Mahindra Aerospace - Mahindra Aerospace

Mahindra Aerospace is aerospace division of the Indian multinational conglomerate company Mahindra Group. It is the first Indian private firm to make smaller civil aircraft for the Indian general aviation market. It is an AS9100 Rev.B certified design organization.

GippsAero

Gippsland Aeronautics was founded by Peter Furlong and George Morgan. The company started operations at the Latrobe Regional Airport in Morwell in the 1970s as an aircraft maintenance and modification business working for large organisations such as the National Safety Council of Australia and Esso Australia, as well as local commercial operators.

During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Peter Furlong and John Brown were pilots, builders, fabricators and maintenance personnel for, amongst others, the Latrobe Valley Aircraft Club and the Ultra Light Club of Australia. The company builds single-engined utility aircraft. These include the multi-role GA8 Airvan and the agricultural GA200 Fatman. The company is owned by Indian conglomerate Mahindra Group. In December,2009 Mahindra Aerospace Pvt. Ltd. (MAPL), belonging to Mahindra Group of India acquired a 75.1% majority stake and the company was renamed GippsAero.

Aerostaff Australia

Aerostaff Australia (AA) is a component manufacturer of high-precision, close-tolerance, aircraft components and assemblies for large aerospace original equipment manufacturers. AA’s acquisition will help M&M tap the burgeoning defence offset and commercial aviation market.

Products

• Gippsland GA200 - Low-wing single-engine agricultural aircraft.
• Gippsland GA8 Airvan - It can seat eight including one pilot.
• Gippsland GA10 Airvan - It is a ten-seat, single-engined utility aircraft.
• Gippsland GA18 - It is a twin-engine turboprop, high-winged, "short take off and landing" (STOL) aircraft.
• NAL NM5 - Jointly developed by National Aerospace Laboratories(NAL) and Mahindra Aerospace.

Manufacturing plant

• Morwell, Victoria, Australia
• Bangalore - Under construction

Mahindra Group had announced to set up a plant for aerospace component manufacturing at Malur in Karnataka with an investment of about Rs 40 crore. Mahindra Aerospace had acquired about five acres for this purpose.

Acquisition

• Gippsland Aeronautics - Dec, 2009
• Aerostaff Australia - Dec, 2009
• Boeing unit - Australia - June 2010