Mahindra_Aerospace Knowpia

Mahindra Aerospace
Company type	Private
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	2003; 21 years ago
Founder	Anand Mahindra
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Key people	Mr. Arvind Mehra; (Executive Director & CEO); Anand Mahindra; (Vice-Chairman & MD); Hemant Luthra; (President);
Products	Aircraft; Aviation; Aerostructures;
Parent	Mahindra Group
Subsidiaries	GippsAero
Website	www.mahindraaerospace.com

Mahindra Aerospace is an Indian aerospace company, part of the Mahindra Group.^[5]^[6] It is the first Indian private firm to make smaller civil aircraft for the Indian general aviation market.^[4] It is an AS9100 Rev.D certified design organization.^[7]

Acquisitions edit

A Civil Air Patrol GA8 Airvan on takeoff from West Houston Airport during a mission following Hurricane Rita in 2005.

The parent Mahindra & Mahindra group acquired a 75.1% majority stake in December 2009 of Australian aircraft manufacturer Gippsland Aeronautics, builder of the Gippsland GA200, Gippsland GA8 Airvan and the Gippsland GA10 Airvan. The company was renamed GippsAero.^[8]

Also in December 2009 the Mahindra & Mahindra group also acquired a 75.1% stake in Aerostaff Australia,^[9] a component manufacturer of high-precision, close-tolerance, aircraft components and assemblies for large aerospace original equipment manufacturers.^{[citation needed]}

In June 2010 the company acquired the Australian Boeing unit, an aerospace component manufacturer.^{[citation needed]}

Products edit

National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) and Mahindra Aerospace jointly developed the NAL NM5 light aircraft.

Manufacturing plants edit

References edit

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^ CJ: puretechin. "Mahindra Engineering Services bags Process Innovation award at the NASSCOM Innovation Awards 2011". Merinews.com. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
^ "Mahindra GippsAero's GA8TC-320 Airvan enthrals Mumbai". Indiainfoline.com. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Mahindra Aero bets on components - Money - DNA". Dnaindia.com. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
^ "Mahindra plans Rs 285cr aerospace facility". The Times of India. 8 February 2011. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
^ "Mahindra Aerospace looking for strategic investors including OEMs and tier I suppliers". Invest in India. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
^ "Aerospace". www.mahindraaerospace.com. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
^ "Mahindra buys major stake in Australian firms". The Hindu. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
^ "M&M buys two Aussie aerospace cos". The Economic Times. 16 December 2009.