Bengaluru-based Sarla Aviation has signed a major agreement with the AP Government, to build what it calls the world’s largest “Sky Factory” for electric aircraft in Anantapur district. The company will invest ₹1,300 crore to set up a 500-acre giga campus that will manufacture electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft and support future air‑taxi services.

The project was formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Andhra Pradesh Airport Development Corporation Ltd at the CII Partnership Summit held recently. In the first phase, around 150 acres will be developed at Thimmasamduram village in Kalyanadurg mandal, with an investment of about ₹330 crore for manufacturing and testing facilities, research labs and a 2‑km runway. For the same purpose.

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