Mahindra Aerospace and Eurocopter Sign MoU

The Mahindra join hands with Eurocopter to manufacture sub-assemblies and other engineering products for helicopter market in India.

The partnership would focus on manufacturing of sub - assemblies, engineering and customisation of civil helicopters, and the joint development of specific market segments. The scope and structure of the partnership would be decided accordingly.

Mahindra Satyam already provides IT and Engineering Services to the Aerospace Sector, particularly to plane manufacturer Airbus.

Eurocopter partnered with HAL in 1962 , enabling HAL to manufacture more than 600 helicopters based on the Alouette 3 and Lama heptrs, more popularly known in India as the Cheetah and Chetak.

Indian Companies Supply for Boeing Dreamliner Project

B-787 , Boeing Dreamliner, has components, software and designing services from Indian companies like Tata Motor's Nagpur-based fully owned subsidiary TAL Manufacturing Solutions Limited, HCL, Wipro and Tata Consultancy Service (TCS).

Tata's are providing the floorbeams for the airline, on which the seats are laid. HCL has provided with advance software and some designing work was done by TCS.

Boeing and TAL Manufacturing Solutions entered into a manufacturing contact in 2008 for light weight floor beams made out of titanium and composite materials by using state-of-the-art technology.

Currently the company also buys parts for its other aircraft from Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) and service from Infosys.

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IAF Briefs Lockheed Martin on MMRCA Deal

Lockheed Martin, one the two US companies eliminated from the 126 combat aircraft tender, has said it had met the Indian Air Force this week to know the reasons for its non-compliance in the contract.

"We had a meeting this week with the IAF to learn about the reasons for our aircraft being non-compliant in the deal," Lockheed Martin's Vice president Orville Prins told reporters here Thursday.

He said such a meeting would help the company prepare itself in a better manner for future competitions.

The request for the debriefing was made by the US Government, which had offered the aircraft to the Indian establishment through the Foreign Military Sales route.

In April, India had shortlisted Dassault and Eurofighter for 126 Medium-Multirole Combat Aircraft (M-MRCA) deal and excluded the two American companies including Boeing along with Russian MiG Corporation and Swedish Saab Gripen.

Asked if he was satisfied with the explanation given by the IAF, Prins said, "We are satisfied that we had the meeting and we could ask questions."

Commenting on the two shortlisted aircraft, he said, "I think Eurofighter and Rafale were evaluated as per the provisions of the DPP-06 which I understand says that in order to be shortlisted, the equipment should be fully compliant without any waivers."

The IAF had evaluated the six competitors on 660 parameters; Prins said adding that if waivers were to be granted to the aircraft, "I don't know where to draw the line."

Asked if the short listing of the two aircraft was a political decision, he said, "I think it was a political plus decision", which was a usual practice world over.

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