Bengaluru: Airbus Helicopters is reportedly in talks with India's Mahindra and Mahindra, Reliance Industries and JLR parent Tata Group to jointly make military helicopters, to comply with rules aimed at supporting an emerging Indian defence industry.
The company, a unit of the Airbus Group, is offering to produce its light utility AS550 Fennec and the medium lift EC725 for India's armed forces, which are dependent on an ageing fleet of Chetak and Cheetah helicopters.
Rainer Farid, a senior Airbus Helicopters executive told Reuters on the sidelines of the Aero India airshow in Bangalore: "We are in the selection process, talking to different industries to form a JV [joint venture]."
State-run Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) is the only Indian firm manufacturing helicopters, suggesting that global defence firms will have to partner with a private company building a product for the first time and from scratch.
Farid said that was a concern. "It is a tough task because you need to establish your vendors here which are not as existent as in other countries."
20/02/15 M Rochan/International Business Times
The company, a unit of the Airbus Group, is offering to produce its light utility AS550 Fennec and the medium lift EC725 for India's armed forces, which are dependent on an ageing fleet of Chetak and Cheetah helicopters.
Rainer Farid, a senior Airbus Helicopters executive told Reuters on the sidelines of the Aero India airshow in Bangalore: "We are in the selection process, talking to different industries to form a JV [joint venture]."
State-run Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) is the only Indian firm manufacturing helicopters, suggesting that global defence firms will have to partner with a private company building a product for the first time and from scratch.
Farid said that was a concern. "It is a tough task because you need to establish your vendors here which are not as existent as in other countries."
20/02/15 M Rochan/International Business Times
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