We're in good position to grow indigenous capability for India: Ted Colbert

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India was an important country even before the ongoing Ukraine war for The Boeing Company, according to Ted Colbert, executive vice-president of the multinational. In an interview with Ajai Shukla, he agrees that localisation would be one of the key drivers of Boeing’s global defence business. Edited excerpts:

With the Russia-Ukraine war going on, is NATO realising that they haven’t been paying what they should have for their defence, are you now focused on equipping NATO?

Obviously, the conflict is a high priority for everyone. And they are all investing more heavily into defence. So it will all depend on