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             eneral Aeronautics was established to address     The General Aeronautics Team: The engineering
        Gaircraft design in all its aspects from a             team represents the highest standards of classical
        comprehensive system-level perspective. The General    engineering and innovative talent. Team members
        Aeronautics team is comprised of highly experienced    bring in a wealth of expertise backed by a proven
        members with many decades of expertise in industry     record of contribution to advancing the state of the art
        and R&D organizations internationally. We understand  of aerospace vehicle design and development.
        industry customers’ needs and are dedicated to provide
        integrated design & development solutions built on     Expertise:
        advanced engineering methods for aircraft analysis     The general Aeronautics Engineering team utilizes
        and design. Innovation and customer satisfaction are   advanced up-to-date analysis software to provide
        our guiding principles.”
                                                               detailed and accurate analysis of aircraft aerodynamics
        Vision:                                                and structural systems. GA’s state-of-the art
                                                               engineering capabilities utilize these analysis results
        To be among global leaders in design and               to design advanced aircraft to international industry
        development of efficient, reliable and cost-effective   standards.
        unmanned aerial systems and solutions harnessing
        next generation technologies to address Security,      General Aeronautics recognizes the industry’s crucial
        Industrial and Societal needs.                         need for tools and processes for complex analysis that
                                                               can allow engineers to focus on their design tasks. GA
        To support and provide niche design services in the    addresses this pacing need by developing packaged
        domain of configurations/systems design of manned      user-friendly tools that are consistent in their accuracy
        and unmanned aircraft.                                 and address the customer’s specialized and unique
                                                               needs. GA works with the customer to design bespoke
        Ambitious persona:                                     packaged solutions for critical areas including High-
                                                               lift design, Aeroelastic analysis, Propulsion-Airframe
        Dr. Kota Harinarayana
                                                               integration, Control surface design, and Integrated
        Dr. Kota Harinarayana, Founder Chairman, is an         Model-based System Engineering.
        acclaimed Aircraft Designer. In his illustrious career
        of almost five-decades, he has held responsible        1) Year of Founding: 2016
        positions covering entire gamut of Aircraft Lifecycle.   2.) Office Locations:  Karnataka
        His experience includes leadership in challenging
        technological projects for design improvement of       3) Website: generalaeronautics.com
        fighters, integration of new weapons, certification
        and ab-initio design of supersonic fighters, transport
        aircraft and unmanned air vehicles. As Programme
        Director and Chief Designer of India’s first world-
        class Light Combat Aircraft project he successfully
        developed India’s first of its kind Aerospace Eco-
        System. Government of India honored him with
        Padma Shri in 2002 for his contribution to Indian
        aeronautics.

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