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'India hopes to fly indigenous 90-seater aircraft in five yrs'
New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) India hopes to test fly its first
indigenously-developed 90 seater regional transport aircraft
in the next five years, a top official has said.
The 90-seater RTA will be developed as a team India
initiative led by CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL),
which could also see some global participation, CSIR Director
General Samir Brahmachari said here Friday.
A committee headed by former Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) chairman G Madhavan Nair submitted a
feasibility study to Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR) recently in this regard.
The Committee, which had top bureaucrats and aerospace
scientists as members, has suggested a two-pronged approach --
Design Development and Production Unit -- to realise the
objective.
"The Committee has come to a conclusion that the RTA
should be a narrow body turbo fan aircraft with a seating
capacity for 70-90 persons and stretchable to 80-100 persons,"
Brahmachari said.
The total project cost is estimated at Rs 7,700 crore --
Rs 4,500 for the design and development stage and Rs 3,200 for
the production unit, he said.
The Nair Committee has also suggested that the government
pick up the entire tab for the design and development state
and has favoured a joint venture route for setting up the
production facility.
The panel has set a target of six-eight years for
completion of the development and production stage of the
project.
"We hope to have the prototype ready in the next five
years assuming that the project takes off in 2012,"
Brahmachari said.
CSIR has recruited 85 engineers in Bangalore-based NAL
for the design and development of the RTA, Brahmachari said,
adding that there would be an additional requirement of at
least 300 more engineers for the project.
He said discussions were still taking place on whether to
involve the private sector at the design stage itself.
Discussions had also taken place with the Israel
Aerospace Agency and a Swedish company while preparing the
feasibility report for the project.
The report has also been submitted to Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh, who has called for further consultations on
the matter.
Brahmachari said the designing of the aircraft will be
linked to small and medium enterprises sector which is already
manufacturing some components for the aircraft industry.
"Such an approach would help reduce costs and will also
help further develop the MSME sector," he said.
As per aviation market projections, the country will
require about 500-600 regional aircraft, while the global
market is estimated to be about 10-fold.
The aircraft will be capable of take-offs and landings on
smaller runways making it fit for use on 85 per cent of the
country's airports.
The aircraft will also have a low carbon footprint and
capable of travelling 2,500 km in one go, Brahmachari said.
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indigenously-developed 90 seater regional transport aircraft
in the next five years, a top official has said.
The 90-seater RTA will be developed as a team India
initiative led by CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL),
which could also see some global participation, CSIR Director
General Samir Brahmachari said here Friday.
A committee headed by former Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) chairman G Madhavan Nair submitted a
feasibility study to Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR) recently in this regard.
The Committee, which had top bureaucrats and aerospace
scientists as members, has suggested a two-pronged approach --
Design Development and Production Unit -- to realise the
objective.
"The Committee has come to a conclusion that the RTA
should be a narrow body turbo fan aircraft with a seating
capacity for 70-90 persons and stretchable to 80-100 persons,"
Brahmachari said.
The total project cost is estimated at Rs 7,700 crore --
Rs 4,500 for the design and development stage and Rs 3,200 for
the production unit, he said.
The Nair Committee has also suggested that the government
pick up the entire tab for the design and development state
and has favoured a joint venture route for setting up the
production facility.
The panel has set a target of six-eight years for
completion of the development and production stage of the
project.
"We hope to have the prototype ready in the next five
years assuming that the project takes off in 2012,"
Brahmachari said.
CSIR has recruited 85 engineers in Bangalore-based NAL
for the design and development of the RTA, Brahmachari said,
adding that there would be an additional requirement of at
least 300 more engineers for the project.
He said discussions were still taking place on whether to
involve the private sector at the design stage itself.
Discussions had also taken place with the Israel
Aerospace Agency and a Swedish company while preparing the
feasibility report for the project.
The report has also been submitted to Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh, who has called for further consultations on
the matter.
Brahmachari said the designing of the aircraft will be
linked to small and medium enterprises sector which is already
manufacturing some components for the aircraft industry.
"Such an approach would help reduce costs and will also
help further develop the MSME sector," he said.
As per aviation market projections, the country will
require about 500-600 regional aircraft, while the global
market is estimated to be about 10-fold.
The aircraft will be capable of take-offs and landings on
smaller runways making it fit for use on 85 per cent of the
country's airports.
The aircraft will also have a low carbon footprint and
capable of travelling 2,500 km in one go, Brahmachari said.
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