Tennai Aerospace Industries

Tennai Aerospace Industries

Type	State-owned enterprise
Industry	Aerospace, defense
Founded	1964
Products	Civil and military aircraft, satellites, defense electronics
Services	Aircraft maintenance, aircraft upgrade, leasing, support solutions
Number of employees	127,658 (April, 2016)

Tennai Aerospace Industries is a Tennaiite aerospace and defence corporation. With a 97% stake belonging to the Tennaiite Government, it consolidates many Tennaiite private and state owned aircraft manufacturing companies and assets engaged in the manufacture, design and sale of military, civilian, transport, and unmanned aircraft. It is headquartered in Hampi.

Many of the corporations assets are located in various regions in Tennai, with joint-ventures with foreign partners in Mansuriyyah, Gylias, and Syara.

Environment

TAI has committed to an aviation industry plan to reduce noise, CO2, and NOx emissions.

TAI was the first aerospace business to become ISO 14001 certified, in January 2005; this is a broader certification covering the whole organization, not just the aircraft it produces.

In association with Badger and Gyliair, TAI has developed a biofuel to reduce pollution and dependence on fossil fuels, claiming that this has the potential to replace up to a third of the world's aviation fuel. Algae-based biofuel absorbs carbon dioxide during growth and does not compete with food production. This alternative may be commercially available by 2030 but algae and other vegetation-based fuels are in an early stage of development and fuel-bearing algae has been expensive to develop. TAI offers delivery flights to airlines using a 10% biofuel blend in standard engines. The fuel does not cut carbon emissions but is free of sulphur emissions and demonstrates that the fuel could be used in commercial flights in unmodified engines.

In September 2020, TAI unveiled three liquid hydrogen-fueled concept aircraft that it claims could become the first commercial zero-emission aircraft, entering service by 2035.

Divisions

Revenues by division, as of 2020:

  Commercial aircraft (60%)

  Defence and Space (30%)

  Helicopters (10%)

Commercial Aircraft

Commercial aircraft generated 60% of total revenue for the company in 2019. The product portfolio of encompasses light business jets such as the Butler 70/75 and narrow-body airliners such as the T-Jet Series.

Defense and Space

Main article: List of TAI Weapon Systems

TAI Defense and Space was formed in March 1975 as part of a company restructuring from several former companies and divisions. TAI Defense and space manufactures tanker, transport, mission aircraft, and manages military sales of Tennai Helicopters products. It also produces electronis such as sensors, radars, missions systesms, and electronic warfare systems. They also develope manned and unmanned aerial systems (UAVs), mission avionics, electronic defence and warning systems and provide global security systems such as command & control, lead system integration, communication systems for public safety, industry, transportation and defence.

TAI Missile and Munitions Systems is also a part of the division and, alongside its rival Cheppali Defense, is a major manufacturer and supplier of airborne munitions for militaries across Tyran.

Helicopter

Tennai Helicopters is a helicopter manufacturing and support company.

Current Aircraft

Model	Image	Variants	Role
Business Jets
Butler 40 XR		Place Text Here	Light business jet
Butler 45 XR		Place Text Here	Light business jet
Butler 70/75		Place Text Here	Light business jet
TAI Chandra 300		Place Text Here	Medium business jet
TAI Chandra 600 Series		Place Text Here	Medium business jet
TAI Chandra 850		Place Text Here	Medium business jet
TAI International Express		Place Text Here	Large business jet
TAI International 7500/8000		Place Text Here	Large business jet
TAI Lineage 1000		Place Text Here	Ultra-large business jet
Commercial Jets
TAI RJ200/100		Place Text Here	Regional airliner
TAI T-Jet series		T170 T175 T190 R195	Narrow-body jet airliner
TAI T-Jet T2 series		T175-T2 T190-T2 T195-T2	Narrow-body jet airliner
Turboprops
TAI Sprint 8		Series 100 Series 200 Series 300 Series 400	Turboprop airliner
TAI Vashal		Place Text Here	Turboprop light business jet/regional airliner
TAI 121		Place Text Here	Utility aircraft
Helicopters
TAI Kaluku		Place Text Here	Multirole helicopter
TAI Light Combat Helicopter		Place Text Here	Combat helicopter
TAI Light Utility Helicopter		Place Text Here	Utility helicopter
Military
TAI GF-20 Berunda		Place Text Here	Multirole fighter
TAI Dharva		Place Text Here	Basic Trainer
TAI Super Dharva		Place Text Here	Attack, counter insurgency, and trainer
TAI T-50 Talwar		T-50 T-50B TA-50 GF-50	Advanced jet trainer & light attack
TAI R-99		R-99A R-99B P-99	Airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) (R-99A) Remote sensing (R-99B) Maritime patrol (P-99)