The CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Bengaluru, launched a “production version” of the indigenous Hansa-3(NG) trainer aircraft on Saturday (November 29, 2025). Mumbai-registered M/s Pioneer Clean Amps, which will manufacture the two-seater planes, has reportedly commenced manufacturing. It has set up a ₹150 crore facility in Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh, to make 100 aircraft annually.
The Hansa-3 has an all-composite airframe (as opposed to purely metal), and is designed to meet the expanding demand for PPL (Private Pilot License) and CPL (Commercial Pilot License) training. First designed and developed by the CSIR-NAL in the early 1990s, the latest iteration of the Hansa-3 has undergone significant upgrades. This April, the NAL signed a deal with Pioneer for manufacturing the planes.
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Science minister Jitendra Singh presided over the inaugural function in Bengaluru to release the production plan on Saturday (November 29, 2025). He said that India would need nearly 30,000 pilots in the next 15–20 years, and Hansa-3(NG) represented a “critical step” towards fulfilling this domestic requirement through fully indigenous technology, reducing dependence on foreign trainer aircraft, and creating new avenues of livelihood and entrepreneurship in aviation.
