Aeronautical Development Agency

Aeronautical Development Agency
Parent Agency - Ministry of Defence
Agency overview
Formed1984; 42 years ago (1984)
Headquarters
Ministers responsible
Agency executive
  • Jitendra Jaisingh Jadav, Director General – ADA (since 11 September 2024)
Websitewww.ada.gov.in Edit this at Wikidata

The Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), under the Department of Defence Research and Development (DR&D) of India's Ministry of Defence, was established in Bangalore in 1984 to oversee the development of the India's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme. It is an affiliate agency to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and has developed the Tejas and is developing the Tejas Mk 2, TEDBF and AMCA.

Facilities

Software development

ADA has established advanced state of the art computing centre with powerful equipments and software. ADA has developed specialised software in the fields of computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided engineering (CAE), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), avionics, systems, independent validation and verification, flight simulation. The spin-off benefits of the research and development is realised with help of commercial partnership with leading multi-national companies such as Boeing, Airbus, IBM, Dassault Systèmes, and Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC). The following are some of the software developed for the LCA-Tejas development programme.

References

  1. ↑ Deshpande, Smruti (13 September 2024). "Man behind Tejas milestone, Jitendra Jadhav takes over as chief of aeronautical development body". ThePrint. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  2. 1 2 "BEL inks MoU with ADA for advanced medium combat aircraft programme". Business Standard. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Raksha Mantri & Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister to grace foundation stone laying/grounding ceremonies of aerospace & defence projects at Puttaparthi" (Press release). Press Information Bureau. 14 May 2026. Retrieved 15 May 2026. The total outlay for the AMCA programme is around Rs 15,000 crore, and the Core Integration & Flight Testing Centre of Aeronautical Development Agency, an affiliate organisation of DRDO...