BHELSIA awaits finer details of big LCA Tejas contract for HAL
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Defence Ministry plans to award ₹48,000-crore defence contract
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Defence Ministry plans to award ₹48,000-crore defence contract
Hundreds of heavy engineering fabrication units in Tiruchi region are awaiting finer details of the Defence Ministry’s plan to award the largest ever ₹48,000 crore defence contract for 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for indigenous manufacture.
The Defence Ministry’s significant step to provide the impetus to indigenous fighter aircraft capability of the nation could mean much to the Tiruchi Engineering Cluster which has abundant spare production capacity, Rajappa Rajkumar, president of BHEL Small Industries Association said.