The agreement with India’s Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division is part of the ‘Make in India’ programme to promote defence manufacturing in India South African-based defence and security company Saab Grintek Defence has signed a memorandum of understanding with India’s Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division (Tata Power SED) to boost defence and security collaboration between India and SA.Signed during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to SA last week, the memorandum is part of the "Make in India" programme that promotes defence manufacturing in India and creates new export opportunities for SA."The transfer of technology for production of initial orders for Saab’s global customers have already commenced at Tata Power SED’s facility in Bangalore," Trevor Raman, president and CEO of Saab Grintek Defence said on Tuesday.Rahul Chaudhry, CEO of Tata Power SED, said on Tuesday that collaboration for joint development and manufacturing with Saab would help boost India’s ...

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