Tatas get Boeing job order for interior panel supply to four Poseidon8I
NEW DELHI: India's next four Poseidon8I longrange maritime surveillance and antisubmarine warfare aircraft could come fitted with domesticallymade composite interior panels. Tata Advanced Materials Ltd (TAML), a subsidiary of Tata Industries, has been awarded a contract from Boeing to provide composite interior closeout panels for the P8 aircraft that cover the interior wall structure of the aircraft, a statement from the Tatas said. The contract entails supplying interior panels on a global basis.
However, industry sources said it is not clear if the Indian version of the aircraft would come fitted with TAMLmade panels as they are not the sole providers. The P8 is designed for longrange antisubmarine and antisurface warfare as well as armed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. India had on July 27 signed an over USD 1billion deal with American defence and aerospace major Boeing for procuring four additional Poseidon8I.
The contract is a followon order to eight P81 planes already bought by India in a direct deal worth $2.1 billion with the firm. Armed with deadly Harpoon missiles, lightweight torpedoes and rockets, among others, the Navy is extensively using the P8I to keep a strict vigil over the Indian Ocean, which has seen numerous Chinese submarine forays, including docking of a nuclear sub in Sri Lanka.
TAML is currently under contract to manufacture the P8 tail cone and auxiliary power unit door fairing out of India. Additionally, TAML works for Dynamatic Technologies Ltd BSE 0.86 % in support of the CH 47F Chinook, a mediumtoheavy lift helicopter and for P8 cabinets. Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems Ltd have established a joint venture in India to produce AH64 Apache fuselages, coproduce aero structures and pursue integrated systems development opportunities in India.
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NEW DELHI: India's next four Poseidon8I longrange maritime surveillance and antisubmarine warfare aircraft could come fitted with domesticallymade composite interior panels. Tata Advanced Materials Ltd (TAML), a subsidiary of Tata Industries, has been awarded a contract from Boeing to provide composite interior closeout panels for the P8 aircraft that cover the interior wall structure of the aircraft, a statement from the Tatas said. The contract entails supplying interior panels on a global basis.
However, industry sources said it is not clear if the Indian version of the aircraft would come fitted with TAMLmade panels as they are not the sole providers. The P8 is designed for longrange antisubmarine and antisurface warfare as well as armed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. India had on July 27 signed an over USD 1billion deal with American defence and aerospace major Boeing for procuring four additional Poseidon8I.
The contract is a followon order to eight P81 planes already bought by India in a direct deal worth $2.1 billion with the firm. Armed with deadly Harpoon missiles, lightweight torpedoes and rockets, among others, the Navy is extensively using the P8I to keep a strict vigil over the Indian Ocean, which has seen numerous Chinese submarine forays, including docking of a nuclear sub in Sri Lanka.
TAML is currently under contract to manufacture the P8 tail cone and auxiliary power unit door fairing out of India. Additionally, TAML works for Dynamatic Technologies Ltd BSE 0.86 % in support of the CH 47F Chinook, a mediumtoheavy lift helicopter and for P8 cabinets. Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems Ltd have established a joint venture in India to produce AH64 Apache fuselages, coproduce aero structures and pursue integrated systems development opportunities in India.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...-to-four-poseidon-8i/articleshow/54048813.cms
