Rajnath Singh dedicates Titanium and Superalloy Materials Plant at PTC Industries, Lucknow
On 18 October 2025 in Lucknow, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh dedicated to the nation a Titanium and Superalloy Materials Plant at PTC Industries' Strategic Materials Technology Complex, which can make aviation-grade titanium and superalloys.
Summary
On 18 October 2025 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh dedicated to the nation a Titanium and Superalloy Materials Plant at PTC Industries' Strategic Materials Technology Complex. The complex is spread over 50 acres, was set up with an investment of Rs 1,000 crore and has a production capacity of over 6,000 tonnes per annum, making aviation-grade titanium and superalloys from domestic and recycled sources. At the event, PTC Industries and Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) signed an MoU to form a joint venture for propulsion systems, guided bombs and small aeroengines for missiles, UAVs and loitering munitions. PTC also received Letters of Technical Acceptance from DRDO's Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC) for a Titanium Rear Fin Root Casting for the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) and for Oil Tank Assembly Titanium Castings for the Kaveri Derivative Engine (KDE-2).
Key facts
- Date/place
- 18 Oct 2025, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
- Complex
- PTC Industries' Strategic Materials Technology Complex
- Scale
- 50 acres; Rs 1,000 crore; over 6,000 tonnes per annum
- JV MoU
- PTC Industries + BDL: propulsion systems, guided bombs, small aeroengines
- CEMILAC LoTAs
- Titanium Rear Fin Root Casting for AMCA; oil tank titanium castings for KDE-2
- GTRE order
- Post-cast work on single-crystal turbine blades for KDE-2
Practice MCQs 3 questions
The Titanium and Superalloy Materials Plant dedicated to the nation by the Raksha Mantri on 18 October 2025 belongs to which company?
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Correct answer: C — PTC Industries
PIB: the plant is at PTC Industries' Strategic Materials Technology Complex in Lucknow.
PTC Industries signed an MoU on 18 October 2025 to form a joint venture for propulsion systems, guided bombs and small aeroengines with which defence PSU?
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Correct answer: D — Bharat Dynamics Limited
PIB: an MoU was signed between PTC Industries Limited and Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) to form a joint venture for propulsion systems, guided bombs and small aeroengines for missiles, UAVs and loitering munitions.
Consider the following statements about PTC Industries' Strategic Materials Technology Complex, Lucknow: 1. It has a production capacity of over 6,000 tonnes per annum of aviation-grade titanium and superalloys from domestic and recycled sources. 2. PTC Industries received a Letter of Technical Acceptance from CEMILAC for a Titanium Rear Fin Root Casting for the AMCA programme. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both are correct. PIB: the plant's capacity is over 6,000 tonnes per annum from domestic and recycled sources; CEMILAC (DRDO) issued a LoTA for the Titanium Rear Fin Root Casting for the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft.