{"id":12320,"date":"2023-09-24T14:24:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T08:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/?p=12320"},"modified":"2023-09-24T14:24:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T08:54:29","slug":"boeing-outlines-aatmanirbhar-bharat-future-for-p-8i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/?p=12320","title":{"rendered":"Boeing Outlines Aatmanirbhar Bharat Future for P-8I"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Pune (Voice News Service): \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0Boeing\u00a0 highlighted the substantial indigenization achieved in the manufacturing and sustainment of its P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft and briefed media on the outlook for the platform, suggesting an increase in investment and economic impact as part of its Aatmanirbhar Bharat strategy. Twelve P-8Is already serve the Indian Navy\u2019s reconnaissance and surveillance needs in the Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a>Boeing has already generated a substantial economic impact,&nbsp;<\/a>amounting to $1.7 billion to support the current P-8I aircraft fleet in service with the Indian Navy. Furthermore, Boeing envisions that increasing the P-8I fleet to 18 aircraft will increase investments, approximately $1.5 billion, while creating further indigenization opportunities within India&#8217;s aerospace and defense sector by 2032.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBoeing&#8217;s commitment to advancing the Aatmanirbhar Bharat vision drives our dedication to the P-8I fleet. As we respond to the Indian Navy&#8217;s need for more P-8I aircraft, we&#8217;re actively looking to enhance engineering, manufacturing, and sustainment capabilities in India, for India, and the world, benefiting both Indian and global customers,\u201d said&nbsp;<strong>Salil Gupte<\/strong>, president of Boeing India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its induction in 2013, the P-8I aircraft, based on the 737 Next Generation platform, has become an integral part of the Indian Navy\u2019s fleet and has surpassed 40,000 flight hours with high mission readiness rates. Boeing played a pivotal role in establishing the Ashok Roy Training Simulator Complex at INS Rajali, and the Kochi training complex, inaugurated in April this year, features a state-of-the-art simulator for P-8I aircrew and technical team training. This ground-based training reduces on-aircraft training time, boosting mission proficiency and aircraft availability for the Indian Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a>\u201cWe\u2019re proud to partner with the Indian Navy on the exceptional capability that the P-8 delivers as a proven multi-mission aircraft while enhancing the interoperability and maritime security requirements for India and the Indo-Pacific,\u201d said&nbsp;<\/a><a><strong>Dan Gillian<\/strong><\/a>, vice president and general manager, Mobility, Surveillance and Bombers, Boeing Defense, Space &amp; Security. \u201cBoeing is also committed to expanding its P-8 supplier network in India, which presently includes 15 public and private Micro, Small &amp; Medium Enterprises that are part of Boeing\u2019s global supply chain and are delivering critical parts, components, and services for the P-8.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The globally proven P-8 fleet, over 160 aircraft in service that have accumulated more than 500,000 mishap-free flight hours around the globe, includes allies such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, and Germany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pune (Voice News Service): \u2014\u00a0Boeing\u00a0 highlighted the substantial indigenization achieved in the manufacturing and sustainment of its P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft and briefed media on the outlook for the platform, suggesting an increase in investment and economic impact as part of its Aatmanirbhar Bharat strategy. Twelve P-8Is already serve the Indian Navy\u2019s reconnaissance and surveillance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12321,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12320\/revisions\/12321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}