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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 2003 [1] |
| Founder | Anand Mahindra |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India [2] |
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| Parent | Mahindra Group |
| Subsidiaries | GippsAero |
| Website | www |
Mahindra Aerospace is an Indian aerospace company, part of the 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.D certified design organization. [7]
The parent Mahindra & Mahindra group acquired a 75.1% majority stake in December 2009 of Australian aircraft manufacturer Gippsland Aeronautics, builder of the Gippsland GA200, Gippsland GA8 Airvan and the Gippsland GA10 Airvan. The company was renamed GippsAero. [8]
Also in December 2009 the Mahindra & Mahindra group also acquired a 75.1% stake in Aerostaff Australia, [9] a component manufacturer of high-precision, close-tolerance, aircraft components and assemblies for large aerospace original equipment manufacturers.[ citation needed ]
In June 2010 the company acquired the Australian Boeing unit, an aerospace component manufacturer.[ citation needed ]
National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) and Mahindra Aerospace jointly developed the NAL NM5 light aircraft.
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