European consortium Airbus has expressed its keen interest in participating in ‘Make in India’ programme in the area of defence and space. Bernhard Gerwert, CEO of Airbus Defence and Space had called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and expressed his interest to him.
Gerwert told Modi that Airbus was keenly interested in becoming a partner in the ‘Make in India’ initiative, through a cluster approach with regional partners. The Prime Minister welcomed the interest shown by Airbus in India, it added.
The Group’s division Airbus Defence and Space is responsible for defence and aerospace products and services. Various aerospace, defence and civil aviation projects in India were discussed by Modi with Gerwert during the meeting. Gerwert recalled the Prime Minister’s visit to the Airbus manufacturing facility in Toulouse in France in April and said it had generated “positive atmosphere and interest”.
During that visit, Airbus had announced that it would increase its Indian outsourcing to USD 2 billion. Airbus Group CEO Tom Enders, who had received the Indian leader in Toulouse, had said: “India already takes a centre-stage role in our international activities and we want to even increase its contribution to our products.”
Airbus Group operates two engineering Centres in India – One of which is focused on civil Aviation, while the other one defence – besides, a research and technology (R&T) centre which together employ over 400 highly qualified people.
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