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Boeing subsidiary, Jeppesen — a provider
of flight navigation solutions — is well
established in Hyderabad. Two other Boeing subsidiaries,
Narus in Bangalore and Continental DataGraphics
in Chennai, are also expanding their footprint
in the country.
Today, as Boeing’s partnership with India
is expanding to meet the country’s larger
aerospace and defense requirements, it is also
creating sustainable value in the Indian aerospace
sector.
Air India has been a Boeing Commercial Airplanes
customer since 1960, when it acquired its first
707 jetliner. In 2006, Air India signed a contract
for 68 Boeing jets, the single largest commercial
airplane order in Indian civil aviation history.
The Dreamliner has helped Air India launch new
routes to international destinations. Jet Airways,
a Boeing customer since the early 1990s, operates
737s and 777s on its domestic and international
routes. In 2010, SpiceJet ordered 30 Boeing Next-Generation
737s. To add to the growth of existing fleets,
18 737s were delivered to SpiceJet and Jet Airways
in 2013.
Additionally, the Indian Ministry of Defense
operates four 737-200s and three 737 Boeing Business
Jets. Boeing is committed to offering airplanes
and services that deliver superior design, efficiency,
passenger comfort and value to its customers in
India.
Catalyzing the development of an indigenous
aerospace and defense ecosystem is a central part
of Boeing’s strategy in India. Boeing’s
industrial partnership program is focused towards
identifying and engaging with companies in India
for supporting aerospace and defense programs
across the Boeing enterprise.
With a view to capitalizing on India’s
competencies, Boeing is collaborating with Indian
partners to build capability that will be globally
competitive. These industrial partners and suppliers
are raising their bar to deliver world-class quality
by assimilating best practices and driving efficiency
and productivity and are becoming an important
part of the company’s worldwide supply chain
for some of the most advanced aircraft in the
world.
Since 1997, Boeing has worked with India’s
premier software development companies —
including HCL, Infosys, Wipro and Tata Consultancy
Services (TCS) — on many information technology
projects, including systems reengineering and
development, web enabling, e-business applications
and long-term application maintenance.
In 2005, Boeing began working with engineers from
Infosys and TCS on a variety of knowledge-based
engineering and data analysis projects. It has
also contracted for engineering services with
TCS and Infosys to support aircraft design activity.
Boeing’s relationship with Hindustan Aeronautics
Ltd. (HAL) began in 1991, when HAL became the
single-source producer of 757 overwing exit doors.
HAL has manufactured the 777 uplock boxes, 777
flaperons, F/A-18 gun bay doors, F/A-18 wire harnesses,
P-8I weapons bay doors, P-8I tailcones and P-8I
identification friend-or-foe transponders.
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has delivered
the Indian-designed Data Link II for the P-8I,
a communications system that will enable exchange
of tactical data and messages between the Indian
Navy aircraft, ships and shore establishments.
BEL has also delivered the identification friend-or-foe
interrogator, a battle management system that
will enable P-8I aircraft to distinguish friendly
aircraft and forces.
BEL is also on contract to provide F/A-18 flight
deck cockpit panels and has already started deliveries.
Electronics Corporation of India (ECIL) provides
the Speech Secrecy Systems for the P-8I. In addition
to defense public sector undertakings, India’s
well-reputed private companies play a large role
in Boeing industrial strategy. Dynamatic Technologies
and Tata Advanced Materials Limited (TAML) have
already delivered P-8I power and mission equipment
cabinets, and TAML is on contract to provide P-8I
auxiliary power unit door fairings.
Dynamatic Technologies is on contract to manufacture
the aft pylon and cargo ramp assemblies for Boeing’s
CH-47F Chinook. Avantel delivers the mobile satellite
systems for the P 8I. Maini and TAL Manufacturing
Solutions are on contract to provide C-17 ground
support equipment.
Hyderabad-based Infotech Enterprises, which
provides engineering solutions, was one among
16 global suppliers honored by Boeing as a 2012
Supplier of the Year winner. Infotech was selected
from a pool of more than 17,500 Boeing suppliers
in more than 50 countries. Infotech has supported
a number a significant and critical Boeing Commercial
Airplanes projects, currently providing design
and stress support on the 747-8 Freighter and
Intercontinental and the 787-8 and 787-9.
Boeing is also looking at ways to partner with
small and medium-sized enterprises throughout
India. Beyond direct work placement, Boeing collaborates
with Indian industrial partners on lean manufacturing
techniques, Boeing program management and supplier
management best practices, and specialized trainings
as part of its drive to bring the best of Boeing
to India and the best of India to Boeing.
Boeing has had a long-standing R&D presence
in India since 1995, when collaborative research
in aerodynamics was established with the National
Aerospace Labs (NAL) in Bangalore. This has developed
into a series of projects in aerodynamics and
advanced analysis methods at NAL, Indian Institute
of Science (IISc) and Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT) Kanpur.
In 2005, Boeing entered into a strategic research
partnership with IISc Bangalore. The Boeing-IISc
partnership focuses on research in materials sciences
in areas such as structural alloys, smart materials
and structures, process modeling and simulation.
This helps to spur aerospace innovation and contributes
to the advancement of Boeing aircraft design capabilities.
IISc is one of only 10 universities worldwide
that has such a special relationship with Boeing.
The Aerospace Network Research Consortium (ANRC)
was set up in 2008 with the IISc and industry
partners HCL Technologies and Wipro. This open
collaboration forum conducts research and co-development
in technologies related to aerospace networks.
This involves regular interaction between researchers
in India and Boeing experts in the United States
and has resulted in several doctorate theses and
a large number of research reports and innovations.
In 2009, Boeing further expanded its R&D
footprint in India by establishing the Boeing
Research & Technology India Center, an Indian
counterpart of Boeing’s Research & Technology
organization in the United States. The India facility
conducts research in areas such as flight sciences,
materials and processes, structures and software
with Indian research partners in academia, research
labs and industry to address future technical
challenges in aerospace. In addition to core research
activities, Boeing has established a Boeing Test
& Evaluation Center of Excellence at HCL Technologies
in Chennai. Boeing is also working with Infotech
in Hyderabad on structural engineering analysis,
design and related activities.
In 2011, Boeing signed an agreement with the
Department of Science and Technology (DST) to
establish a center to promote aerospace manufacturing
capabilities in India. A consortium model was
adopted with Boeing, DST and IIT Bombay joining
hands as the founding partners to create the National
Centre for Aerospace Innovation and Research (NCAIR).
This center, located on the campus of IIT Bombay,
enables Indian and multinational organizations
(such as NAL, HAL, Godrej, DMG, MORI SEIKI, Sandvik
Coromant and Delcam) to collaborate and advance
aerospace manufacturing in India.
Also based in Bangalore, the Boeing Strategic
Development & Experimentation (SD&E) Center
provides defense experimentation and decision-support
services to understand the future needs of the
Indian armed forces. The center is staffed with
modeling and simulation engineers. The Boeing
team also works with personnel from the Defence
Research & Development Organisation and the
armed forces.
As a responsible business leader, Boeing is committed
to improving the quality of life for the communities
where it operates. The company will continue to
support various health and human services in India.
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