>Revised Cost Estimates for the CSIR Project on “Spearheading Small Civilian Aircraft Design, Development and Manufacture”
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The present proposal which was initiated during the 10th Five Year Plan of CSIR consists of four modules. The first module proposes design, development and certification of a 4 seater stretched HANSA aircraft. Such an aircraft was expected to play an important role in flying training, personal transportation, carriage of light packages and in low-end air taxi operations. The second module is on civil aircraft related R&D, Civil aviation policy research and Market analysis. The indigenous development of certain critical equipment both to increase the indigenous content of SARAS and also to guard against sudden embargoes is the part of the third module. The fourth module is addressing the weight optimisation, power optimisation and other improvements required on SARAS so that it can be made an operational aircraft with full payload and the required range.
With the implementation of this proposal, NAL/CSIR seeks to augment its premier position in civil aviation R&D.