Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems sign pact for aerospace equipment manufacturing in Hyderabad

Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems sign pact for aerospace equipment manufacturing in Hyderabad 

By ET 16.07.2015 

In another boost for Make in India, Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems ( TASL) have agreed to work together on manufacturing aerospace and defence equipment including unmanned aerial vehicles, the US company said on Wednesday.Boeing said in a statement that the two firms intend to sell into markets products that they have jointly developed.

The  government is trying to encourage more companies to manufacture in India and boost skilled employment, particularly in defence.Tata Advanced Systems, which already works with Airbus Group and Lockheed Martin, is owned by conglomerate Tata Sons.

 

The agreement was signed by Shelley Lavender, president of Boeing Military Aircraft and Sukaran Singh, managing director and chief executive officer of TAS at Hyderabad where the TASL facility is located at Adibatla. TASL already has a contract to manufacture aerostructures for Boeing''s CH-47 Chinook and AH-6i helicopters