Hyderabad-made cabin for Sikorsky
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A S-92 Sikorsky helicopter that was fitted with a cabin made in Hyderabad is all set to take off from a US city in two weeks time.
Air Vice Marshal (retd) Arvind Walia, executive vice president, India & South Asia, Sikorsky, told the reporters that the helicopter company is looking at India as a huge market for its products in the near future.
Mr Walia said, “We have established a joint venture with Tatas to manufacture about 80 per cent requirement of parts for S-92 Sirkosky helicopter at Hyderabad in India, as we see a huge demand for helicopters from the defence services, para-military, corporate hospitals and offshore drilling companies here.”
With the cabins ready, the company only has to add cockpits and tails to make them complete helicopter. “We will ship the cabins from Chennai port and assemble the helicopter in the US,” Mr Walia said, adding that the first cabin manufactured from India is already in US to be delivered to a global customer in two weeks time.
The company which began manufacturing the cabins in Japan is slowly moving its business to India, as it sees a future for itself in this country. At present, the unit at Hyderabad has facilities to manufacture two cabins a month, but “we will increase the production capacity to three cabins per month by 2013,” Mr Walia said.
Already Sikorsky helicopters are flying in India as the company has sold six S-76 helicopters here.
“The government of Maharashtra made the latest purchase in November 2011,” Mr Walia said, adding that the Deccan Airways is the authorised dealers for them.
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