Agricultural aircraft
Fighter aircraft
- HF-24 Marut β (retired) Mk.1 and Mk.1T (200+ built)
- Tejas β (in production) Mk.1, Mk.1A, NLCA Mk.1 and NLCA Mk.2 (40+ built)
- Tejas Mk.2 (MWF)[39] β Medium weight fighter (under development) 2023 first flight expected.
- AMCA β Fifth generation stealth fighter (under development).
- TEDBF β Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter is 4.5 generation fighter for Indian Navy’s aircraft carrier. (under development)[40]
Helicopters
Indian Navy’s Advanced Light Helicopter MK IIILight Combat Helicopter
- Dhruv β (in production) Advanced Light Helicopter (350+ built)
- Rudra β (in production) Attack helicopter (70+ built)
- Light Combat Helicopter β (in production) Attack helicopter (10+ built)
- Light Utility Helicopter (under trial)
- Indian Multi-role Helicopter (under development)
Engines
GTX-35VS Kaveri prototype testing
- GTX-35VS Kaveri β co-developed with GTRE (DRDO) (under development; developed into following programmes)
- PTAE-7 β For indigenously designed Lakshya PTA
- GTSU-110 β for starting main engine GE404 or Kaveri of LCA Tejas
- Shakti β co-developed with Safran Helicopter Engines for HAL Dhruv Helicopter to be used in light utility helicopter
- HTFE-25[41]
- HTSE-1200 (under development)[42]
Trainer aircraft
- HT-2Β β First company design to enter production.
- HPT-32 DeepakΒ β Basic trainer in service for more than three decades.
- HJT-16 KiranΒ β Mk1, Mk1A and Mk2 – Turbojet trainers scheduled to be replaced with HJT-36 Sitara.[43]
- HTT-34Β β Turboprop version ofΒ HPT-32 Deepak
- HTT-35Β β Proposed replacement forΒ HPT-32Β basic trainer in the early 1990s; not pursued
- HJT-36 SitaraΒ β Intermediate jet trainer (under development)
- HTT-40Β Basic trainer (in production) first prototype flew its first flight on 31 May 2016.[45]Β (106 ordered)
- HJT 39 / CATΒ Advanced jet trainer (proposal)
Observation and reconnaissance aircraft
Transport and passenger aircraft
Saras, under joint development with National Aerospace Laboratories
- Saras β (in production) multi-purpose civilian light transport aircraft.
- Indian Regional Jet (IRJ) of 70-100 seater capacity to be jointly developed with NAL.
Utility aircraft
Gliders
- HAL G-1 β HAL’s first original design, dating from 1941. Only one was built.
- Ardhra β training glider
- Rohini
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- PTA Lakshya β UAV
- PTA Lakshya 2 β UAV
- NRUAV
- Nishant UAV
- Rustom H β Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
- UCAV Tejas β Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (under development)[46]
Licensed production
- Vampire β first combat jet manufactured by HAL, 250+ FB.52, 60 T.55 models[47]
- Harlow PC-5 β first aircraft assembled by hal
- Percival Prentice β 66 built by HAL
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 β FL, M, Bis and Bison upgrades variants 660 built by HAL
- Folland Gnat
- Ajeet β improved version of the Folland Gnat
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 β M variant
- SEPECAT Jaguarβ IS, IB and IM variants
- BAE Hawk β scheduled production run of 42 aircraft
- Sukhoi Su-30MKI β a derivative of the Sukhoi Su-30
- Dornier 228 β 117 built + fuselage, wings and tail unit for production of the upgraded Dornier 228 NG variant
- Aerospatiale SA 315B Lama β HAL Cheetah, Lancer, Cheetal Variants
- Aerospatiale SA 316B Alouette III β HAL Chetak, Chetan Variants
- HS 748 Avro β Modified for military usage, includes Series 2M variant with large freight door
- Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour Mk 811 β Engine for SEPECAT Jaguar
- Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour Mk 871 β Engine for BAE Hawk Mk 132
- Garrett TPE331-5 β Engine for Dornier 228
- Turbomeca TM 333 β Engine for HAL Dhruv
The product list is informative, but it would be even more valuable to explain how these products fit into different stages of an aircraft’s lifecycle. Manufacturing is only one partβmaintenance, upgrades, spare parts, and long-term support are equally important in the aerospace industry. Understanding this complete lifecycle would help readers appreciate why some products continue creating value long after they are delivered.