TASL to also make fan cowls for Boeing 737s in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: After sealing a deal to manufacture the vertical fins of

Boeing

’s 737 aircraft earlier this year, Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) will now also manufacture the fan cowls for the US giant’s single aisle aircraft in Hyderabad.

TASL on Friday said it has bagged a contract for manufacturing and supplying fan cowls for the Boeing’s 737 family of airplanes at its facility in Adibatla and will supply 50% of the monthly 737 fan cowl requirements from FY2025.

The move further ramps up Boeing’s sourcing from India that has already crossed the $1 billion mark from just $250 million a couple of years ago, as was indicated by a top Boeing India official recently.

Pointing out that the contract was won by TASL in a global competition, TASL managing director & CEO Sukaran Singh said: “Projects like these with Boeing and other global aerospace companies have greatly helped build TASL's capabilities such that today TASL has the ability to build an entire aircraft or helicopter at high rate production, to global quality, in India.”

Fan cowl doors provide an aerodynamic surface over the fan case of the engine, between the inlet and the thrust reverser, and protect engine mounted components and accessories. The two fan cowl doors (left and right) around each airplane engine can be opened to provide access for servicing and maintenance of the engine components and accessories on the fan case of the engine.

TASL also manufactures thousands of critical systems and components for some of Boeing’s most advanced products from its facilities in Hyderabad, Nagpur, Bengaluru.

While in February this year, TASL added a new production line for producing vertical fin structures for the 737’s in Hyderabad, a Tata-Boeing joint venture TBAL has been manufacturing aerostructures for Boeing’s AH-64 Apache military helicopters at its facility spread over 14,000 sq mts in Adibatla.


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