Genser Aerospace and its light business jet Rajas
At Aero India 2021, Genser Aerospace, “which has been spearheading the design and development of a Light Business Jet Platform Rajas”, revealed progress of the programme.
Genser, under the aegis of ‘Mission Aerospace Foundation of India’, have been working since 2015 on development of an intra-continental ‘2 pilot + 7 seat Light Business Jet’, complying to FAR 23, with 5000kg all up weight, with twin turbofan engines of 9KN each, having max cruise speed of 0.79 Mach and a range of 2250 nautical miles.
The aircraft is named Genjet GLJ3X1 Rajas and it is aimed to be the “most beautiful and unique signature shapes among the comparable aircraft”, targeting a market of 1200 aircraft by 2035 (50% domestic market: 600 aircraft; 2.7% overseas market: 600 aircraft).
Although primarily a business jet, noncombat roles for this aircraft, is evincing interest, particularly since Light Transport Aircraft have been identified as one of the items (49th) on the list of 101 defence items embargoed for import.
HAL, Naini Aerospace & Genser Aerospace together with its subsidiary Angas Aeronautics India Pvt Ltd signed an MoU to cooperate in design and development of the Rajas which is also envisioned in
different roles and versions; Rajas – Kuleen for extended range and Rajas – Rakshan for Special Mission Roles.
Genser which was started in 1997, is a multi-faceted aerospace engineering organization, delivering services across the aerospace lifecycle covering product design, manufacturing systems, in-service aviation support and Research & Analytics, and is also the initiator, owner & developer of the Rajas project, begun in 2015.