Overview

• Tata Advanced Systems and Airbus will establish a Final Assembly Line for H125 helicopters in Kolar’s Vemgal Industrial Area, marking India’s first private-sector helicopter plant.
• The facility occupies 740,000 square feet acquired from the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board and will include assembly, manufacturing and MRO operations.
• Initial assembly is slated at 10 H125 helicopters per year with potential to scale output based on Airbus’s forecast of 500 regional units over two decades.
• Project benefits from Karnataka’s aerospace and defence policy incentives, including land subsidies, capital support and production-linked turnover benefits.
• Karnataka Industries Minister M B Patil said the plant will create jobs and further cement the state’s status as India’s leading aerospace and defence hub.