MIRA INFORM REPORT
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Report Date : |
11.06.2013 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
NATIONAL AEROSPACE LABORATORIES |
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Registered
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P O No. 1779, Kodhalli, Airport Road, Vimanpura, Bangalore – 560017,
Karnataka |
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India |
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Year of Establishment : |
1959 |
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Legal Form : |
Subject is a Aerospace Laboratory under Council of Scientific
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Line of Business
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Involved in the design and development of Hansa, an all composite two
seat trainer aircraft and Saras as a 14 seat turboprop light transport
aircraft. |
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No. of Employees
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RATING & COMMENTS
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MIRA’s Rating : |
A |
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RATING |
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PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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56-70 |
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Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General
unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for
payment of interest and principal sums |
Fairly Large |
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Good |
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Payment Behaviour : |
Regular |
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Litigation : |
Clear |
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Comments : |
Subject is a constituent of the Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research [CSIR], India. It is established to develop aerospace technologies with
strong science content, design and build small, medium sized civil aircraft
and support all national aerospace programmes. It is the only government aerospace R and D Laboratory in the
country’s civilian sector. It is an old and well-established Institution
having a fine track record. Trade relations are decent. Business is active. Payment terms are
regular and as per commitments. The institute can be considered good for business dealings at usual
trade terms and conditions. |
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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31st, 2013
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Moderate |
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Very High |
C1 |
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Restricted |
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Off-credit |
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RBI DEFAULTERS’ LIST STATUS
Subject’s name is not enlisted as a defaulter
in the publicly available RBI Defaulters’ list.
EPF (Employee Provident Fund) DEFAULTERS’ LIST STATUS
Subject’s name is not enlisted as a defaulter
in the publicly available EPF (Employee Provident Fund) Defaulters’ list as of
31-03-2012.
LOCATIONS
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Registered Office : |
P B No. 1779, Kodhalli, Airport Road, Vimanpura, Bangalore – 560017,
Karnataka, India |
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Tel. No.: |
91-80-25270584/ 25265579/ 25273351/ 25273354/ 25223354/ 25223351/ 25086019/ 20/ 25086040/ 41/ 25086147 |
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Fax No.: |
91-80-25260862/ 25270670 |
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E-Mail : |
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Website : |
http://www.nal.res.in
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DIRECTORS
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Name : |
Mr. Shyam Chetty |
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Chairman, NAL |
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Mr. P. Nilakantan |
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Director (1959-1964) |
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Mr. S. R. Valluri |
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Director (1965-1984) |
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Mr. R. Narasimha |
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Director (1984-1993) |
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Mr. K. N. Raju |
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Director (1993-1996) |
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Mr. T. S. Prahlad |
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Director (1996-2002) |
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B R Pai |
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Director (2002-2004) |
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A R Upadhya |
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Director (2004-2011) |
KEY EXECUTIVES
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MEMBERS |
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Dr Nagesh R Iyer |
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Director, SERC, Chennai |
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Dr. L Venkatakrishnan |
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Scientist – F |
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Mr. C M Ananda |
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Scientist – EII |
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Dr (Smt) S T Aruna |
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Scientist – EI |
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Mr Nitesh Gupta |
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Scientist – C |
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Dr (Smt) Poornima Narayana |
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Head, ICAST |
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Dr J S Mathur |
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Head, KTMD |
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Mr. K Chandrashekar |
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CoFA |
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Dr A Muthukrishnan, Sr CoA |
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Member Secretary |
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RESEARCH COUNCIL |
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Dr. K Radhakrishnan |
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Chairman |
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Members |
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Prof. M. Seetharam Bhat |
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Chairman |
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Prof. S. Gopalakrishnan |
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Department of Aerospace Engineering, IISc. |
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Prof. Ashok Joshi |
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Department of Aerospace Engineering IIT-Mumbai |
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Dr. Krishnan Balasubramanian |
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Department of Mechanical Engineering IIT-Madras |
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Shri. P.S. Subramanyam |
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Program Director (CA) and Director, ADA |
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Dr. C P Ramanarayanan |
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Director, GTRE |
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Mr T Suvarna Raju |
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Director (D&D), Design Complex Hindustan Aeronautics Limited |
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Dr. Chandra Shekar |
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Director |
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Dr. Nagesh R. Iyer |
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Director, SERC, Chennai |
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Dr. Gautam Biswas |
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Director, CMERI, Durgapur |
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Mr. Shyam Chetty |
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Director, NAL |
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Dr. Sudeep Kumar |
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Head, Planning and Performance Division CSIR, New Delhi |
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Dr. J S Mathur |
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Chief Scientist and Head, KTMD, NAL |
BUSINESS DETAILS
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Line of Business : |
Involved in the design and development of Hansa, an all composite two
seat trainer aircraft and Saras as a 14 seat turboprop light transport
aircraft. |
GENERAL INFORMATION
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CAPITAL STRUCTURE
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FINANCIAL DATA
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in Rupees Millions]
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HISTORY
Subject was established on 1st June 1959 at
Its offices in
It a constituent of Council of scientific and Industrial
Research, is
COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH NATIONAL AEROSPACE LABORATORIES BANGALORE, INDIA
National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), a constituent of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India, established in the year 1959 is the only government aerospace R&D laboratory in the country’s civilian sector. CSIR-NAL is a high-technology oriented institution focusing on advanced disciplines in aerospace. CSIR-NAL has several advanced test facilities, and many of them are recognized as National Facilities. These are not only the best in the country, but are also comparable to other similar facilities in the world. CSIR-NAL has also provided significant value added inputs to all the Indian national aerospace programmes. Its contributions over the last five decades have enabled it to create a niche for itself in advanced aerospace research and technology development.
The Mandate
CSIR-NAL’s mandate is to develop aerospace technologies with strong science content, design and build small, medium sized civil aircraft, and support all national aerospace programmes.
Major Focus / R&D
Disciplines
Core competence of
NAL spans practically the whole aerospace sector
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Civil
aircraft design & development
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Micro
Aerial Vehicle design and development
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Computational
fluid dynamics
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Experimental
aerodynamics
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Flight
mechanics and control
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Turbo
machinery and combustion
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Composites
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Structural
design, analysis & testing
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Structural
dynamics and integrity
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Surface
modification
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Aerospace
materials
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Aerospace
electronics and systems
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Electromagnetics
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Meteorological
modeling
· Wind energy
A GLIMPSE OF THE
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO INDIAN AEROSPACE
A Milestone in Indian
Civil Aviation
The HANSA Success -
flying at four Indian flying clubs
The two seat aircraft, a pioneering ab-initio all composite design, was certified by DGCA in the year 2000 under JAR-VLA category. A total of 15 aircraft were built by NAL, out of which several are currently in use with various flying clubs in the country. Powered by Rotax 914 F3 Turbo charged engine with a AUW of 750 kg, it is capable of flying upto 10,000 ft altitude and has an endurance of 6 hours.
The SARAS- multirole
light transport aircraft
SARAS, the 14 seat (7 ton class) multi role transport aircraft to be certified under FAR 23 category is being designed and built by CSIR-NAL. It had its maiden flight on May 29, 2004. Powered by 2x1200 SHP turboprop PT6A-67A engines (Pratt & Whitney) driving 5 blade MT-Propellers, SARAS is capable of flying up to 30,000 ft altitude (cabin altitude maintained at 8,000 ft) and can operate from short air fields. It has been designed for multiple roles viz, executive transport, light package carrier, remote sensing, air ambulance etc. Indian Air Force is expected to be the launch customer for SARAS with HAL as the production partner.
Five Seat General
Civil Aviation Aircraft (CNM-5) - the country’s first public-private
partnership
CNM-5, the five seat aircraft has the distinction of being the country’s first public-private partnership (PPP) for development of civil transport aircraft. It is being developed by CSIR-NAL in collaboration with M/s Mahindra Aerospace Pvt.Ltd (MAPL), Bangalore. CNM-5 had its first test flight on the 1st of September 2011 in Australia. CNM-5 is powered by a 300 HP piston engine driving a 3-blade propeller cruising at a speed of 160 knots with a maximum AUW (All Up Weight) of 1525 kg; glass cockpit is a customer option. It is an ideal aircraft for air taxi, air ambulance, training, tourism and cargo applications, and is proposed to be certified first under CASA, the Australian Certification Authority.
SUPPORT TO NATIONAL
PROGRAMS
Aircraft Modeling and
Control - understanding the dynamics of flight
· CSIR-NAL continues to lead the National Team effort on Design, Development and Certification of Fly-by-wire Flight Control Laws (Stability & Command Augmentation with Carefree Maneuvering, Autopilot, Autothrottle modes) and Fault Tolerant Airdata Algorithms for all Air force and Naval variants of the Light Combat Aircraft (TEJAS)
· Over 2000 successful flights flown on twelve different prototypes
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Sophisticated Parameter Identification
techniques used to Validate and subsequently Update the wind tunnel generated
aerodynamic database
Composite structures
for TEJAS – forty percent of the TEJAS airframe is fabricated at NAL
· CSIR-NAL successfully led the National Team for the composite wing development for TEJAS
· Tejas airframe is 40% composites (mostly carbon-epoxy) by weight contributing to its reputation as the world’s smallest light weight fighter aircraft
· CSIR-NAL has pioneered the development and fabrication of composite structures for the TEJAS aircraft using innovative and cost-effective fabrication technologies including co-curing / co-bonding construction
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Tie-up with Tata Advanced Materials Ltd., for
supply of critical CFC Components for the series production of LCA
Carbon Fibre
technology - achieving self–reliance
· India’s First High-tech Carbon Fibre Plant of 400 TPA, established by Kemrock Industries, Vadodara with Technical knowhow from CSIR-NAL
· Type certified by Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC), Bangalore on September 21, 2011
· Carbon fibre application: defense, wind energy, sports, transportation and infrastructure sectors
Technologies for
Nishant UAV
· Wankel Engine Development: Successful test flights of a 55HP Wankel engine, design and developed in collaboration with VRDE for DRDO-ADE’s Nishant UAV
· Structural Health Monitoring: Demonstration of Structural Health Monitoring technology using fibre optic sensors jointly with DRDO-ADE and Israeli MoD
Development of Micro
Aerial Vehicle (MAV) – for strategic and societal applications
· CSIR-NAL is playing a lead role in the National Program on Micro Air Vehicles (NP-MICAV) of DRDO/DST jointly with IIT-Bombay, IIT-Kanpur, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and a few other academic institutions and private industries
· MAVs Black Kite, Golden Hawk and Pushpak with a 300 mm span, 300 gms weight and endurance of 30 mins have been developed. The MAVs carry a day light camera and provide an operational range of 2 Kms.
· These MAVs are currently undergoing user trials
CSIR-NAL and India’s
Space Programme – a very fruitful association
· The Acoustic Test Facility (ATF) commissioned at CSIR-NAL for ISRO in 1986 has carried out acoustic tests on all of ISRO’s launch vehicle stages (ASLV, PSLV and GSLV ) as well as satellites( IRS , INSAT series)
· CSIR-NAL has designed and developed a new ATF at ISITE, ISRO with 1500 cu.m reverberation chamber and nitrogen as the medium and a closed loop acoustic drive / control system
· Highly polished aluminum mirrors developed by CSIR-NAL help ISRO to get good satellite pictures
· CSIR-NAL has been supporting the programmes of ISRO including wind tunnel testing of all their flight vehicle models, structural analysis, flight dynamics and control etc.
NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND
SYSTEMS
Supersonic Combustion
for Hypersonic Vehicles – for advanced flight vehicles
· Advanced flight vehicles, will in future fly at hypersonic speeds using special engines called scramjets. NAL has successfully developed the vitally critical technology needed to burn fuels at supersonic speeds (around 1km/sec) in such engines
Engineering radomes -
protecting sophisticated electronic equipment
· Indigenous technology by CSIR-NAL for design and development of both airborne and ground-based radomes
· Technology transferred to HAL, Bangalore and BEL, Ghaziabad
· The Computational Electromagnetics Laboratory conducts studies related to radome design and characterization, radar cross section (RCS) evaluation of aerospace vehicles, antenna pattern analysis and metamaterials research
A new manufacturing
process - for cost effective high quality composites
Vacuum Enhanced Resin Infusion Technology (VERITy)
· Lay dry preform on mould + Vacuum bag
· Resin infusion at just above room temperature
· Autoclave cure at low pressure and temperature
· Post cure in oven / autoclave
Cocuring and Cobonding Technology
· Uses Uni-directional Carbon Fiber Prepregs
· Layup Spar/rib/skin on a mould
· Inflatable bags as tooling
· Autoclave curing
Design and Development
of Autoclaves - for composite airframe manufacture
· CSIR-NAL has built one of the largest indigenous autoclaves in the world (size 4x9 mts) with innovative features and an advanced control system
· PPP with private industries: UCE for manufacturing & marketing and Datasol for fabrication of systems
Smart Materials,
Systems and Structures
Smart (or multifunctional) materials such as Piezo Ceramics and Shape Memory Alloys are extremely attractive candidates for sensors and actuators. CSIR-NAL in its quest for advanced technologies is involved in the development of these materials and their applications in the aerospace sector.
· Structural Health Monitoring using FBG sensors
· Piezo ceramics sensor / actuator for vibration control
· Shape memory alloy as control surface actuator / skin morphing / vibration damper
· Effecting repair – using SMA actuator
· Active Noise Control (ANC)
Surface engineering
technologies - using nanotechnology to enhance component performance
· A magnetron sputtering system has been developed that can deposit nitride, oxide, carbide and metallic nano coatings at high growth rates and with good uniformity.
· In contrast to conventional diamond or boron nitride coatings, this method results in better adhesion, and increased thermal and chemical stability
The Avionics
challenge – success in electronics and instrumentation
· DRISHTI developed by CSIR-NAL is a fast-acting accurate transmissometer capable of handing both low (<25 meters) and high (>2000 meters) visibility accurately
· The DRISHTI systems have been installed at Lucknow IGI Airport, Delhi and NSCBI Airport, Kolkata. Suitable for CAT I,II,III A and B airports and it meets WMO and CAO regulations and has been issued International Class I certification (NOTAM)
· Enhanced Fatigue Meter (eFM) developed by CSIR-NAL can be housed on platforms like military or civil aircraft for computing the ‘g’ crossings
The SARAS avionics
journey:
Engine Instruments and Crew Alert System (EICAS) and a 3-axes digital autopilot system has been developed for SARAS Aircraft
· EICAS has been cleared by DGCA for Aircraft Integration in February 2012
· First of its kind in India
· Potential for use in other aircraft programs in India and abroad
· DO 178B Level A Software
CSIR-NAL’s Flight Operation Quality Assurance software (NALFOQA) can monitor the flight performance of aircraft and has been used by Air India, Alliance Air, and DGCA for over a decade.
EXPERTISE AND
CAPABILITIES
The CFD advantage – to model and optimize the performance
· CSIR-NAL has used computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to model and optimize the performance of civilian and military aircraft, launch vehicles and missiles
· Some of the other novel studies in this area include internal flows in gas turbine engines, modeling of combustion, flow over wind turbine blades etc.
Advanced Flow
Diagnostics - understanding flow through measurements
· At CSIR-NAL several advanced flow diagnostics techniques such as BoS, PIV, PSP etc. have been successfully developed and deployed
· The Background Oriented Schlieren (BOS) technique provides the capability for capturing the three dimensional density fields
· CSIR-NAL developed Pressure Sensitive Paints (PSP) used on wind tunnel models to map the whole-field pressure distribution
Failure analysis and
Accident investigations – asking why
· CSIR-NAL is recognized as India’s premier organization for carrying out failure analyses and accident investigations, and it has been doing this with distinction for more than 40 years
· More than 1300 accident cases have been investigated by the NAL team. The Air India Boeing 747 Kanishka crash in 1985 was due to a chemical explosion and NAL was closely involved in the investigation
Aerospace Structures
– mastering the art and science of testing
· CSIR-NAL’s full-scale fatigue test facility provides inputs that can lead to a substantial increase in the operational life of airframes
· Over the years CSIR-NAL has built unique capability in the area of aeroelastic testing of SARAS and TEJAS aircraft, and the launch vehicles of ISRO
· CSIR-NAL has also successfully carried out ground vibration tests (GVT) on its SARAS, GA-10 aircraft, and other fighter aircraft
MAJOR R&D
FACILITIES AT NAL
1.2m Trisonic Wind Tunnel (M=0.2 to 4.0): Every Indian aerospace vehicle has graduated out of this wind tunnel. The tunnel has completed 40,000 blowdowns on November 2, 2010 and has been performing reliably for over 50 years
· 0.6m Trisonic Wind Tunnel indigenously designed and built by CSIR-NAL
· Fullscale fatigue test facility
· Large Scale Rotating Rig (LSRR) for Turbine and Compressor Aerodynamic Investigations
· Transonic Cascade Tunnel Facility
· National Test Facility for Aerospace Bearings / Lubricants
· High speed combustor test facility (HSCTF)
· Jet Aeroacoustics Research facility
· Flight Simulators and Augmented Engineering Environment (AEE) for modeling and simulation
· Ceramic Matrix Composites through Chemical Vapour Infiltration
· High velocity air gun impact test facility
· The High Performance Computing (HPC) facility along with C-MMACS - fastest system in India
· Computational electromagnetics (CEM) facilities
TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE
SOCIETY
The NALSUN technology
– solar energy for water heating
· CSIR-NAL developed cost-effective Electrodeposited Black Chrome Coating. This technology has so far been transferred to many industries
· Commercially successful technology and plating requires room temperature (approx. 30°C) & normal current densities (approx. 10 to 30 Adm-2). Service life of the coating is more than 20 years.
· Widely patented (India, Australia, Canada, Europe and USA)
Medium –scale wind
turbines – harnessing the India’s wind potential
· Development of a 500 kW horizontal axis wind turbine at Kethanur, Tamil Nadu
· Electrical energy generated and fed to the TNEB grid
· A peak power of about 500 kW was achieved
Flosolver – the power
of parallel computing for numerical weather prediction
· Flosolver Mk8 is a customised parallel supercomputer for numerical weather prediction using in-house developed communication devices
· Hardware-Software modeling platform consisting of 10 Teraflops, 1024 processor parallel supercomputer and Varsha GCM
· Forecast and its validation studies were done for VARSHA GCM with different spatial and temporal resolutions. The onset of Indian summer monsoon and rainfall forecasts using Varsha GCM were fairly accurate and well accepted by the national agencies
Air Ferry system -
for rural applications
· An air-ferry is a buoyant, self-propelled, multi-terrain vehicle that depends primarily on air thrust for propulsion
· Air ferry system for deployment in rural areas for river crossings, rescue mission operation etc.
· Aam Rath made up of bamboo material base vessel, with 33hP aero-engine; and Lal Hamsa with FRP base vessel and 17hP aero-engine
INTERNATIONAL
COLLABORATIONS
Long Term
Cooperations
· DLR, Germany
· CAE, China
· P&W, USA
· CRIAQ, Quebec, Canada
· MDB, Russia
· Czech Academy of Sciences
· Astronautics Corporation, USA
Collaborative /
Sponsored Projects
· Boeing, USA
· P&W, Canada & USA
· BELL Helicopters CAE, CANADA
· UKIERI, UK
THE INITIATION
The story of CSIR-NAL began on June 1, 1959, when the National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) was set up in Delhi, with Dr. P Nilakantan as its first Director. Barely nine months later, in March 1960, it made its humble beginning by setting up its office in the stables of the Mysore Maharaja's Palace on the Jayamahal Road and the Palace Road as National Aeronautical Laboratory. The first Executive Council was chaired by JRD Tata and was studded with luminaries such as Prof. Satish Dhawan and the legendary designer Dr. V M Ghatge. Originally started as National Aeronautical Laboratory, it was renamed as National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) in April 1993 to reflect its growing involvement in the Indian space programme, its multidisciplinary activities and global positioning. The journey has been a long and fulfilling one, with accomplished and eminent Directors at the helm, each adding hues to the spectrum of CSIR-NAL.
CSIR-NAL today is spread across two campuses, five kilometers apart. Each campus has an area of about 100 acres. Both these campuses are interconnected with high-speed computer networks for exchange of scholarly communication. Physical connectivity between the campuses is operated via shuttle bus operations.
OUR LEADERS
P Nilakantan (1959-1964)
Dr Nilakantan was NAL's first Director and, in many ways, its founding father. NAL's Wind Tunnel Centre was set up because of Nilakantan's vision, commitment and untiring efforts.
S R Valluri (1965-1984)
As NAL's second Director, for an incredible 19 years, Dr Valluri built on the strong foundation created by Dr Nilakantan to transform NAL into a potent and remarkable force in Indian aeronautics.
R Narasimha (1984-1993)
Prof Narasimha transformed NAL into self-confident and effective R&D laboratories making their mark in civil aviation, parallel processing, aerospace electronics, surface technologies and computational fluid dynamics.
T S Prahlad (1996-2002)
Dr Prahlad first placed NAL's civil aviation programme on a sound footing and then facilitated its phenomenal growth. He converted NAL into a cohesive project execution machine and significantly improved the Laboratories' infrastructure
K N Raju (1993-1996)
Dr Raju provided extraordinary momentum to NAL's contributions to national aerospace programmes even as the Laboratories' revenues soared to unprecedented heights.
B R Pai (2002-2004)
Dr B R Pai accelerated NAL's forays into civil aviation with the successful SARAS flights, strongly supported innovative R&D, especially in supersonic propulsion, lighter-than-air vehicles and radome technologies, and "filled some crucial gaps"; by recruiting young scientists and improving R&D facilities.
A R Upadhya (2004-2011)
A pioneer in the country, in the multidisciplinary field of aeroelasticity who has made path breaking contribution to not only Aerospace research and development but also successfully initiated its implementation in the industry.
CSIR-NAL
National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), a constituent of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India, is the only civilian aerospace R&D laboratory in India. CSIR-NAL is a high-tech oriented institution focusing on advanced topics in aerospace and related disciplines and has a mandate to develop aerospace technologies with strong science content, design and build small and medium-size civil aircraft and support all national aerospace programmes.
CSIR-NAL has many advanced test facilities (many of them recognized as National Facilities) which are the best in the country and comparable to those outside. Along with these facilities, its globally recognized competence has enabled CSIR-NAL to achieve notable R&D successes, innovative technology developments and advanced testing capabilities. CSIR-NAL has a strength of 1100 with 400 scientists, 460 technical staff and 160 administrative staff. CSIR-NAL has also provided value added inputs to all national aerospace programmes. Its contributions over the last five decades have enabled it to create a niche for itself in the areas of advanced aerospace research and technology development.
NAL TODAY - A
MILESTONE IN INDIAN CIVIL AVIATION
A Milestone in Indian
Civil Aviation
An Aircraft out of Foam & Fibre – foundation for CSIR-NAL to build light
aircraft
In 1983-84, CSIR-NAL started the project to fabricate an all-composite
aircraft using a kit bought from Rutan in USA. The project led by R B Damania,
gave CSIR-NAL teams very valuable insights in building airworthy composite
structures. The aircraft, called the Light Canard Research Aircraft (LCRA), was
ready by the end of 1986. The LCRA, with Wg Cdr Askoka, HAL’s Chief Test Pilot,
made its maiden flight on 26 February 1987. After the LCRA success, CSIR-NAL
seriously started the preparatory work to design and build a light aircraft.
The HANSA Success- flying at four Indian flying clubs
The maiden flight of CSIR-NAL’s light trainer aircraft, now called
HANSA, took place on 17 November 1993. The aircraft is an ab-initio two-seat, all
composite aircraft, certified by DGCA in the year 2000 under JAR-VLA
certification. DGCA has promoted the deployment of HANSA-3 in the country by
various flying clubs; a total of fourteen aircraft are in operation. While
thirteen aircraft are currently flying in the Indian skies, out of which ten
are with various flying clubs and one with IIT-Kanpur. Recently one more
Hansa-3 aircraft bearing registration number VT-HOE was allotted to the
Amritsar Aviation Club by DGCA on January 29, 2011. On behalf of CSIR-NAL, AAC
gave flight demonstration of this aircraft at the International Air Show, Aero
India 2011 held at Bangalore during 9-13 February 2011.
The SARAS- multirole light transport aircraft
SARAS had its maiden flight on 29 May 2004. The aircraft took off at 8.15 am and flew over about 25 minutes. SARAS is the first civilian aircraft designed and developed in India. Two prototypes have been built and flown (176 flight) by ASTE (IAF) flight crew. Third prototype aircraft (production standard) is under production at CSIR-NAL. Features include composite wing VERITy (Vacuum Enhanced Resin Infusion Technology), empennage, rear pressure bulkhead, front fuselage top skin and control surfaces. The aircraft will be equipped with an all glass cockpit including EICAS and 3-axis autopilot (limited authority). Powered by 2x1200 SHP turboprop PT6A-67A engines (Pratt & Whitney) driving 5 blade MT-Propellers. SARAS is capable of flying up to 30,000 ft (cabin altitude 8,000 ft) and is capable of operation from short air fields. Certification is under progress by CEMILAC and is to be completed by 2013. SARAS has been designed for many roles viz, executive transport, light package carrier, remote sensing, air ambulance etc.
Five Seater General
Civil Aviation Aircraft (C-NM5) - The
country’s first public-private partnership (PPP) in civil aviation
C-NM5 is the country’s first public-private partnership (PPP) for development of civil transport aircraft in collaboration with M/s Mahindra Aerospace Private Limited (MAPL). On the 1st of September 2011, a milestone event for India’s first public-private partnership in aircraft development, and a bold dream became reality; C-NM5 designed & developed jointly by CSIR-NAL and Mahindra Aerospace successfully undertook its first flight in Australia. C-NM5 is powered by a 300 HP piston engine driving a 3-blade propeller cruising at a speed of 160 knots with a maximum AUW (All Up Weight) of 1525 kg; glass cockpit is a customer option. It is an ideal aircraft for air taxi, air ambulance, training, tourism and cargo.
PRESS RELEASE
NEW PROTOTYPE OF
SARAS EXPECTED TO FLY BY FEB END: NAL CHIEF
February 5, 2013
BANGALORE: The 14‐seater transport aircraft Saras‐Prototype I New (PT1N), being developed by the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) here, is expected to fly by this month‐end, a top NAL official said today.
"We expect that the Saras PT1N will fly by the end of February, 2013," NAL Director Shyam Chetty told PTI here on the sidelines of the Aero India Seminar.
He said Saras PT1 was being upgraded to PT1N standard which includes modified stubwing and rear fuselage, larger area rudder, new nacelle and an autopilot.
It will be powered by 2 x 1200 SHP PT6A‐67A engines, he said adding CEMILAC and DGAQA, which have joined the SARAS programme about a year ago, are providing very good regulatory support in this connection.
The work on weight optimised version of Saras (PT3) will be resumed soon. The composite components like the wing, HT, VT are getting ready and we are confident that the PT3 aircraft will fly by the last quarter of this year, Chetty said. Replying to a query, Chetty said NAL has quite a few joint collaborations with defence laboratories, PSUs, and international institutes and organisations.
Leading aircraft manufacturers such as Boeing, Airbus, which have visited NAL, have expressed keen interest in having a joint collaboration on "Extension of Aero‐database beyond Normal Flight Envelope" with De Montfort University, UK, he said.
He also said NAL would soon sign an MoU with HAL in which
non‐linear flight
dynamics modeling and simulation is proposed as an area of important work.
INDIA NOW EYES
110-SEATER, 3200 KM DESIGN RANGE CIVIL AIRCRAFT
Nov 16, 2011
BANGALORE: Promoters of India's proposed maiden regional civil aircraft are looking at enhancing its design range to 3200 km and also its seating capacity to 110, a key official behind the project said today.
The high powered committee on National Civil Aircraft Development (NCAD) has till now said it is looking to design and develop a 70-90 seater aircraft with a design range of 2,500 km.
"Now we are looking at up to 110 (seating capacity)", said A R Upadhya, a member of HPC, who recently retired as Director of National Aerospace Laboratories belonging to Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), which is spearheading the proposed project.
"We are looking at increasing the range from 2,500 km to 3,200 km so that it will have some international operations as well (in addition to domestic one)", Upadhya said at the inaugural function of fifth symposium on applied aerodynamics and design of aerospace vehicles (SAROD-2011) here. "We are looking at standard configuration as well as long range configuration with increase in capacity in wing area...," he added.
The HPC, chaired by former Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) G Madhavan Nair, has set a target of lower costs of acquisition, maintenance and operations and fuel consumption by at least 25 per cent in each of these areas vis-a-vis this proposed aircraft.
The proposed aircraft can take-off from a runway range of 1,600 metres and also from ill-equipped airfields. Regional aircraft requirement in India in the next 20 years is projected to be 350 from the civil side and 100 military, Upadhya said.
HPC has already looked at engines manufactured by global majors Pratt & Whitney, Safran, Rolls-Royce and GE. "We are looking at various (engine) options (for our regional civil aircraft)", Upadhya added. A sum of Rs 75550.000 Millions is the estimated requirement for the project, of which Rs 43550.000 Millions is for design and development and Rs 32000.000 Millions for series production phase.
The Planning Commission has recommended that CSIR move a Cabinet Note for in-principle approval of the programme. A cabinet approval is round the corner, officials said.
The HPC with experts drawn from the government, industry, financial institutions and regulatory authority, among others, is formally overseeing the project, and it would structure a joint venture with Public Private Partnership and evolve an organisational structure for a new entity, officials said.
Upadhya noted that among the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) countries, only India does not have a civil aircraft industry that's not mature. "It's an appropriate time to launch a major initiative in capability building in civil aircraft design and development and lay a strong foundation," he said.
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DESIGNATED PARTY
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shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom
notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets
have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or
order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering,
anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction
laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for
violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.
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No exist to suggest that subject is or was
the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other
official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper
payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or
with designated parties.
3] Asset Declaration :
No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject
are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.
4] Record on Financial
Crime :
Charges or conviction
registered against subject: None
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Anti-Corruption Laws :
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investigation registered against subject: None
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available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals
have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority
for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent
government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international
anti-money laundering laws or standard.
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shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government
official or a family member or close business associate of a Government
official.
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and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar
services.
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financial stakeholders.
CONTRAVENTION
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
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Currency |
Unit
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Indian Rupees |
|
US Dollar |
1 |
Rs. 57.78 |
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|
1 |
Rs. 89.71 |
|
Euro |
1 |
Rs. 76.24 |
INFORMATION DETAILS
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Report Prepared
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BVA |
RATING EXPLANATIONS
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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>86 |
Aaa |
Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability
for timely payment of interest and principal sums |
Unlimited |
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71-85 |
Aa |
Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit
transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest
and principal sums |
Large |
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56-70 |
A |
Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General
unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for
payment of interest and principal sums |
Fairly Large |
|
41-55 |
Ba |
Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal
commitments. |
Satisfactory |
|
26-40 |
B |
Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively
below average. |
Small |
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11-25 |
Ca |
Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums
in default or expected to be in default upon maturity |
Limited with
full security |
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<10 |
C |
Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised |
Credit not
recommended |
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- |
NB |
New Business |
- |
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risk and responsibility on the part of MIRA INFORM PRIVATE LIMITED (MIPL)
or its officials.