Hyderabad: Wings for F-21 Fighter Jets are set to ‘made in Hyderabad’ with Tata-Lockheed Martin Aerostructures Ltd (TLMAL), which is a single global source of the C-130J Empennage Rakites for Super Hercules aircraft, creatures are recognized officially as co- Potential future producers by the US Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin.
Formal recognition came after Tlmal, which has signed a pact with Lockheed Martin in 2018 to develop combat wings prototypes, able to demonstrate the ability to manufacture detailed parts and shipset shipset wing fighter representatives who are fully obedient.
Lockheed Martin said this achievement further strengthened his partnership with India and “supported the F-21 offer for the procurement of 114 new combat aircraft exclusively for India and the Indian Air Force by proving custom production capabilities”.
“Lockheed Martin partnered with Tlmal to build one of the most complex aerosures lines in technology – 9g, 12,000 hours, fighter wings that can be exchanged and replaced,” said Aimee Burnett, vice president strategy and business development, integrated fighters group Lockheed Martin.
“This effort represents Lockheed Martin who shows India, and to the world, the level of trust in our relationship with our partners in India.
Lockheed Martin is the only Aerospace and defense company with complex aerostructure capabilities for sophisticated fighters in India,” Add Burnett.
Speaking at an event to mark the first combat wing prototype built in Tlmal facilities on Tuesday, Minister Telangana & Industries KT Rama Rao said that the development, which came after the success of certification and delivery F-16 Fighter Jet Wings, Echoes Lockheed belief Martin on capabilities Telangana manufacturing and is a testimony for the basis of advanced skills and hyderabad capabilities and aerospace ecosystems.
He also shows that the more solitary and defense (original equipment manufacturer) of the US, Britain, France and Israel chose Telangana to form their manufacturing, engineering, training and innovation centers in India, even as a state houses a large cluster of more than 1,000 MSMEs Local engaged in the precision engineering industry serving the aerospace and defense sector, many of which are integrated into the global supply chain.