Aircraft manufacturer Boeing today submitted an industrial participation (IP) proposal to the government as part of their offer for the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) to the Indian Air Force for 126 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft.
The proposal was submitted in response to the MMRCA Request for Proposals, which asked all competitors to provide an IP plan as part of their offering.
"The Boeing Company has been, and will continue to be, a true partner to India," said Chris Chadwick, president of Boeing Military Aircraft. "To that end, our IP proposal draws upon the company’s vast pool of human talent, technical expertise and aerospace and defense resources, to support both India’s defense modernisation drive and to help spur growth of a world-class Indian aerospace industry," he added.
As part of its proposal, Boeing assembled a lineup that includes the Super Hornet industry supplier team (16 leading aerospace and defense companies with combined revenues of over $454 billion), and Boeing’s Indian IP partners (37 public- and private-sector Indian companies).
Earlier this year, Boeing reached an agreement to form a joint venture withTata Industries Ltd. In December 2007, Boeing signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Boeing has also signed an MoU with international engineering firm Larsen & Toubro for joint exploration of business opportunities in the Indian defense market.