NEW DELHI – US Boeing on Thursday announced a partnership with PSUHindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Mahindra Defence Systemslink> (MDS) formanufacturing the F/A-18 Super Hornetlink> fighter jets in India.
The US aerospace major said the partnership will also work for jointdevelopment of future technologies in India, saying it will transformIndia’s aerospace and defence ecosystem.
The Super Hornet ‘Make in India’ proposal is to build an entirely new andstate-of-the-art production facility that can be utilised for otherprogrammes like India’s Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme,the company said in a statement.
“Boeing is excited to team up with India’s only company that manufacturescombat fighters, HAL, and India’s only company that manufactures smallcommercial airplanes, Mahindra.
“This partnership brings the best of Indian public and private enterprisestogether in partnership with the world’s largest aerospace company, Boeing,to accelerate a contemporary 21st century ecosystem for aerospace & defencemanufacturing in India,” said Pratyush Kumar, the president of Boeing India.
The announcement was made on the second day of the Defence Expo here.