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American Aviation giant on Friday said it plans to assemble either its Chinook heavy-lift helicopters or Apache attack helicopters in India even as it gears to offer the possibility of manufacturing a fighter jet aircraft in the country.
Boeing Chairman Jim McNerney on Friday told "We are much closer to have assembly of one of those helicopters here. That will play out and that's our strategy. This market is too important , capability is too high and commitment is significant and that kind of commitment is important for us".
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Last month, India had signed a contract for 22 Apache and 15 Chinook helicopters for a hooping price of 2.5 billion. "Large sections of the Chinook fuselage are already manufactured in India and discussions are going on with our Indian partners to make Apache parts," Boeing India president Pratyush Kumar had then said.
At a seminar organized by Boeing, McNerney hoped that India will over the next couple of years call for bids for a fighter aircraft.
"Our approach is going to be to take a current, state-of-the-art fighter and bid. The quantities are uncertain .. Our bid will include a proposal to make a plane in India (i.e Make in India)," he said.
He also added "The value to India is a very modern production system integrated to make a very sophisticated machine. That kind of industrial base capability is as important as fighter itself. These modern manufacturing techniques can go into many different industries".
Several foreign aircraft manufactures have offered to build their fighter planes in India after the government scrapped the global tender of 126 MMRCA.
The Boeing chairman also said that on the defence side, hte Indian and US government have to decided the issue of technology sharing.
"Leaving that aside, and generally speaking, the more cutting edge technology, the less the sharing will be," he said even as he voiced support for 'MAKE IN INDIA'..
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