Boeing has awarded India's public sector defense electronics company Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) with a follow-on contract fo...
Boeing has awarded India's public sector defense electronics company Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) with a follow-on contract for the manufacture of sub-assemblies for the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter jet.
Through the new contract BEL will produce Super Hornet subassemblies including the Ground Power Panel, Helmet Vehicle Interface Stowage and Switch assembly and Cockpit Console Panels. For the F/A-18, BEL also produces a stowage panel for the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System connector cable and an avionics cooling system fan test switch panel with a Night Vision Imaging System-compatible floodlight assembly.
It also provides the Identification Friend or Foe interrogators and Data Link II communications systems for the eight P-8I Maritime Surveilance Aircraft for the Indian Navy.
This contract, for Super Hornet sub-assemblies, expands work Boeing awarded BEL in 2011.
BEL is a partner with Boeing at the Analysis & Experimentation Centre in Bengaluru that opened in 2009.
