Boeing takes on Indian partners to manufacture fighter planes
New Delhi — Boeing will partner with India’s state-run Hindustan Aeronautics and Mahindra Defence Systems for local manufacture of its F/A-18 Super Hornet that it is offering for a large Indian fighter acquisition programme, the US company said on Thursday. Last week, India issued a request for information for 110 combat jets for the air force, marking the first step toward a long-delayed deal that could be worth more than $15bn. The planes have to be built locally as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s "Make in India" drive to build a domestic industrial base. Boeing said it stood ready to build an aerospace manufacturing system in India along with its partners that will help India’s own aircraft manufacturing programmes. "The Super Hornet ‘Make in India’ proposal is to build an entirely new and state-of-the-art production facility that can be utilised for other programmes such as India’s advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA) programme," Boeing said in a statement during an Ind...
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