K Chandrashekar Rao, Chief Minister of Telangana, laid the foundation stone for the aerospace project being set up by the Tata Group and RUAG Aviation of Switzerland, in Hyderabad.
The foundation stone for the project was laid on 23 June, 2014. Once completed, the new facility will manufacture fuselages and wings for the new generation Dornier 228 aircraft.
At a later stage, this new facility will be developed into a bigger facility for manufacturing the full Dornier aircraft being used by the Indian armed forces.
RUAG is relaunching the aircraft with a new engine and a fully digital cockpit.
This is the fourth project in this sector in Hyderabad, which has been undertaken by 'Tata Advanced Systems', the Tata Group company which spearheads the company's interests in global aerospace.
Related Link:
Project Profile