21 February, 2019:Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructures Limited (TLMAL), a joint venture between Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has delivered the 100th C-130J Super Hercules empennage from its manufacturing facility located in Hyderabad, India. It is a milestone for the company as it highlights the ongoing success of Lockheed Martin’s hallmark Make in India partnership with Tata.
TLMAL empennage assemblies include the aircraft’s horizontal and vertical stabilizers along with leading edges and tip assemblies. TLMAL is the only worldwide source of C-130J empennage assemblies that are installed on all new Super Hercules aircraft manufactured in Marietta, Georgia, United States.
Sets of C-130J centre wing box components were also previously made by the TLMAL team and they also introduced a new cutting-edge 4,700 square-meter metal-to-metal bonding facility in May 2018.
The empennages manufactured by TLMAL have been included in C-130Js that have supported critical worldwide search and rescue, combat delivery, peacekeeping, maritime patrol, aerial refuelling, special operations, medevac and humanitarian response missions. They are also included in the LM-100J, the commercial variant of the Super Hercules.
TLMAL currently employs 500 people and was established in 2010 at Hyderabad.