Two of the world’s largest defense contractors are promising to move production of their US-made fighter aircraft to India should they be awarded lucrative new contracts, signaling a major victory for Prime Minister Modi’s “Make in India” campaign, and a potentially stinging defeat for the Russian arms industry.
The dual Indian competitions for roughly 170 planes join an increasingly crowded international battlefield pitting Boeing’s F/A18 Super Hornet against Lockheed Martin’s F-35 and F-16V. Added to the mix are open competitions in Germany, Finland, and Switzerland, all of which pit a new generation of European fourth-generation aircraft that have won big elsewhere.Read More…
