BAE, Wipro to jointly develop plane parts

MADE IN INDIA

BAE Systems, Europe's biggest defence company, will work with information technology company Wipro to develop electronic products for combat planes and business jets.

The companies will establish "technical development centers'' in Hyderabad and Bangalore to develop "subsystems'' for planes and aircraft-engine components, London-based BAE Systemssaid today in an e-mailed statement.

"We assessed a number of companies across the globe for this role, and Wipro was the most capable and offered the best business model,'' Mike Mendoza, BAE Systems managing director in India, said in the statement.

Wipro employees will be based at some BAE Systems plants in the UK and the US under the agreement.