India, US finalise $5-bn defence pacts

[SpArK]

India, US finalise $5-bn defence pacts​

India and the US have reached agreements on two lucrative defence deals worth nearly $5 billion that will give employment to nearly 26,500 people in job-starved America. According to a White House statement on Saturday, US' Boeing Company and the Indian Air Force have reached a preliminary


Agreement on the purchase of 10 C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft and are now in the process of finalizing the details of the sale.
The statement came hours after US President Barack Obama arrived in India for a four-day visit during which the two countries are expected to finalise many trade pacts.

The statement said once all the heavy transport aircraft have been delivered, the IAF will be the owner and operator of the largest fleet of C-17s outside of the US.

"Each C-17 supports 650 suppliers across 44 US states and that this order will support Boeing's C-17 production facility in Long Beach, California, for an entire year. This transaction is valued at approximately $4.1 billion, all of which is US export content, supporting an estimated 22,160 jobs," the statement said.

India has also declared the lowest bidder and selected the US-based General Electric Company for a contract to provide the Indian Aeronautical Development Agency with 107 F414 engines to be installed on the indigeniously produced Tejas light combat aircraft.

"Upon finalizing the contract, General Electric will be positioned to export almost one billion dollars in high technology aerospace products. This transaction is tentatively valued at approximately $822 million, all of which is US export content, supporting an estimated 4,440 jobs," the statement said.



India, US finalise $5-bn defence pacts - Hindustan Times

 

[Chanakyaa]

Now This is Big.... Really Big....

 

[The HBS Guy]

will 10 be enough for tackling two fronts?

 

[Indiannn]

India's really going very fast!
Billions of dollar being invested in defense and modernization of army.

A very bright future ahead.

 

[Chanakyaa]

King...

We Have MRTA Too....

In late December 2006, Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) announced a $700-million joint venture (JV) agreement with Irkut Corporation of Russia for manufacturing 60-tonne multi-role transport aircraft (MRTA). Under this 50/50 arrangement with HAL, Ilyushin Design Bureau of Russia would design the MRTA and Irkut corporation of Russia will develop the aircraft, while series production would be taken up by the transport aircraft division of HAL at Kanpur. Irkut is a major investor (40% of project expenses), and will be the coordinator of the Russian side. For HAL, the move is part of an effort to forge new partnerships with global aviation majors for military and civil projects, with an eye on trebling their annual turnover to $3 billion by 2011.

The project has moved very slowly, even as competitors like the C-130J gained traction around the world, including in India, and future rivals like the KC-390 began picking up international partners. Now, a joint venture is supposed to get underway to build 145 aircraft for its initial customers in Russia and India…

MRTA and the Per-Ton Price Constant
MRTA: Contracts and Key Events [updated]
Additional Readings
MRTA and the Per-Ton Price Constant


YC-15 and F-4
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The MRTA was described in initial news reports as a 60-ton, 100-seat aircraft aimed at the military freighter market, creating some confusion about its ultimate carrying capacity and competitive niche. Was it destined to replace the Ilyushin IL-76s India flies? Compete with the 120-troop capacity A400M? Further research with Irkut showed it to be a 60-ton total takeoff weight aircraft with a cargo capacity of around 18,500 kg/ 20 tons, giving it similar capacity and dimensions to the Russian An-12 or the USA’s C-130J Hercules. Illustrations showed a jet aircraft whose requirements produce a design somewhat reminiscent of the canceled 1970s US AMST Program that eventually led to the much larger C-17.

Ultimately, however, the plane’s fate may well rest on whether it can break the per-ton price constant in the military market.


C-130J Hercules
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Consider:

The Alenia/CMAS C-27J Spartan has a 12-ton capacity and costs about $35-40 million per plane. Lockheed’s C-130J Hercules carries 20 tons and costs about $65 million. the Airbus A400M is projected to carry 35-37 tons and cost about $120-150 million. At the high end, the 80-85 ton capacity C-17 Globemaster III sells for about $200-240 million. That appears to give us something approaching a per-ton constant for Western fixed-wing military transports that can carry tactical vehicles: around $3 million per ton.

Beyond the 20-ton target market of AN-12 and C-130 owners, Irkut also envisions this new plane as an attractive option for customers of the much smaller An-26. If they wish to realize that ambition, and some of their broader goals as well, the question boils down to this:


MRTA-TTA, frontal concept
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Can Irkut and HAL offer an ICAO-certifiable military transport with modern avionics near a C-27J’s price range, with a C-130J’s performance and some short field ability?

If so, they may have a winner with good global prospects. If not, India and Russia will have a new transport, and both countries’ aviation industries will still derive some benefits from the program. Irkut claims that the Indian Air Force plans to acquire 45 of these aircraft, and they also see market demand in Russia’s military and civil sectors for another 100 transport aircraft within 12 years of introduction. Subsequent Indian reports are already adjusting the number down slightly to 40, while Russia’s interest remains firm.

Introduction is expected between 2015-2020.

 

[Toshiba]

channels were reporting abt 10 bn$ deal,50000 jobs

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wat so ever,dont give them mrca

 

[SpArK]

OOps money and jobs got increased.

Indo-US business deals worth $15 bn struck​

Washington/Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) Ahead of US President Barack Obama’s address to CEOs in Mumbai, the White House announced the following deals worth almost $15 billion that will support 53,670 jobs in the US.

The following is the list of deals:

-Heavy Transport Aircraft: Preliminary agreement between the Boeing Company and Indian Air Force on the purchase of 10 C-17 Globemaster-III military transport aircraft. This transaction is valued at $4.1 billion in US export content, supporting 22,160 jobs.

-Engine Sale for the Light Combat Aircraft: Connecticut-based General Electric to supply provide 107 engines for the Tejas light combat aircraft of Hindustan Aeronautics. This transaction is valued at $822 million in US export content, supporting 4,440 jobs.

-Commercial Aircraft Sale: Boeing Company to sell for the sale of 30 737-800 commercial aircraft to SpiceJet, which currently operates 22 Boeing aircraft. This transaction is valued at $2.7 billion, with US expoert content of $2.4 billion, supporting 12,970 jobs.

-Gas and Steam Turbine Sale: General Electric to supply six advanced gas turbines and three steam turbines for the 2,500-megawatt Samalkot power plant of Reliance Power, part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The deal is valued at $750 million, with $491 million in US export content, supporting 2,650 jobs.

-Financial Support on Infrastructure: US Ex-Im Bank Agreement will provide Reliance Power, the flagship of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, $5 billion in financial support for the purchase of US goods and services for 8,000 megawatts of gas-fired electricity generating units and 900 megawatts of renewable energy.

-Diesel Locomotive Manufacturing Venture: The Indian Ministry of Railways announces pre-qualification of GE Transportation and Electro-Motive Diesel for a venture to make and supply of 1,000 diesel locomotives over 10 years. The estimated US content of contract to exceed $1 billion.

-Motorcycle Assembly Plant: Harley-Davidson Motor Company says preparations underway to open a new plant in India for the assembly of motorcycles.

-Mining Equipment: US Export-Import Bank announces approval of more than $900 million in export finance guarantees to Sasan Power, a subsidiary of Reliance Power, supporting the sale of US mining equipment and services from Bucyrus International and other vendors for 3,960-megawatt coal-fired Sasan power plant in Madhya Pradesh. This commitment supports $641 million in US export content, and estimated 3,460 jobs.

-Tunneling Equipment: Robbins Company of Ohio announces an agreement to provide tunnel-boring machines, conveyer equipment, and associated technical services for Mumbai. The Mumbai contract alone is valued at $10 million, with $7 million in US. export content, supporting an estimated 35 jobs.

-Homeland Security Pilot Projects: Palantir Technologies in Silicon Valley announces a strategic partnership agreement with the Maharashtra State Police for pilot program on end-to-end analytical software platform to identify and alert authorities to security threats in order to help keep the citizens of Mumbai and Maharashtra safe.

-Medanta Duke Research Institute: Duke Medicine in North Carolina, one of the leading academic health systems, and Medanta Medicity in Gurgaon, announce joint venture to on clinical research. Duke will be partner Jubilant Life Sciences of Uttar Pradesh to conduct research studies and co-develop promising discoveries.

- Long-range Antenna System for Rural Telecommunications: SPX Communication Technology in Maine in the final phase of the pilot deployment of its long-range antenna system with two leading Indian mobile operators. The value of the initial trial equipment is expected to generate $1 million, with 100 percent US export content.

-Pre-fabricated Housing: Spancrete Machinery of Wisconsin announces the sale of six sets of its hollow core, precast production equipment, including installation, training, and after-sales support, to Hindustan Prefab. This transaction is valued at approximately $35 million, all of which is U.S. export content, supporting 30 jobs.

-Cell Phone Rollout: Intuit of California will launch new mobile and web-based marketing service in partnership with Nokia. This innovative technology will help Indian micro and small businesses.

-Unique Identification Project: L-1 Identity Solutions of Connecticut and other US firms pre-qualified by the Unique Identity Authority of India for the first phase of an effort to register Indian residents with a 12-digit unique number using biometric identifiers.

-Precision Measurement Instruments for Fuel Cell Research: Advanced Materials of Pennsylvania to supply a specially-designed pressure-composition isotherm measurement onstrument to the Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi.

-Trace Explosive Detection Equipment: Implant Sciences of Massachusetts signs contract with the Ministry of Defence to supply its Quantum Sniffer H-150, trace detection devices for the Indian Army to detect the presence of explosive, bomb-making materials that could be used in a terrorist attack. The transaction is valued at $6 million, all of which in US export content, supporting an estimated 30 jobs.

-Helicopter Sale: Bell Helicopter of Texas has signed agreement with Span Air, a private Indian air charter company, for its first Bell Model 429 corporate VIP helicopter in. Bell recently sold its 100th helicopter in India.

-Pre-owned Refurbished Healthcare Equipment: Skelley Medical of New Hampshire to sell refurbished medical equipment to Indian hospitals in second and third tier cities.

-Monitoring Equipment for Greening Buildings: Noveda Technologies of New Jersey finalizing a venture with Chennai-based Wysine Technology to jointly develop and market a new solution for web-based, real-time energy monitoring for greening of buildings.

-Dredges for Maharashtra: Ellicott Dredges in Maryland announces sale of two cutter suction dredges to the state-run Maharashtra Maritime Board. The equipment will be utilized to dredge a fisherman’s port and various tributaries in the state of Maharashtra.


Indo-US business deals worth $15 bn struck

 

[The HBS Guy]

Xinix, is MRTA comparable to C-17?

 

[The HBS Guy]

OOps money and jobs got increased.

Indo-US business deals worth $15 bn struck​

Washington/Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) Ahead of US President Barack Obama’s address to CEOs in Mumbai, the White House announced the following deals worth almost $15 billion that will support 53,670 jobs in the US.

The following is the list of deals:

-Heavy Transport Aircraft: Preliminary agreement between the Boeing Company and Indian Air Force on the purchase of 10 C-17 Globemaster-III military transport aircraft. This transaction is valued at $4.1 billion in US export content, supporting 22,160 jobs.

-Engine Sale for the Light Combat Aircraft: Connecticut-based General Electric to supply provide 107 engines for the Tejas light combat aircraft of Hindustan Aeronautics. This transaction is valued at $822 million in US export content, supporting 4,440 jobs.

-Commercial Aircraft Sale: Boeing Company to sell for the sale of 30 737-800 commercial aircraft to SpiceJet, which currently operates 22 Boeing aircraft. This transaction is valued at $2.7 billion, with US expoert content of $2.4 billion, supporting 12,970 jobs.

-Gas and Steam Turbine Sale: General Electric to supply six advanced gas turbines and three steam turbines for the 2,500-megawatt Samalkot power plant of Reliance Power, part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The deal is valued at $750 million, with $491 million in US export content, supporting 2,650 jobs.

-Financial Support on Infrastructure: US Ex-Im Bank Agreement will provide Reliance Power, the flagship of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, $5 billion in financial support for the purchase of US goods and services for 8,000 megawatts of gas-fired electricity generating units and 900 megawatts of renewable energy.

-Diesel Locomotive Manufacturing Venture: The Indian Ministry of Railways announces pre-qualification of GE Transportation and Electro-Motive Diesel for a venture to make and supply of 1,000 diesel locomotives over 10 years. The estimated US content of contract to exceed $1 billion.

-Motorcycle Assembly Plant: Harley-Davidson Motor Company says preparations underway to open a new plant in India for the assembly of motorcycles.

-Mining Equipment: US Export-Import Bank announces approval of more than $900 million in export finance guarantees to Sasan Power, a subsidiary of Reliance Power, supporting the sale of US mining equipment and services from Bucyrus International and other vendors for 3,960-megawatt coal-fired Sasan power plant in Madhya Pradesh. This commitment supports $641 million in US export content, and estimated 3,460 jobs.

-Tunneling Equipment: Robbins Company of Ohio announces an agreement to provide tunnel-boring machines, conveyer equipment, and associated technical services for Mumbai. The Mumbai contract alone is valued at $10 million, with $7 million in US. export content, supporting an estimated 35 jobs.

-Homeland Security Pilot Projects: Palantir Technologies in Silicon Valley announces a strategic partnership agreement with the Maharashtra State Police for pilot program on end-to-end analytical software platform to identify and alert authorities to security threats in order to help keep the citizens of Mumbai and Maharashtra safe.

-Medanta Duke Research Institute: Duke Medicine in North Carolina, one of the leading academic health systems, and Medanta Medicity in Gurgaon, announce joint venture to on clinical research. Duke will be partner Jubilant Life Sciences of Uttar Pradesh to conduct research studies and co-develop promising discoveries.

- Long-range Antenna System for Rural Telecommunications: SPX Communication Technology in Maine in the final phase of the pilot deployment of its long-range antenna system with two leading Indian mobile operators. The value of the initial trial equipment is expected to generate $1 million, with 100 percent US export content.

-Pre-fabricated Housing: Spancrete Machinery of Wisconsin announces the sale of six sets of its hollow core, precast production equipment, including installation, training, and after-sales support, to Hindustan Prefab. This transaction is valued at approximately $35 million, all of which is U.S. export content, supporting 30 jobs.

-Cell Phone Rollout: Intuit of California will launch new mobile and web-based marketing service in partnership with Nokia. This innovative technology will help Indian micro and small businesses.

-Unique Identification Project: L-1 Identity Solutions of Connecticut and other US firms pre-qualified by the Unique Identity Authority of India for the first phase of an effort to register Indian residents with a 12-digit unique number using biometric identifiers.

-Precision Measurement Instruments for Fuel Cell Research: Advanced Materials of Pennsylvania to supply a specially-designed pressure-composition isotherm measurement onstrument to the Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi.

-Trace Explosive Detection Equipment: Implant Sciences of Massachusetts signs contract with the Ministry of Defence to supply its Quantum Sniffer H-150, trace detection devices for the Indian Army to detect the presence of explosive, bomb-making materials that could be used in a terrorist attack. The transaction is valued at $6 million, all of which in US export content, supporting an estimated 30 jobs.

-Helicopter Sale: Bell Helicopter of Texas has signed agreement with Span Air, a private Indian air charter company, for its first Bell Model 429 corporate VIP helicopter in. Bell recently sold its 100th helicopter in India.

-Pre-owned Refurbished Healthcare Equipment: Skelley Medical of New Hampshire to sell refurbished medical equipment to Indian hospitals in second and third tier cities.

-Monitoring Equipment for Greening Buildings: Noveda Technologies of New Jersey finalizing a venture with Chennai-based Wysine Technology to jointly develop and market a new solution for web-based, real-time energy monitoring for greening of buildings.

-Dredges for Maharashtra: Ellicott Dredges in Maryland announces sale of two cutter suction dredges to the state-run Maharashtra Maritime Board. The equipment will be utilized to dredge a fisherman’s port and various tributaries in the state of Maharashtra.


Indo-US business deals worth $15 bn struck

BENNY THIS DESERVES A SEPERATE THREAD....THIS IS LIKE BIGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

 

[Toshiba]

OOps money and jobs got increased.

Indo-US business deals worth $15 bn struck​

Washington/Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) Ahead of US President Barack Obama’s address to CEOs in Mumbai, the White House announced the following deals worth almost $15 billion that will support 53,670 jobs in the US.

The following is the list of deals:

-Heavy Transport Aircraft: Preliminary agreement between the Boeing Company and Indian Air Force on the purchase of 10 C-17 Globemaster-III military transport aircraft. This transaction is valued at $4.1 billion in US export content, supporting 22,160 jobs.

-Engine Sale for the Light Combat Aircraft: Connecticut-based General Electric to supply provide 107 engines for the Tejas light combat aircraft of Hindustan Aeronautics. This transaction is valued at $822 million in US export content, supporting 4,440 jobs.

-Commercial Aircraft Sale: Boeing Company to sell for the sale of 30 737-800 commercial aircraft to SpiceJet, which currently operates 22 Boeing aircraft. This transaction is valued at $2.7 billion, with US expoert content of $2.4 billion, supporting 12,970 jobs.

-Gas and Steam Turbine Sale: General Electric to supply six advanced gas turbines and three steam turbines for the 2,500-megawatt Samalkot power plant of Reliance Power, part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The deal is valued at $750 million, with $491 million in US export content, supporting 2,650 jobs.

-Financial Support on Infrastructure: US Ex-Im Bank Agreement will provide Reliance Power, the flagship of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, $5 billion in financial support for the purchase of US goods and services for 8,000 megawatts of gas-fired electricity generating units and 900 megawatts of renewable energy.

-Diesel Locomotive Manufacturing Venture: The Indian Ministry of Railways announces pre-qualification of GE Transportation and Electro-Motive Diesel for a venture to make and supply of 1,000 diesel locomotives over 10 years. The estimated US content of contract to exceed $1 billion.

-Motorcycle Assembly Plant: Harley-Davidson Motor Company says preparations underway to open a new plant in India for the assembly of motorcycles.

-Mining Equipment: US Export-Import Bank announces approval of more than $900 million in export finance guarantees to Sasan Power, a subsidiary of Reliance Power, supporting the sale of US mining equipment and services from Bucyrus International and other vendors for 3,960-megawatt coal-fired Sasan power plant in Madhya Pradesh. This commitment supports $641 million in US export content, and estimated 3,460 jobs.

-Tunneling Equipment: Robbins Company of Ohio announces an agreement to provide tunnel-boring machines, conveyer equipment, and associated technical services for Mumbai. The Mumbai contract alone is valued at $10 million, with $7 million in US. export content, supporting an estimated 35 jobs.

-Homeland Security Pilot Projects: Palantir Technologies in Silicon Valley announces a strategic partnership agreement with the Maharashtra State Police for pilot program on end-to-end analytical software platform to identify and alert authorities to security threats in order to help keep the citizens of Mumbai and Maharashtra safe.

-Medanta Duke Research Institute: Duke Medicine in North Carolina, one of the leading academic health systems, and Medanta Medicity in Gurgaon, announce joint venture to on clinical research. Duke will be partner Jubilant Life Sciences of Uttar Pradesh to conduct research studies and co-develop promising discoveries.

- Long-range Antenna System for Rural Telecommunications: SPX Communication Technology in Maine in the final phase of the pilot deployment of its long-range antenna system with two leading Indian mobile operators. The value of the initial trial equipment is expected to generate $1 million, with 100 percent US export content.

-Pre-fabricated Housing: Spancrete Machinery of Wisconsin announces the sale of six sets of its hollow core, precast production equipment, including installation, training, and after-sales support, to Hindustan Prefab. This transaction is valued at approximately $35 million, all of which is U.S. export content, supporting 30 jobs.

-Cell Phone Rollout: Intuit of California will launch new mobile and web-based marketing service in partnership with Nokia. This innovative technology will help Indian micro and small businesses.

-Unique Identification Project: L-1 Identity Solutions of Connecticut and other US firms pre-qualified by the Unique Identity Authority of India for the first phase of an effort to register Indian residents with a 12-digit unique number using biometric identifiers.

-Precision Measurement Instruments for Fuel Cell Research: Advanced Materials of Pennsylvania to supply a specially-designed pressure-composition isotherm measurement onstrument to the Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi.

-Trace Explosive Detection Equipment: Implant Sciences of Massachusetts signs contract with the Ministry of Defence to supply its Quantum Sniffer H-150, trace detection devices for the Indian Army to detect the presence of explosive, bomb-making materials that could be used in a terrorist attack. The transaction is valued at $6 million, all of which in US export content, supporting an estimated 30 jobs.

-Helicopter Sale: Bell Helicopter of Texas has signed agreement with Span Air, a private Indian air charter company, for its first Bell Model 429 corporate VIP helicopter in. Bell recently sold its 100th helicopter in India.

-Pre-owned Refurbished Healthcare Equipment: Skelley Medical of New Hampshire to sell refurbished medical equipment to Indian hospitals in second and third tier cities.

-Monitoring Equipment for Greening Buildings: Noveda Technologies of New Jersey finalizing a venture with Chennai-based Wysine Technology to jointly develop and market a new solution for web-based, real-time energy monitoring for greening of buildings.

-Dredges for Maharashtra: Ellicott Dredges in Maryland announces sale of two cutter suction dredges to the state-run Maharashtra Maritime Board. The equipment will be utilized to dredge a fisherman’s port and various tributaries in the state of Maharashtra.


Indo-US business deals worth $15 bn struck

thk god,it doesn't have mrca

 

[Chanakyaa]

MRTA is Small...but its does the job.
Besides India may give a second order if needed...

 

[SpArK]

BENNY THIS DESERVES A SEPERATE THREAD....THIS IS LIKE BIGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

Not needed... the deals will be coming on.. the poor guy just arrived..

Let him get as many jobs from here.... I think he will get paranoid and start a branch of whitehouse here in India.

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Looks like MRCA will go to Gripen's way.

 

[The HBS Guy]

thk god,it doesn't have mrca

Haan itni lambi list mein kahin chhota sa font karke MRCA chhupa dete toh hamein kya pata chalta

 

[Rain]

No surprises! all was on cards since very long! creating a hype regarding US-India bussiness deal is nothing to be worried at the time. important issues remain unaddressed yet.

 

[Ganga]

Why is India going for the C-17.It will be devoid of all critical and cutting edge technologies unless and until India signs the LSA and CISMOA.Without these components the American machines are as good as the Russians.It would be better if we go for Antonov in that case.