Kerala plans aerospace park, aims to supply components for Isro projects

The move comes at a time when Isro is shifting the majority of its basic manufacturing activities to the private industry so that it can focus on actual R&D

The Government of Kerala is in the process of setting up an aerospace park and is also targeting development and manufacturing related to space projects in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro). The project aims to develop an ecosystem, including setting up a large manufacturing base, for aerospace components and vehicles in the long-run.    

The government has allocated 20 acres near Technocity, a state-run IT park in Thiruvananthapuram, for the project. It has already allocated five acres to the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), a part of Isro, to develop common facilities. Aerospace and spacecraft component manufacturers