India’s Tata and Europe’s Airbus sign deal to manufacture helicopters
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The agreement was signed during French President Macron’s state visit to the South Asian country.
India’s Tata Group and Europe’s Airbus have signed an agreement to manufacture civilian helicopters together.
The deal was signed during French President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to India, Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said on Friday.
Tata and Airbus are already cooperating on making the C-295 transport aircraft in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat.
“Industrial partnership [signed] between Tata and [France-based] Airbus Helicopters for production of H125 helicopters with a significant indigenous and localisation component,” Kwatra said at a media briefing.
Airbus, in a statement announcing the final assembly line (FAL) for helicopters on Friday, said the machines produced would also be exported to some of India’s neighbouring countries.
