Sarla Aviation Unveils 500-Acre eVTOL Giga Campus

In a major development for India’s aerospace  intentions, Sarla Aviation has  inked a formal Memorandum of Understanding( MoU) with the Government of Andhra Pradesh to establish a 500 ‑ acre giga lot devoted to electric Vertical Take- Off and wharf( eVTOL) aircraft, marking one of the most ambitious  raids into civic air mobility( UAM) in the country. The MoU was handed over during a  form attended by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Union Minister of Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu, and B.C. Janardhan Reddy, the state minister for Roads, structures, structure and Investment. 

With an  original investment of ₹  1,300 crore, Sarla Aviation aims to  make what it calls the “ world’s biggest sky  plant ” — a completely integrated aeronautics lot bringing together manufacturing, testing,  instrument, training and  conservation under one roof. The  design, planned in Thimmasamudram, Anantapur  quarter, will serve as a  foundation for India’s entry into  unborn air mobility. 

At full scale, the giga lot is designed to produce up to  1,000 eVTOL aircraft annually — a capacity that, according to Sarla Aviation, would place the  installation among the largest in the world. The  installation will host advanced manufacturing lines for critical  factors including  mixes, powertrains,  line harness systems, landing gear assemblies, avionics and flight- control systems. In addition, the lot will house a two- kilometre runway, VTOL-specific testing pads, and India’s largest wind lair. Completing these  product capabilities will be R&D laboratories, simulation  surroundings, airman training centers and  conservation,  form & overhaul( MRO) units — reflecting Sarla’s ambition for a full lifecycle operation. 

Sarla Aviation’s leadership has  underlined the broader  public significance of the  design. Rakesh Gaonkar, Co ‑ Author and CTO, stated that the sky  plant wo n’t only support the company’s aircraft  intentions, but also  induce thousands of high- skill jobs. He emphasized that India should design,  make, test, fly and operate advanced eVTOL systems from this single lot, thereby reducing dependence on foreign aeronautics technology. 

The new  installation aligns with India’s long- term development  pretensions  similar as Viksit Bharat 2047 and the state’s Swarna Andhra 2047 vision. By choosing Andhra Pradesh as the  mecca for this coming- generation aeronautics  structure, the  mates believe the state could  crop  as a global  center for eVTOL manufacturing — on par with arising  capitals like California and Munich. 

Sustainability is central to the design of the lot. According to Sarla Aviation, the  installation will integrate renewable energy systems, water recycling and zero- liquid- discharge  structure, as well as  indirect- frugality practices for  compound and metal waste. Large green buffers and biodiversity zones are also planned,  italicizing a commitment to environmentally responsible growth. 

On the nonsupervisory and  functional front, Sarla Aviation is working  nearly with the Andhra Pradesh government toco-develop  structure. This includes planning for  instrument  fabrics,  exploration and development support, and  devoted civic air mobility( UAM) corridors and vertiports. The collaboration aims to support  marketable air-  hack operations across  crucial southern Indian  metropolises by 2029. 

Beyond its technological impact, the sky  plant is anticipated to significantly boost the aerospace value chain in India. The  design is likely to  induce  openings for original micro, small and medium enterprises( MSMEs), enable high ‑ tech employment and reduce reliance on imported aeronautics  factors. 

Sarla Aviation itself is a  fairly  youthful company,  innovated by Adrian Schmidt, Rakesh Gaonkar and Shivam Chauhan, with experience drawn from global eVTOL  enterprises. before this time, it raised$ 10 million in a Series A1 round led by Accel, with participation from angel investors  similar as Nikhil Kamath, Binny Bansal and others. The  establishment also plans to launch its first prototype and begin test breakouts; in  former statements, its authors  stressed a vision to begin  marketable services by 2028. 

The  advertisement marks a defining moment in India’s  drive into  unborn aeronautics. By anchoring a large- scale eVTOL manufacturing  mecca in Andhra Pradesh, Sarla Aviation and the state government are  laying on a future where upstanding mobility becomes mainstream, sustainable, and deeply  embedded  in original  invention.