A public sector (government owned) company with the primary purpose of supporting India's defence needs, HAL has emerged as a globally competitive aerospace company.
Its expertise encompasses design, development, production, repair, overhaul and upgrade of aircraft, helicopters, aero-engines, accessories, avionics and systems. It has also diversified into manufacture and repair/overhaul of industrial and marine gas turbine engines, and manufacture of structures for aerospace vehicles. All the production divisions of HAL have ISO 9001-2000 accreditation and ten divisions have ISO-14001-1996 Environment Management System Certification.
Among the successful products that it manufactures for domestic use as well as exports are: Advanced Light Helicopter (Dhruv), Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT), Light Combat Aircraft (Tejas), Cheetah and Chetan helicopters, Dornier-228, Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), Su-30MKI, Jaguar (under license from BAe) and Lakshya.
HAL's future projects include co-design, development and co-production of multi-role transport aircraft, medium-lift multi-role helicopters, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), besides the development of simulators.