Aero India 2025: DRDO Unveils Indigenous VHF Radar, HAL Expands Partnerships, and Russia Proposes Su-57E Localization.
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The 15th edition of Aero India 2025, Asia's largest aerospace and defense exhibition, was held from February 10 to 14, 2025, in Bengaluru, Karnataka, under the theme "The Runway to a Billion Opportunities." Here are the key highlights from Part 2 of the event:
- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), based in New Delhi, unveiled India’s first indigenous Very High Frequency (VHF) radar, designed to detect fifth- and sixth-generation stealth aircraft, which pose significant threats to national security.
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Management Academy, the training wing of HAL headquartered in Bengaluru, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Dharwad, Karnataka, at Aero India 2025 to enhance collaboration between industry and academia.
- HAL entered into an agreement with Collins Aerospace, a North Carolina (USA)-based aerospace and defense company and a subsidiary of RTX Corporation (formerly Raytheon Technologies Corporation), to set up a Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) facility at the HAL Accessories Complex in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
Main Point :- (i) Union Minister of State (MOS) Sanjay Seth from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) handed over Restricted Military Type Certificates (RMTC) for the Astra Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missile and the Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40 (HTT-40) aircraft during the 15th Aero India International Seminar, held in Bengaluru before the main event.
(ii) During Aero India 2025, Russia-based Rosoboronexport, in collaboration with its Russian aerospace and defense corporation Unit United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), proposed a partnership with India for the production of the Sukhoi-57 Export Variant (Su-57E), Russia’s fifth-generation fighter jet, and is ready to initiate its localization at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) facilities.
Chairman: Sameer V. Kamat
Headquarters : New Delhi
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