Quality Engineering and Software Technologies (QuEST), a Carlyle Group funded engineering design startup here, has agreed to set up an offshore centre for UK's Smiths Aerospace, a defence aeronautics firm, in a three-year deal. |
QuEST will supply non-core services to the $2 billion aerospace equipment and systems supplier, part of the Smiths Group PLC. It will set up a team of qualified engineering design specialists who will be dedicated to Smiths Aerospace work. |
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Ajit Prabhu, the startup's chief executive officer said the engineers will provide advanced engineering services to businesses of Smiths Aerospace like landing gear and hydraulic systems, engine systems, flight control systems, propellers, and aerostructures. |
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John Payne, operations director of the firm's mechanical systems business, said, "India has been a key area for technology support for the company." |
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