Boeing India president Pratyush Kumar. The US-based company hopes that the order is actually placed, as it could otherwise derail the government’s plan of indigenizing its defence programme. Building a modern weapons system like a fighter aircraft is a very complex endeavour, Boeing India president Pratyush Kumar said in an interview. This costs millions of dollars,” Kumar said. For the potential airforce order, Boeing has tied up with Mahindra Defence System and state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) for producing F/A-18 Super Hornets.

Source: Mint May 09, 2018 17:03 UTC