Hindustan Aeronautics assembled gas turbines being used in INS Vikrant; stock climbs ~2.5%

7 Sep 2022 , 09:25 AM

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited informed that it has partnered with IAC-1 Vikrant, India’s first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier, which was recently commissioned as INS Vikrant by the Prime Minister in Kochi.

HAL supplied four General Electric LM2500 Gas Turbines to power IAC. HAL’s specialised facility in Bangalore was used to assemble and test these gas turbines. With 88 MW of electricity and a peak speed of 28 knots, INS Vikrant significantly improves India’s maritime capacity.

HAL executed crucial efforts to prepare IAC for basin experiments. In the absence of foreign OEM personnel, HAL’s crew was actively involved in the integration of the power plant to the IAC and was onboard IAC for all sea trials, significantly contributing to the Make-in-India initiative.

At around 9.29 AM, HAL was trading at Rs2,445.55 per piece, up by 2.23% from its previous closing of Rs2,392.30 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs2,409.70 and touched intraday high and low of Rs2,450 and Rs2,400 respectively.

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