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Tata Sons Chairman N. Chandrasekaran on Monday reviewed a range of defence and aerospace programmes being developed by Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL), including India’s first private-sector maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility for the Lockheed Martin C-130J transport aircraft, which is coming up near Bengaluru airport.
Accompanied by TASL Managing Director Sukaran Singh and senior company officials, Chandrasekaran visited the upcoming MRO complex spread across 16 acres and covering 15,000 square metres. The facility, scheduled to be commissioned by December 2026, will undertake heavy maintenance and avionics upgrades for the Indian Air Force’s C-130J fleet and is expected to employ more than 250 personnel, according to the statement.
The project marks a significant step in expanding India’s indigenous aerospace support infrastructure and reducing dependence on overseas maintenance facilities for critical military platforms.
During his visit to TASL’s Electronics City facility in Bengaluru, Chandrasekaran reviewed the company’s unmanned systems and defence electronics programmes. He was briefed on TASL’s UAV manufacturing activities and its indigenous loitering munitions programme, including upgraded systems with operational ranges of 50 to several hundred kilometres and enhanced payload capacities.
The Chairman also inspected the optronics production lines and land mobility platforms developed by the company.
According to TASL, its land mobility division has supplied more than 4,000 multi-axle high-mobility vehicles over the past three years, including exports to the armed forces of Morocco and Armenia. Chandrasekaran was also shown military variants of the Jaguar Land Rover Defender, modified with armour protection, navigation systems and optronic equipment for defence applications.
Among the key platforms showcased was the Advanced Armoured Platform, a tracked combat vehicle developed jointly with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and integrated with a domestically developed 30 mm unmanned turret.
The final leg of the visit took Chandrasekaran to TASL’s Vemagal facility, where he reviewed the Airbus H125 helicopter final assembly line, established for the Indian market. He also inspected defence manufacturing facilities involved in the production of C295 aircraft wiring harnesses, the Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS), mounted gun systems and launcher integration programmes.
The visit comes as Tata Advanced Systems continues to expand its footprint across aerospace, defence manufacturing, military mobility and unmanned systems, sectors that are increasingly central to India’s push for defence indigenisation and export growth.
Company officials said the visit underscored the Tata Group’s long-term commitment to building indigenous defence capabilities through advanced manufacturing, engineering and technology development.
Team BharatShakti
