Hindustan Aeronautics hits 52-week high as firm says it assembled gas turbines for INS Vikrant

According to the company these gas turbines were assembled and tested at HAL's dedicated facility at Bangalore.

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Shares of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) rose over 2 percent on September 7 after the company said it assembled and tested gas turbines that were used in recently commissioned aircraft carrier, IAC-1 Vikrant.

“HAL is proud to be associated with India's first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier, IAC-1 Vikrant which was commissioned recently as INS Vikrant by the Prime Minister at Kochi,” the company said in an exchange filing. “IAC is powered by four General Electric LM2500 Gas Turbines supplied by HAL.”

According to the company these gas turbines were assembled and tested at HAL's dedicated facility at Bangalore.

“HAL carried out critical activities towards readiness of IAC for basin trials. HAL's team was actively involved in the integration of the power plant to the IAC and was onboard IAC for all sea trials in the absence of foreign OEM representatives contributing substantially to the Make-in-India concept,” Hindustan Aeronautics said.

Following the disclosure, shares of the firm rose to a 52-week high of Rs 2,450.

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