founded 2003 1 founder anand mahindra headquarters mumbai maharashtra india 2 key people mr. arvind mehra executive director & ceo 3 anand mahindra vice chairman & md hemant luthra president . 4 parent mahindra group subsidiaries gippsland aeronautics website official page mahindra aerospace is aerospace division of the indian multinational conglomerate company mahindra group . 5 6 it is the first indian private firm to make smaller civil aircraft for the indian general aviation market . 4 it is an as9100 rev.b certified design organization . 7 the prototype airvan in front of the latrobe valley aero club c. 1999 a civil air patrol ga8 airvan on takeoff from west houston airport during a mission following hurricane rita in 2005 . contents 1 gippsaero 2 aerostaff australia 3 products 4 manufacturing plant 5 acquisition 6 see also 7 references 8 external links gippsaero edit main article gippsaero gippsland aeronautics was founded by peter furlong and george morgan . the company started operations at the latrobe regional airport in morwell in the 1970s as an aircraft maintenance and modification business working for large organisations such as the national safety council of australia and esso australia as well as local commercial operators . during the late 1960s and early 1970s peter furlong and john brown were pilots builders fabricators and maintenance personnel for amongst others the latrobe valley aircraft club and the ultra light club of australia . the company builds single engined utility aircraft . these include the multi role ga8 airvan and the agricultural ga200 fatman . the company is owned by indian conglomerate mahindra group . in december 2009 mahindra aerospace pvt. ltd. mapl belonging to mahindra group of india acquired a 75.1 % majority stake and the company was renamed gippsaero . aerostaff australia edit aerostaff australia aa is a component manufacturer of high precision close tolerance aircraft components and assemblies for large aerospace original equipment manufacturers . aa s acquisition will help m & m tap the burgeoning defence offset and commercial aviation market . products edit gippsland ga200 low wing single engine agricultural aircraft . gippsland ga8 airvan it can seat eight including one pilot . gippsland ga10 airvan it is a ten seat single engined utility aircraft . gippsland ga18 it is a twin engine turboprop high winged short take off and landing stol aircraft . nal nm5 jointly developed by national aerospace laboratories nal and mahindra aerospace . manufacturing plant edit morwell victoria australia bangalore under construction mahindra group had announced to set up a plant for aerospace component manufacturing at malur in karnataka with an investment of about rs 40 crore . mahindra aerospace had acquired about five acres for this purpose . acquisition edit gippsland aeronautics dec 2009 aerostaff australia dec 2009 boeing unit australia june 2010 see also edit central aircraft manufacturing company hindustan aeronautics limited tata advanced systems companies portal references edit mahindra offers to quit ai board over conflict of interest . indianexpress.com . 2011 02 22 . retrieved 2011 03 03 . cj puretechin . mahindra engineering services bags process innovation award at the nasscom innovation awards 2011 . merinews.com . retrieved 2011 03 03 . mahindra gippsaero s ga8tc 320 airvan enthrals mumbai . indiainfoline.com . retrieved 2011 03 03 . a b mahindra aero bets on components money dna . dnaindia.com . retrieved 2011 03 03 . mahindra plans rs 285cr aerospace facility times of india . articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com . 2011 02 08 . retrieved 2011 03 03 . mahindra aerospace looking for strategic investors including oems and tier i suppliers . invest in india . 2011 02 21 . retrieved 2011 03 03 . aerospace . mahindraengineering.com . retrieved 2011 03 03 . external links edit mahindra aerospace to roll out first aircraft by march v t e mahindra group divisions and subsidiaries india based mahindra epc mahindra ugine steel tech mahindra mahindra & mahindra mahindra gujarat mahindra tractors mahindra truck and bus reva mahindra holidays & resorts mahindra aerospace mahindra & mahindra financial services limited other ssangyong motor company jiangling tractors gippsaero other anand mahindra kailash chandra mahindra mahindra united world college of india category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mahindra aerospace & oldid 720598505 categories mahindra groupcompanies based in mumbaicompanies established in 2003aircraft manufacturers of india navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial 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