In an interview with India's Businessworld magazine, Leanne Caret, president and CEO, Boeing Defense, Space & Security discussed partnership and possibilities with India. Reproduced below are excerpts from the interview that pertain to India. On how India fits in Boeing's strategy as it relates to the defense, space & security...
Lockheed Martin Delivery to Indian Navy Imminent
In 2020, a government-to-government deal between the U.S. and India to ship 24 MH-60 Romeo helicopters from Lockheed Martin was signed. This July, America is set to hand over the first set of three MH-60 Romeo helicopters to the Indian Navy. The 24 MH-60 Romeos are equipped with multi-mode radars...
India Orders SeaHawk Helicopters, supporting American jobs
India’s Air Force and Navy have committed to investing $7.8 billion to acquire 24 Seahawk MH60R helicopters from the Sikorsky business unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation. Half this project will support jobs at Owego, NY and most of the rest at Stratford, CT where Sikorsky is headquartered. India will possess...
Israel's IAI Will Provide Air Defense Systems for India's Navy
State-owned defense contractor Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will provide the Indian Navy and Mumbai-based Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited with complementary Naval MRSAM or Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile systems worth $50 million. The deal is a follow up order for a range of maintenance and other services for various sub-systems of IAI’s...
GE Marine to Provide Gas Turbine Equipment to India's Navy
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio-based GE Marine will provide gas turbine auxiliary equipment for LM2500 turbines, which are used to power the India’s P17A naval ships. Each P17A frigate has two LM2500 gas turbines and two diesel engines. GE’s India-based partner, Bangalore-based Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Industrial and Marine Gas Turbine division,...
India Commissions New Naval Base in the Indian Ocean
India's Navy set up a new naval airbase - its third - on the strategically located Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean. The base - INS Kohassa, was inaugurated by Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba in the presence of senior Navy commanders and government officials. Lanba said that...