Boeing CEO pitches F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet to India

[liberal N proud]

NEW DELHI:

US aircraft maker Boeing Co is in a “conversation” on manufacturing its F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet in India, Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg was quoted on Wednesday as saying on his first visit to the country.


“We see the Super Hornet as an opportunity … to tie directly into the ‘Make in India’ strategy,” Muilenburg told the Hindustan Times in an interview whose authenticity was confirmed by the company. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ drive is designed to expand India’s industrial base.

Boeing was willing to back the project with billions of dollars in investment to India meet its operational needs, according to Muilenburg’s comments in the interview.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/1039345/boeing-ceo-pitches-fa-18-super-hornet-fighter-jet-to-india/

I tried to find this on a US media site, but nothing. No mention of this in our media. We are now outsourcing the Military Industrial Complex.

[PersonNumber503602]

1. Maybe I am misunderstanding, but it sounds like they trying to sell a license to produce

the Super Hornet in India, so that India can produce any F/A-18s they license themselves. I don't think that is particularly unusual or new. Turkey and Korea do that with the F-16.