Sarla Aviation has signed a formal MoU with the Government of Andhra Pradesh to develop a 500-acre aerospace giga campus dedicated to the Shunya eVTOL. The MoU was handed over personally by Chief Minister Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu, in the presence of Civil Aviation Minister Shri Ram Mohan Naidu and Minister for Roads & Buildings Shri B.C. Janardhan Reddy, whose support was described as pivotal to the project.

The campus will become India’s first fully integrated facility for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Once complete, it will have the capacity to manufacture up to 1,000 aircraft a year, making it one of the largest eVTOL hubs in the world.

The site will also feature facilities for flight testing, certification, pilot training, MRO and embedded systems. It will house India’s largest wind tunnel, VTOL testing pads, and a dedicated two-kilometre runway.

“With the world's biggest sky factory, we want to make India a nerve centre for the next era of flight,” says Rakesh Gaonkar, co-founder and CTO of Sarla Aviation. “Our goal is simple; let India design, build, test, fly and operate the world's most advanced eVTOL systems from one integrated campus.”

The ₹1,300 crore investment aligns with the Viksit Bharat 2047 and Swarna Andhra 2047 agendas and aims to make Andhra Pradesh a global hub for aerial mobility.

The facility will feature wind tunnels, VTOL testing pads, training centres and sustainability measures such as water-recycling and green zones.