US company Boeing on Thursday outlined its plan for enhancing engineering, manufacturing and sustainment capabilities of its P-8I long-range maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft in India.
The Indian Navy has a fleet of 12 planes of the P-8I. Boeing is eyeing an additional order of six such planes.
The company today said it had already generated a substantial economic impact in India amounting to US $1.7 billion to support the current P-8I aircraft fleet in service with the Navy.
Boeing said increasing the P-8I fleet to 18 aircraft would increase investments, approximately to US $1.5 billion, while creating further indigenisation opportunities within India’s aerospace and defence sector by 2032.
