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HAL to Establish Second Shakti Engine Production Line in Odisha
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Firstpost•05-10-2026, 21:38
HAL to Establish Second Shakti Engine Production Line in Odisha
- •Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is setting up a second production line for the Shakti engine at its Koraput facility in Odisha with an investment of ₹218 crore.
- •Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will lay the foundation stone for the new facility and mark the production of HAL Koraput's 2,000th aero-engine.
- •The expansion supports growing demands from indigenous military helicopter programmes like the Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv and Light Combat Helicopter Prachand.
- •The Shakti engine is an Indian version of the Ardiden 1H1 turboshaft engine, developed and manufactured under an Indo-French partnership between HAL and Safran Helicopter Engines.
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is establishing its second production line for the Shakti engine at its Koraput facility in Odisha.
The new production line for the Shakti engine at the Koraput facility will be built at an investment of ₹218 crore.
The additional production capacity is expected to support key military programmes such as the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv and the Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) Prachand.
