HAL hands over G-150 aircraft to IAI

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on Tuesday handed over the first rear fuselage for the Gulfstream (G-150) aircraft to Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI).

HAL Chairman Ashok Nayak handed over the documents of the HAL-built Aft (rear) fuselage for G-150 to Shlomi Karako, general manager, Business Jets Division, IAI, at a function at HAL's Aircraft Division in Bangalore.

G-150 is a business executive aircraft built in Israel and transported to the US for further furnishing. The G-150 is marketed the world over by the US-based Gulfstream Corporation.

"With the G-150 fuselage delivery HAL has now entered a fairly advanced manufacturing level of building major structural assemblies for global players in the civil sector. The G-150 project augurs well not only for HAL, but also for the national objective of producing a civil aircraft of international standards," Ashok Nayak said.