Rolls-Royce and HAL ink deal for Adour engine parts to be ‘Made in India’ for global markets

(Centre) Mr. B Krishna Kumar, Executive Director (Engine & IMGT), HAL and Mr. Abhishek Singh, Senior Vice President – Defence, India and South East Asia, Rolls-Royce exchanged the agreement for Adour supply chain, flanked by Mr. C.B. Ananthakrishnan, Director (Finance), HAL (Left) and Mr. M.S. Velpari, Director (Operations), HAL (Right).

  • Collaboration to expand supply chain for Adour engine parts in India to serve international military customers.
  • Agreement strengthens the ecosystem for Adour in India, building on MoU signed during Aero India 2021 to establish MRO services at HAL.

Rolls-Royce and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) have signed an agreement to ‘Make in India’ engine parts for Adour engines, to support Rolls-Royce's international defence customer base.

The agreement was exchanged between Mr. B Krishna Kumar, Executive Director (Engine & IMGT), HAL and Mr. Abhishek Singh, Senior Vice President – Defence, India and South East Asia, Rolls-Royce.

Through this partnership, Rolls-Royce aims to strengthen the ecosystem for Adour engines in India by building on HAL’s existing capabilities for manufacturing and supporting the Adour engines for Indian customers over several decades. This follows the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by Rolls-Royce and HAL during the Aero India 2021 event to establish an Authorized Maintenance Centre for Adour at HAL to support international military customers and operators.

On the occasion, Mr R Madhavan, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), HAL said, “With over 30 years’ experience of supporting repair and maintenance services for the Adour engines in India, HAL has the capability and capacity to support a large defence customer base. This is the first order for supply of spares for the Adour Global Supply chain. We plan to be a key player in the supply chain of Adour Engines and expect more orders to follow. We look forward to working with Rolls-Royce to build on this capability to serve global markets for supply of spares and MRO of Adour engines. This new partnership will create avenues for the two companies to expand the defence sourcing footprint in India.

Commenting on the partnership with HAL, Mr Kishore Jayaraman, President, Rolls-Royce India and South Asia said, “Our valued partnership with HAL has grown from strength to strength over the last few decades and this is a significant step towards strengthening the defence manufacturing ecosystem in India, and to help catapult India’s vision for the defence sector to ‘make in India’ for the world.

Alex Zino, Executive Vice President – Business Development and Future Programmes (Defence), Rolls-Royce said, “We are excited to expand our long-standing partnership with HAL to support long term sustainment of our Adour engines for both Indian and global customers. We believe that HAL’s expertise in manufacturing and supporting Adour engines will pave the way for several of our customers to successfully operate the Adour engines for many more years. This is our first defence supplies agreement in India and creates an opportunity for India to increase its defence exports given the robust demand forecast for high precision components in this sector.

Mr. C.B. Ananthakrishnan, Director (Finance), Mr. M.S. Velpari, Director (Operations) and Mr. Amitabh Bhatt, CEO (Bangalore Complex) from HAL were also present on the occasion.

About Rolls-Royce Holdings plc

  1. Rolls-Royce pioneers the power that matters to connect, power and protect society. We have pledged to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions in our operations by 2030. We joined the UN Race to Zero campaign in 2020, and have committed to ensuring our new products will be compatible with net zero operation by 2030, and all products will be compatible with net zero by 2050.
  2. Rolls-Royce has customers in more than 150 countries, comprising more than 400 airlines and leasing customers, 160 armed forces and navies, and more than 5,000 power and nuclear customers.
  3. Annual underlying revenue was £11.76 billion in 2020 and we invested £1.25 billion on research and development. We also support a global network of 28 University Technology Centres, which position Rolls-Royce engineers at the forefront of scientific research.
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