PM Modi to inaugurate HAL chopper manufacturing unit in Tumakuru, Karnataka

HAL plans to build more than 1,000 helicopters in the range of 3-15 tonnes, generating business of over Rs 4,00,000 crores over the coming two decades

In 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL’s) new helicopter manufacturing facility in Tumakuru, Karnataka. On Monday, Modi will dedicate the factory to the nation.

“The Greenfield helicopter factory, spread across 615 acres of land, is planned with a vision to become a one-stop solution for all helicopter requirements of the country. It is India’s largest helicopter manufacturing facility and will initially produce Light Utility Helicopters (LUHs),” stated the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Saturday.

The LUH is an indigenously designed, three-tonne, single-engine, multipurpose, utility helicopter.

“Initially, this factory will produce around 30