Bengaluru, Aug. 14 -- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has strengthened its partnership with the Indian private and public sector industry by entering into agreements with Adani Defence Systems and Technologies Limited (ADSTL) and Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) for manufacturing fuselage structures for the Prachand Light Combat Helicopter (LCH).

Under the agreements, BEML will manufacture 48 fuselage structures, while Adani Defence will produce 42 structures for the LCH programme.

The agreements were signed by Tushar Ranjan Behera, General Manager, Helicopter Division, HAL, with Cmde (Retd) R G K Rao, Executive Director, Aerospace & Maritime, BEML, and Prasanna Karthik, Vice President, ADSTL, in the presence of senior officials of ...