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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:01 pm Post subject: Tatas to set up first defence aerospace hub near Hyderabad |
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www.indianexpress.com/news/tatas-to-set-up-first-defence-aerospace-hub-near-hyderabad/373808/
Tatas to set up first defence aerospace hub near Hyderabad
Posted: Oct 16, 2008 at 2346 hrs IST
HYDERABAD, OCTOBER 15 The Tatas are proposing to set up the country’s first defence and civil aerospace hub at Aadibhatla, near Hyderabad.
Speaking during the inauguration of the India Aviation-2008 at the Begumpet Airport on Wednesday, Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy said the Tata Group’s Tata Advance Systems would invest Rs 500 crore in the proposed special economic zone to set up the aerospace hub to manufacture radar and satellite systems. The AP Government would provide 50 acres of land to the Tatas at the SEZ near the hardware park to set up the aerospace hub.
The Tata’s aerospace hub is over and above the Lepakshi Aerospace Station and Academy that may also come at Chilamatur in Anantapur district. Besides, the Lepakshi Aerospace Station and Academy will also come up at Chilamattur in Anantapur district for design, manufacture and maintenance of military and civil space vehicles. [/i] |
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