[5][6] It is the first Indian private firm to make smaller civil aircraft for the Indian general aviation market.

[7] The parent Mahindra & Mahindra group acquired a 75.1% majority stake in December 2009 of Australian aircraft manufacturer Gippsland Aeronautics, builder of the Gippsland GA200, Gippsland GA8 Airvan and the Gippsland GA10 Airvan.

[8] Also in December 2009 the Mahindra & Mahindra group also acquired a 75.1% stake in Aerostaff Australia,[9] a component manufacturer of high-precision, close-tolerance, aircraft components and assemblies for large aerospace original equipment manufacturers.

[citation needed] In June 2010 the company acquired the Australian Boeing unit, an aerospace component manufacturer.

[citation needed] National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) and Mahindra Aerospace jointly developed the NAL NM5 light aircraft.