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Dynamatic sets sights on becoming 'private sector HAL'

The firm has incrementally developed the capability to design and manufacture military equipment

Dynamatic sets sights on becoming ‘private sector HAL’
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Eight Tejas fighters will roll off the line this year. And with an additional Rs 1,231 crore investment, 10 fighters are projected to be built in 2018-19, and 16 Tejas Mark 1As each year from 2019-20 onwards

Ajai Shukla Devanhalli, Bengaluru
In an environment where large corporations with no experience in building defence equipment — such as the Adani and Anil Ambani Groups — are hoping to be chosen by the defence ministry as “strategic partners” for defence manufacture, Dynamatic Technologies Ltd (DTL) is a rarity: A company that has incrementally developed the capability to design and manufacture military equipment; in pursuit of a clear aim to graduate into the manufacture of military aircraft.

Last month, on the sidelines of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel, DTL signed a partnership with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), a global leader in unmanned aerial