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Boeing is ready with ‘make in India’ plan for its F/A-18 super hornet

Boeing is ready with ‘make in India’ plan for its F/A-18 super hornet

New Delhi:  As the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Indian Navy expand -- their fighter-jet  needs are to be met over the next decade --   US giant Boeing has offered to participate in the ‘make in India’ to build an indigenous industrial base that can produce world class planes – the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet. The twin-engined plane has a version that is for the IAF and also for ship-deck based operations of the Indian Navy’s sea-borne aircraft carriers --  the INS Vikramaditya, the under construction INS Vikrant and the under planning 65,000 tonne aircraft carrier. Thom Breckenridge, Vice…
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