HAL Koraput Marks Its 2,000th Aero-Engine and Breaks Ground on a Second Shakti Line - Licensed Capacity, Not Yet Indigenous Design

On 6 October Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is to mark HAL Koraput's 2,000th aero-engine delivery and lay the foundation stone for a Rs 218 crore second production line for the Shakti helicopter engine. The line is planned, not built, and Shakti is a joint design with Safran, so it adds Indian capacity for a licensed engine rather than a fully indigenous one.