ARs 208 crore Integrated Cryogenic Engine Manufacturing Facility (ICMF) has been established by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in Bengaluru to handle all of the Indian Space Research Organization’s rocket engine production under one roof.
The cutting-edge ICMF, built over a 4,500 square metre area housing more than 70 high-tech tools and testing facilities for producing cryogenic (CE20) and semi-cryogenic (SE2000) engines of Indian rockets, will be officially opened by President Droupadi Murmu.
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed with ISRO in 2013 for the establishment of a facility to produce cryogenic engine modules at HAL’s Aerospace Division. It was later updated in 2016 for the establishment of the ICMF with an investment