Home / Companies / Interviews / We're in good position to grow indigenous capability for India: Ted Colbert

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

'The F/A-18 Super Hornet is right in front of us from a go-forward perspective'

Premium

Ted Colbert, executive vice-president, The Boeing Company

6 min read Last Updated : Oct 21 2022 | 8:17 AM IST

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

What you get on BS Premium?

Unlock 30+ premium stories daily hand-picked by our editors, across devices on browser and app.
Pick your 5 favourite companies, get a daily email with all news updates on them.
Full access to our intuitive epaper - clip, save, share articles from any device; newspaper archives from 2006.
Preferential invites to Business Standard events.
Curated newsletters on markets, personal finance, policy & politics, start-ups, technology, and more.

VIEW ALL FAQs

Need More Information - write to us at assist@bsmail.in