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Mahindra Aerospace awarded airbus component production contract

Mahindra Aerospace Airvan 10 utility aircraft Indian Mahindra Group subsidiary, Mahindra Aerospace has been awarded a large aero-compon...

Mahindra Aerospace Airvan 10 utility aircraft
Indian Mahindra Group subsidiary, Mahindra Aerospace has been awarded a large aero-components production contract by Airbus Group company, Premium AEROTEC of Germany.

The multi-year contract envisages the manufacture and supply by Mahindra of a variety of metallic components that will be fitted into several Airbus aircraft programs as part of assemblies produced by Premium AEROTEC.

Mahindra Aerospace’s deliverables under this contract will be in excess of a million parts per annum. The parts will be produced at the new Mahindra Aerostructures facility located at Narsapura, near Bengaluru, India.

Deliveries to Premium AEROTEC’s facilities in Germany are scheduled to commence this year. Announcing the contract award during

Mahindra Aerospace has led the Mahindra Group’s foray into utility aircraft and aerostructure manufacturing since 2008. Its utility aircraft business, based in Australia, currently produces the Airvan 8, the most capable, rugged and versatile utility aircraft in its class.

Certified in 38 countries, over 200 are in service. Mahindra Aerospace is also developing a 10-seat turboprop, the Airvan 10, which is scheduled for certification in 2015.