By IANS
New Delhi : US aerospace majors Boeing and Northrop Grumman will showcase their extensive portfolio of defence products and services at the four-day DefExpo-2008 international defence exposition that opens here Saturday.
“We will be engaging with customers throughout the show to demonstrate Boeing’s vast portfolio of programmes and platforms offering advanced technology and capability that is available today,” said Vivek Lall, vice-president and India country head for Boeing Integrated Defence Systems.
“The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet multi-role combat fighter, the P-8I maritime patrol aircraft, the CH-47 Chinook medium-to-heavy lift helicopter and the AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter are just some of Boeing’s defence products that uniquely match India’s current and foreseeable defence needs,” Lal added in a statement Monday.
The Boeing exhibit will also showcase the Harpoon, JDAM and SLAM-ER missiles, and an F/A-18E/F simulator.
Northrop Grumman will highlight its range of key capabilities including airborne early warning and control systems, fire control radars, unmanned aerial vehicles, ships and naval systems.
“India represents one of Northrop Grumman’s largest potential growth markets for defence products in Asia,” said John Brooks, president of Northrop Grumman International Inc. and vice-president (business development) for Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems.
“Our capabilities across the company are well matched to meeting India’s growing defence and aerospace requirements,” Brooks added in a statement.
Among the exhibits on Northrop Grumman’s stand will be an E-2 Hawkeye airborne warning and battle management system crew workstation and flyable cockpit simulator aimed at demonstrating maritime reconnaissance.
Also highlighted will be Northrop Grumman’s world-leading capabilities in advanced airborne early warning and fire control radar sensors for a variety of platform applications, the statement said.
The Fire Scout vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial vehicle will also be featured.
“Northrop Grumman is showing the LPD 17 San Antonio class amphibious transport ship, which has superior capability for India Navy requirements, and its corvette patrol frigate, developed as an affordable frigate-sized ship based on the National Security Cutter being built for the US Coast Guard,” the statement said.