L&T, BEL join hands for India's 5th-generation fighter aircraft programme

BENGALURU: Engineering large Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has entered into a strategical concern with defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) to enactment the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) — a 5th procreation combatant craft — programme for the Indian Air Force.The consortium volition respond to the Expression of Interest (EoI) announcement issued by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) successful the coming weeks.

According to the companies, the tie-up volition bring unneurotic L&T’s spot successful defence and aerospace platforms with BEL’s long-standing expertise successful defence electronics and systems. Together, they purpose to lend to India’s 5th-generation combatant craft project, seen arsenic a cornerstone successful the country’s indigenous defence push.“The collaboration with BEL marks a important leap successful our committedness to the modernisation of India’s defence capabilities. Both organisations are leaders successful our respective domains and our combined efforts volition play a important relation successful bolstering nationalist information and advancing self-reliance successful defence technologies,” L&T CMD SN Subrahmanyan, said.BEL CMD Manoj Jain stressed connected the value of the task for India’s technological ambitions.

“The AMCA task represents India’s increasing capabilities successful defence technology. With L&T’s engineering and systems integration capabilities and BEL’s expertise successful defence electronics, we are assured of delivering a world-class solution that volition service the Indian Air Force for decades to come,” helium said.Both companies person a past of collaboration, having played cardinal roles successful the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme — with L&T supplying aero-structure modules and BEL processing mission-critical avionics and physics systems.“Building connected that legacy, the caller consortium promises proven expertise, exertion integration and timely transportation for India’s astir ambitious combatant craft programme yet,” arsenic per a connection issued Wednesday.