Tata to build air refuelling unit

Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based Tata Advanced Systems (TAS) Limited said on Friday that it will manufacture world-leading 5th generation air-to-air refuelling equipment for the UK defence and aerospace major Cobham at its facility in Hyderabad.

“During a rigorous sourcing and selection process, Tata Advanced Systems was able to prove world-class capabilities and the capacity to support delivery against Cobham’s requirements,” TAS said in a statement on Friday.

Cobham manufactures a range of aerial refuelling equipment, including pods integrated onto the Airbus A330 Multi-role Tanker Transport, a platform that India ordered in 2013.

Tatas to build Dornier aircraft with Swiss RUAG

Hyderabad: Tata Group aims at further consolidation in the aviation and aerospace sector by rolling out a fully built new generation Dornier aircraft from its Hyderabad facility, in association with aircraft maker RUAG Aviation of Switzerland.
Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL), which is spearheading the conglomerate’s interests in the aerospace sector, on Monday tied up with RUAG to set up a manufacturing unit in Hyderabad to make fuselages and wings for the new Dornier 228 aircraft.
It is also the first big-ticket investment for the new State of Telangana. Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao laid the foundation stone for the project here.

Vested interests trying to jeopardise AirAsia India: Tatas

New Delhi: Hours after AirAsia India launched its maiden flight, Tata Sons, a stakeholder in the carrier, today accused "vested interests, inimical to free and fair competition" of "spreading canards to jeopardise the operations".

The Tatas, a partner in the new low-cost carrier with Malaysia's AirAsia and Arun Bhatia's Telestra Tradeplace, came out with a strong reaction to BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's charges against AirAsia India, terming them as "misleading".
"Vested interests, inimical to free and fair competition that can benefit air travellers, are spreading canards to jeopardise the operations of AirAsia India," Tata Sons said in a statement.

Asserting that AirAsia India had received all permissions from the government and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to launch operations, it said: "Despite various applications made, amongst others, by Dr Swamy, no injunctions have been ordered by any court restraining AirAsia India from commencing its operations."