Global aviation major Boeing announces setting up of Boeing Defence India
It said BDI to serve as a framework enabling to draw on growth and productivity benefits in India.
“The BDI will serve as a framework enabling us to draw on the growth and productivity benefits that India can offer Boeing,” said Leanne Caret, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boeing Defence, Space and Security. Pratyush Kumar, President, Boeing India, will lead the new entity, said the statement.
“Boeing has made accelerated investments to grow the manufacturing, skill development and engineering scale in the country,” Kumar was quoted in the release as having said.
In recent years, India has procured C-17 Globemaster III, a heavy lift aircraft, P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft and Harpoon anti-ship missiles from Boeing. The BDI will oversee company’s recent investments in India including the Tata Boeing Aerospace Ltd (TBAL) joint venture, the C-17 simulator training centre, Boeing’s sourcing and manufacturing activities, sales and marketing activities and the engineering centre expansion.
News Source: www.business-standard.com
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