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Boeing pushes hard for jet contracts; looks to Super Hornet for Navy, IAF

Looks to Super Hornet for Indian Navy, IAF; new F-15EX also on its list

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Boeing has begun testing its flagship naval fighter, the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, which it intends to offer the Indian Navy

Ajai Shukla New Delhi

5 min read Last Updated : Aug 24 2020 | 6:05 AM IST

US aerospace major, Boeing, which accounts for most of the $18-billion worth of weaponry that Washington has sold India since 2005, is pressing hard to win a $7-8 billion Indian Navy contract for 57 aircraft carrier-borne fighters.

Boeing has begun testing its flagship naval fighter, the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, which it intends to offer the Indian Navy, to prove it can operate from any of the Indian Navy’s three carriers: the in-service INS Vikramaditya; Vikrant, which is to be commissioned by 2022; and INS Vishal, which is still on the drawing board.

“Boeing and the US Navy are in the beginning phases

Topics : Indian Navy Boeing

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