In News: Hansa New Generation (NG) aircraft successfully make its maiden flight.
Hansa New Generation (NG) aircraft:
Hansa New Generation (NG) aircraft is an aircraft designed and developed by CSIR-NAL.
The unique features of Hansa-NG are glass cockpit with cabin comfort, high, efficient digitally controlled engine, electrically-operated flaps, long endurance, low acquisition, and low operating cost.
CSIR-NAL has already identified a private partner and series production will start soon.
About NAL
National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), is India’s first & largest aerospace firm.
It was established by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) at Delhi in 1959 and its headquarters was later moved to Bangalore in 1960.
It is the only government aerospace R&D laboratory in the country’s civilian sector.
The firm closely operates with HAL, DRDO and ISRO and has the prime responsibility of developing civilian aircraft in India.
The CSIR-NAL mandate is to develop aerospace technologies with strong science content, design and build small and medium-sized civil aircraft, and support all national aerospace programmes.
About Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
It is the largest research and development (R&D) organisation in India.
CSIR hasa pan-India presence and has a dynamic network of 38 national laboratories, 39 outreach centres, 3 Innovation Complexes and 5 units.
Established: September 1942.
CSIR is funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology and it operates as an autonomous body through the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
CSIR covers a wide spectrum of streams – from radio and space physics, oceanography, geophysics, chemicals, drugs, genomics, biotechnology and nanotechnology to mining, aeronautics, instrumentation, environmental engineering and information technology.
It provides significant technological intervention in many areas with regard to societal efforts which include the environment, health, drinking water, food, housing, energy, farm and non-farm sectors.
Organisation Structure
President: Prime Minister of India (Ex-officio)
Vice President: Union Minister of Science and Technology (Ex-officio)
Governing Body: The Director-General is the head of the governing body. The other ex-officio member is the finance secretary (expenditures).
15-member advisory body composed of prominent members from respective fields of science and technology. Member terms are of three years.
