Bengaluru, 17 Feb 2026
Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) has inaugurated India’s first private-sector helicopter Final Assembly Line for the Airbus H125 at Vemagal in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
The H125 helicopter Final Assembly Line facility was inaugurated virtually by Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, and Mr Emmanuel Macron, President of France.
Present at the event in Vemagal were Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister, Government of India, Ms Catherine Vautrin, Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs, Government of France, and Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, Hon’ble Minister for Civil Aviation, Government of India. Also present were Tata Advanced Systems and Airbus senior leadership teams.
This partnership is a watershed for ‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat’ (Self-reliant India) in aerospace, marking the first time the Indian private sector will undertake the manufacturing, integration, testing and maintenance of a sophisticated rotary-wing platform in India. By building the civil H125 and potentially its military variant H125M in Vemagal, Tata and Airbus are ensuring that Indian operators have immediate access to world-class technology with localised maintenance and lifecycle support, maximising helicopter availability.
