Defence industry voices concerns as India endures lockdown
The COVID-19 pandemic that resulted in India’s 21-day lockdown is disrupting the supply chain of global OEMs dependent on Indian subsidiaries and suppliers.
Sukaran Singh, MD and CEO of Tata Advanced Systems, said during a webinar involving senior MoD officials and the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers: ‘We have finished goods stocked for export to the US, including C-130 (pictured) empennage and AH-64 Apache helicopter fuselages in our facilities… It is a reputation issue.’
Singh was asking for exemptions during the lockdown, lasting until 14 April, to enable export of these items, given that the US has not shut down
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