HAL’s Rocket Engine Production Facility Opened in Karnataka

An integrated Production facility for cryogenic engines (ICMF) founded by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HALL) that would provide full production of rocket engines under one roof for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) was inaugurated by President Droupadi Murmu Tuesday in Bengaluru. Set up over an area of ​​4,500 square meters, the state-of-the-art ICMF houses more than 70 hi-tech equipment and test facilities for the production of cryogenic (CE20) and semi-cryogenic (SE2000) engines of Indian missiles.



In 2013, an MOU was signed with ISRO to set up the cryogenic engine module manufacturing facility at HAL, Aerospace Division, and it was then amended in 2016 to set up ICMF with an investment of Rs 208 crore.

Karnataka Governor Thawarchand Gehlot, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, ISRO chairman S SomanathHAL chairman and general manager CB Ananthakrishnan attended the event, among others.

Commissioning of all critical equipment for production and assembly requirements has been completed, Bengaluru headquarters HAL said, adding that pre-production activities, which include process preparation and quality plans and drawings, have also begun.

HAL will start realizing the modules in March 2023.

HAL Aerospace Division produces liquid propellant tanks and launch vehicle structures of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV MK-II), GSLV Mk-III and also stage integration for GSLV MK-II.

“The facility (ICMF) will serve the entire Rocket Engine Manufacturing under one roof for ISRO. It will increase self-reliance in the production of Hi-thrust Rocket engines,” said the HAL.

Cryogenic engines are the most widely used engines in the world in launch vehicles, the statement said. Due to the complex nature of the cryogenic engine, only a few countries – the US, France, Japan, China and Russia – have mastered cryogenic technology to date.

On January 5, 2014, India successfully flew GSLV-D5 with cryogenic engine and became the sixth country in cryogenic engine development (made by ISRO through private industries) and sixth country in cryogenic engine development.

Space exploration in the future is largely dependent on cryogenic technology.

On that occasion, the chairman also virtually laid the foundation stone for the Zonal Institute of Virology (Zone South).

Union Health Minister Bharati Pravin Pawar and Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar were also present on the occasion.

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