Committed to making India a regional MRO hub: Boeing Defence India MD

Parent company Boeing leveraging Indian assets for cutting-edge R&D, investing to meet growing demand for new pilots in South Asia

Global aviation and defence major Boeing has had an engineering presence in India since 2009. In the past 15 years, it has secured orders for major military platforms and aligned itself with the "Make in India" initiative. Against this backdrop, Boeing Defence India Managing Director Nikhil Joshi, in an interview with Bhaswar Kumar, speaks of the growth witnessed by the sourcing ecosystem in India and local research and development (R&D) goals. Edited excerpts:

How large is your Indian supplier base?  

Boeing's commitment to fostering and empowering the supplier network in the Indian aerospace and defence sector