Lockheed Martin — America’s and the world’s largest aerospace and defence firm — is giving stiff competition in the Indian helicopter market to its rival, Boeing. Boeing scored early with the multi-billion-dollar sale to the Indian Air Force of Chinook heavy lift choppers and Apache attack helicopters. However, Lockheed Martin’s subsidiary, Sikorsky, is catching up fast with the $2.12-billion sale to the Indian Navy last year of 24 Seahawk multi-role maritime helicopters.
On Thursday, Sikorsky scored again. Providing a bright start to Wings India 2022 — India’s premier civil aviation air show being held at Hyderabad from March 24-28 — Pawan Hans announced it had leased six Sikorsky S-76D helicopters from Milestone Aviation Group (Milestone), the global leader in helicopter leasing.
