India, Boeing hold talks on aviation manufacturing and MRO opportunities

NEW DELHI, May 23: India and Boeing on Saturday held discussions on strengthening cooperation in aviation and aerospace manufacturing, focusing on opportunities in maintenance, repair and over-haul (MRO), skilling, supply chain development, innova-tion and expanding India’s role as a global manufacturing and engineering hub under the Make in India initiative.

Taking to the social media platform X, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, said that the de-liberations took place between him and a delegation led by Jeff Shockey, Executive Vice President, Government Op-erations, Global Public Policy & Corporate Strategy at Boeing.

“Held constructive dis-cussions with Jeff Shockey, Executive Vice President, Government Operations, Global Public Policy & Corporate Strategy at Boeing, and the accompanying delega-tion on advancing India-US cooperation in aviation and aerospace manufacturing,” he wrote.

The talks underscored efforts to deepen India-US collaboration in the aviation sector and enhance India’s po-sition in the global aerospace value chain.

“Deliberations focused on MRO opportunities, skilling, supply chains, innovation and India’s growing role as a trusted global manufacturing & engineering hub under the Make in India vision,” ac-cording to him.

Earlier in May, the United States approved two possible Foreign Military Sales to India worth a combined $428.2 million, covering sustainment support for Apache helicop-ters and M777A2 ultra-light howitzers.

The proposed assistance includes ancillary items, spare parts, repair and return services, training, technical assistance, field service rep-resentatives, depot capability and broader logistics and pro-gram support. The principal contractor for the package is BAE Systems.

In a separate notification, Washington approved a $198.2 million deal linked to AH-64E Apache helicopters. The pack-age includes sustainment sup-port services, engineering and technical assistance, logistics support, training, technical data and publications. Boeing and Lockheed Martin have been named as principal con-tractors for the Apache-related support. (Agencies)

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