs 285cr aerospace facility - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  6. "Mahindra Aerospace looking for strategic investors including OEMs and tier I suppliers". Invest in India. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  7. "Aerospace". www.mahindraaerospace.com. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  8. "Mahindra buys major stake in Australian firms". The Hindu. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  9. "M&M buys two Aussie aerospace cos". The Economic Times. 16 December 2009.
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