jWelcome to the Overhaul Division of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.

The origin of the Overhaul Division can be traced back to the erstwhile Hindustan Aircraft Limited established at Bangalore on 23^rd December 1940 by a far sighted industrialist, the late Seth Walchand Hirachand in association with the Government of the then Princely State of Mysore with the object of establishing an aviation industry that can take up assembly and overhaul of aircraft under license.

As a principle overhaul base for the South East Asia Command of Allied Forces between 1942 and 1945, the Division maintained and repaired Liberator, Fortress, Mitchell, Dakota, Curtis Commando and PSY Catalina amphibian aircraft. After the end of the 2^nd World war, the main activity of the Division was getting the Dakotas, Liberators, Tempest and Tiger Moths airworthy for the use of Indian Air Force and Civil operators.

After Independence of the country in 1947, Overhaul Division Bangalore oriented its activities to major overhaul of aircraft of Indian Air Force and rendering 1^st and 2^nd Line Servicing of aircraft at various IAF Bases.

The Division has since emerged as a single window agency for the maintenance and servicing of state-of-the-art military aircraft, piston engine and associated accessories.

The Division renders highly competent maintenance and retrofit support at user’s works. Currently it is the only Organisation authorised to undertake Major Inspection of Mirage 2000 aircraft outside France. This is clearly an index to the vast capacity of this ISO 9001:2000 Unit.

The Division is currently exporting its products and services to France, Israel, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal, Oman, Peru and U.K.

Spread over an area of more than 10 hectares of land, Overhaul Division is empowered by a highly skilled workforce of 1200 supported by 215 well qualified and experienced executives.

The Division has a well equipped Accessories Repair / Overhaul Centre with excellent infrastructure to handle sophisticated Mechanical, Pneumatic and Avionic accessories. The importance placed on quality can be gauged by the highly sensitive testing equipment it employs during repair/overhaul of over 600 types of various system accessories.

Division’s Quality Certifications:

Overhaul Division has the following approval

• Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India

• Director General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance (DGAQA), MOD, India.

• M/s. Dassault Aviation, France

• M/s. BAE Systems, UK.

• ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management Systems.