Airbus Awards Mahindra Aerostructures Contract to Build H125 Helicopter Fuselage

 Mahindra Aerostructures Pvt Ltd (MASPL), part of the Mahindra Group, has secured a key contract from Airbus Helicopters to manufacture the main fuselage of its H125 single-engine helicopter. Industrialisation will begin immediately at MASPL's facility in Bengaluru, with the first fuselage delivery scheduled for 2027.

This latest deal follows a similar agreement in April 2025, when MASPL was awarded the fuselage manufacturing contract for the Airbus H130 model. Together, these contracts underscore Mahindra's expanding role within Airbus’s global rotorcraft supply chain.

The H125, one of the world’s best-selling single-engine helicopters, is widely deployed across roles such as passenger transport, aerial work, tourism, law enforcement, medical evacuation, and rescue missions. Airbus sees the “Made in India” H125 as a strategic catalyst for growing civil aviation segments within India—including helicopter emergency medical services, disaster response, and aerial operations—and potentially serving the Indian armed forces.

MASPL will carry out industrialisation at its Bengaluru plant, an operation expected to ramp up quickly. The facility is also being expanded to accommodate the new programme, reflecting confidence in India's advanced aerospace manufacturing base.

This move aligns with the broader “Make in India” initiative, which aims to integrate domestic firms into global aerospace value chains. Airbus currently sources components and services worth approximately USD 1.4 billion annually from India. The effort complements Airbus's broader strategy in India, which includes the establishment of two Final Assembly Lines (FALs): one for H125 helicopters and another for C295 military aircraft, both set up in collaboration with Tata Advanced Systems Ltd.

The H125 programme marks a successive milestone after its earlier contract for the H130 fuselage, illustrating a steady deepening of the Mahindra-Airbus partnership.

Airbus India and South Asia President and MD Jürgen Westermeier described the contract as a sign of Airbus’s “confidence in India as a critical hub for global aerospace manufacturing” and pointed to the growing ecosystem of design, assembly, maintenance, and training that these initiatives support. On the Mahindra side, Group CEO and MD Anish Shah welcomed the deal as a reinforcement of the long-term partnership and a demonstration of Mahindra’s role in strengthening the nation’s aerospace ecosystem.

The H125 contract adds significant momentum to India’s aerospace ambitions, bridging domestic manufacturing with global aviation demand while embedding deeper industrial capabilities within the country.