US Envoy Spotlights India's Expanding Role In Global Aerospace Manufacturing
US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor visited the Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructures facility in Hyderabad to highlight the growing aerospace partnership between the two nations. The visit underscored India's increasing role in global defense manufacturing and the 'Make in India' initiative.
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Strengthening aerospace ties between the US and India reflects a strategic shift in global defense supply chains and geopolitical alignment.
Hyderabad: US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor visited Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructures Limited (TLMAL) in Hyderabad on Monday, underscoring the growing US-India aerospace and defence partnership and India's expanding role in global aerospace manufacturing.Gor toured TLMAL's production line for empennages, or tail sections, of the C-130J Super Hercules.The facility highlights the established capability of Indian industry to support the global C-130J programme and scale production for the recently released Medium Transport Aircraft (MTA) requirement."The decades-long business partnership between the United States and India continues to grow stronger through innovation, shared security interests, and economic cooperation," Gor said. He added that seeing Indian employees and engineers produce critical structures for a platform operated by both countries "demonstrates the power of our partnership and special business relationship."Sukaran Singh, CEO and Managing Director of Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL),…
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