Boeing Co., the second-biggest U.S. defense contractor, is seeking to help India develop a medium- fighter jet to boost sales in a defense market it expects to be worth $31 billion over the next 10 years.
The planemaker is also interested in cooperating with India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation on aero- structures, avionics and materials, Vivek Lall, the head of its Indian defense and space operations, said in a Feb. 25 interview in New Delhi. The Chicago-based company is in talks to sell equipment for manned space missions, he said.
Boeing has separately bid to sell India 126 multirole fighters in an $11 billion deal and military helicopters, taking advantage of improving U.S.-India ties. Lockheed Martin Corp., European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. and BAE Systems Plc. are also seeking sales in India and other emerging markets as western nations pare military spending as part of wider budget cuts.
Boeing’s discussions with the Indian Space Research Organisation cover crew accommodation units, reusable space systems and composite cryogenic tanks, Lall said. The U.S. last year ended a ban on selling space and military equipment to India that was introduced following nuclear tests in 1998.
India is developing a twin-engine medium-combat aircraft in the 20-ton category with stealth capabilities that may eventually replace the air force’s fleet of Mirage-2000 and Jaguars. Last year, the country separately signed a deal to co- operate with Russia on developing a larger 30-ton fighter.
The Indian Air Force is also seeking to buy 22 attack helicopters and 15 transport ones. Boeing is offering its Apache and Chinook models.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-01/boeing-seeks-to-help-develop-india-fighter-equip-space-missions.html
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The planemaker is also interested in cooperating with India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation on aero- structures, avionics and materials, Vivek Lall, the head of its Indian defense and space operations, said in a Feb. 25 interview in New Delhi. The Chicago-based company is in talks to sell equipment for manned space missions, he said.
Boeing has separately bid to sell India 126 multirole fighters in an $11 billion deal and military helicopters, taking advantage of improving U.S.-India ties. Lockheed Martin Corp., European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. and BAE Systems Plc. are also seeking sales in India and other emerging markets as western nations pare military spending as part of wider budget cuts.
Boeing’s discussions with the Indian Space Research Organisation cover crew accommodation units, reusable space systems and composite cryogenic tanks, Lall said. The U.S. last year ended a ban on selling space and military equipment to India that was introduced following nuclear tests in 1998.
India is developing a twin-engine medium-combat aircraft in the 20-ton category with stealth capabilities that may eventually replace the air force’s fleet of Mirage-2000 and Jaguars. Last year, the country separately signed a deal to co- operate with Russia on developing a larger 30-ton fighter.
The Indian Air Force is also seeking to buy 22 attack helicopters and 15 transport ones. Boeing is offering its Apache and Chinook models.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-01/boeing-seeks-to-help-develop-india-fighter-equip-space-missions.html
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