New Director (D&D) for HAL
Posted by- Neelam Mathews Feb 1, 2012 Suvarna Raju has taken over as Director (Design & Development) of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL), today. He moves from being the General Manager of HAL’s Aircraft Division. Raju has vast experience in various segments of aircraft production and was responsible for establishing licence production of Hawk Mk 132, DARIN II Prototype proving and production of 17 Jaguar twin-seater aircraft, 20 single-seat aircraft and upgrade of 29 NUP Jaguar aircraft, establishing the production facilities for Unmanned Arial Vehicle Lakshya and produced 27 UAV’s, says HAL. His major achievements, according to a HAL statement are : • Conceptualized and prepared Performance Based Maintenance Management Support system for Hawk Mk 132 advanced jet trainer aircraft and brought on board the customer and MoD authorities to support the implementation of this project for the first time. • Technology development for f...