National Aerospace Laboratories
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The National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) is India's first and largest aerospace research company established by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Delhi in 1959. The company closely operates with HAL, DRDO, and ISRO and has the primary responsibility of developing civilian aircraft in India. It concentrates on research in advanced topics in aerospace and related disciplines.
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Established | 1 June 1959 (1 June 1959) |
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Field of research | Aerospace |
Director | Abhay Pashilkar |
Location | Bangalore, India |
Operating agency | CSIR |
Website | nal.res.in |
Based in Bengaluru, the NAL employs a staff of about 2500 people.
NAL is equipped with the Nilakantan Wind tunnel Centre and a computerized fatigue test facility company. NAL also has facilities for investigating failures and accidents in the aerospace engineering domain.