New Delhi: Backed by orders for the Light Combat Helicopters and others, the order book of state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has swelled to Rs 1.84 lakh crore, as against the opening order book position of Rs 94,129 crore and after adjusting current year liquidation.
During the financial year 2024-25, HAL received new manufacturing contracts worth Rs 1.02 lakh crore and ROH (repair and overhaul) contracts worth Rs 17,500 crore. Just last week, it signed a contract with the defence ministry for supply of 156 LCH Prachand worth Rs 62,777 crore. This was the single biggest procurement by MoD from HAL till date.
HAL in a statement said it booked Rs 30,400 crore (provisional and unaudited) as revenue for the financial year ending on 31 March, 2025, as against Rs 30,381 crore in the previous financial year.
“This achievement was despite the shortfall in deliveries of LCA and ALH. The deliveries of LCA were affected due to non-availability of engines. The ALH delivery schedule too got hit due to the accident in January 2025 and subsequent grounding of the fleet. However, the deliveries of other products and services were accelerated which helped us to maintain the top line”, said D.K. Sunil, chairman and managing director, HAL.
HAL said it used the year to build capacity in the form of additional lines for Light Combat Aircraft and HTT-40 trainers, besides augmenting the aero engine capacity at Koraput. Other contracts signed by HAL during the current fiscal is for supply of additional 12 Su-30 MKI aircraft, Mid Life Upgrade (MLU) of 40 Do-228 aircraft, supply of 240 AL31FP engines of Su-30 MKI aircraft and avionics upgrade of one IL-78 aircraft.
(Edited by Amrtansh Arora)
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