HAL receives first set of LCA Mk1A wing assemblies from L&T at Coimbatore
On 17 July 2025 at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Larsen & Toubro handed over the first set of wing assemblies for the LCA Mk1A to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
Summary
Larsen & Toubro handed over the first set of wing assemblies for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk1A to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on 17 July 2025. The assemblies were made at L&T's Precision Manufacturing & Systems Complex and received by M Abdul Salam, General Manager of HAL's LCA Tejas Division, while Secretary (Defence Production) Sanjeev Kumar attended virtually. HAL CMD DK Sunil said HAL has built a parallel aircraft structural assembly line in the private sector to augment LCA Tejas capacity. L&T will supply four wing sets a year, with plans to scale up to 12 sets a year. Other private suppliers of LCA Mk1A modules include Lakshmi Machine Works (air intake), Alpha Tocol (rear fuselage), Tata Advanced Systems (fin and rudder) and VEM Technologies (centre fuselage).
Key facts
- Date / place
- 17 July 2025, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
- Supplier
- L&T Precision Manufacturing & Systems Complex
- Received by
- M Abdul Salam, GM, LCA Tejas Division, HAL
- Supply rate
- 4 wing sets a year, to scale up to 12
- Other suppliers
- LMW (air intake), Alpha Tocol (rear fuselage), Tata Advanced Systems (fin & rudder), VEM Technologies (centre fuselage)
Practice MCQs 3 questions
In which city did L&T hand over the first set of LCA Mk1A wing assemblies to HAL on 17 July 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Coimbatore
PIB (MoD): the first set of wing assemblies for LCA Mk1A, produced by L&T, was handed over to HAL in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on July 17, 2025.
As per the L&T official at the handover, how many LCA Mk1A wing sets will L&T supply annually initially, and to what level does it plan to scale up?
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Correct answer: C — 4 sets, scaling up to 12
PIB (MoD): L&T's Arun Ramchandani said L&T is set to supply four wing sets annually, with plans to scale up to 12 sets per annum.
Match the LCA Mk1A structural module with its private-sector supplier as listed by the Ministry of Defence: 1. Centre fuselage assembly 2. Fin & rudder assemblies 3. Air intake assemblies
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Correct answer: B — 1-VEM Technologies, 2-Tata Advanced Systems, 3-Lakshmi Machine Works
PIB (MoD): the LCA Tejas Division has received Air Intake Assemblies from Lakshmi Machine Works, Rear fuselage from Alpha Tocol, Fin & Rudder from Tata Advanced Systems and Centre Fuselage from VEM Technologies.