Mahindra Group has won a contract from European plane maker Airbus SE to manufacture its H125 helicopter’s fuselage.
Mahindra Bags Airbus Contract For Chopper Fuselage
Mahindra Group has won a contract from European plane maker Airbus SE to manufacture its H125 helicopter’s fuselage. Mahindra Aerostructures Pvt. had won the contract to make another variant of Airbus helicopters’ fuselage back in April. The fuselage is the main body of an aircraft to which wings, tail, and landing gears are attached.
As per the contract, industrialisation will begin immediately at Mahindra Aerostructures’ facility in Bengaluru. The company is aiming to deliver first fuselage by 2027. Airbus’s H125 is famous for functioning at higher altitude and with extreme weather conditions, which makes a suitable helicopter to use in air ambulance services, inspection, and utility operations.
The variant holds the record for highest altitude landing and take-off performed on Mount Everest at 8,848 metres. Airbus claims the aircraft outclasses all other sing-engine helicopters in the segment. The H125 has completed three crore flight hours.
Airbus H125 has max cruise speed of 143 knots. A knot is equivalent to one nautical mile per hour. It has the max endurance of 4 hours 57 minutes. Moreover, Airbus’ simultaneous investments—such as the two Final Assembly Lines (for the H125 helicopter and the C295 military transport aircraft in association with Tata Advanced Systems Limited)—are creating an end-to-end aerospace ecosystem in India.
The targeted first deliveries in 2027 will represent not just the culmination of this contract, but also a symbolic milestone in India’s ascent as a trusted partner within global civil and defence aerospace supply chains.
