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Tata Sons to Combine Defence Businesses into Tata Aerospace & Defence

: Apr 12, 2018 - : 12:45 am

Tata Sons announced at DefExpo that it is in the process of consolidating its various businesses across Aerospace and Defence sectors under a single entity – Tata Aerospace & Defence (Tata A&D). The combined Tata A&D will deliver the full range of expertise, experience, and capabilities from across the 150 year old Group related to Land Mobility Solutions, Aerospace, Weapon systems, Sensors and Command, Control, Communication, Computers and Intelligence (C4I).

The necessary statutory and regulatory approvals are in the process of being obtained.

“The formation of Tata A&D, a single unified entity, will allow us to better target emerging opportunities in Aerospace and Defence, and engage holistically with customers both in India and globally,” said N. Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons.

Banmali Agrawala, President, Infrastructure and Defence & Aerospace, Tata Sons, said, “Tata A&D when formed, will be better equipped to execute larger and more complex projects and be more globally competitive as part of the global supply chain. We have moved beyond providing individual products to develop integrated offerings across Land mobility, airborne platforms and systems, as well as weapons systems and C4I. In India, Tata has built an industrial base in defence intentionally designed to complement and integrate with the efforts of the Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) and Defence Public Sector Units (PSU).”

stories the combination, the full range of integrated solutions by Tata A&D include:

  • Land mobility solutions: Multi-axle combat support vehicles, light armoured vehicles, light support vehicles, mine protected vehicles, light armoured multi-role combat vehicles, wheeled armoured amphibious platforms (WHAP) and tracked amphibious platforms like the Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) and Future Ready Combat Vehicle (FRCV).
  • Airborne platforms and systems: Unmanned systems, rotary platforms, fixed wing platforms, mission systems and avionics, as well as in-house indigenous development of mini and micro unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and in-house development of safety-critical airborne computer systems and related applications for both manned and unmanned platforms.
  • Weapon systems, sensors, C4I: Radars, sonars, electro optics systems, electronics for land systems, homeland security sensors, comprehensive border management systems, as well as integration for design, development, and manufacture of command control and tactical communication systems, including for air defence and naval combat.

After the consolidation, Tata A&D will draw synergies from entities across the group, including Tata Motors’ Defence Division, TAL Manufacturing Solutions Limited (subsidiary of Tata Motors), Tata Power’s Strategic Engineering Division, Tata Advanced Materials Limited, and Tata Advanced Systems Limited.

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