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Rolls Royce, Cobham among 14 UK companies at Aero India

Fourteen companies from the United Kingdom will be participating in Aero India – 2021. The air show will be held from February 3 to 5 at the Air Force Station, Yelahanka. The UK delegation includes a high-level team.
Rolls Royce, Cobham among 14 UK companies at Aero India
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BENGALURU: Fourteen companies from the United Kingdom will be participating in Aero India – 2021. The air show will be held from February 3 to 5 at the Air Force Station, Yelahanka. The UK delegation includes a high-level team.
Jeremy Pilmore-Bedford, British deputy high commissioner to Karnataka and Kerala, gave a sneak peek at UK’s presence in the biennial event during a virtual media briefing on Thursday.

The 14 companies that will be in attendance are BAE Systems, Rolls Royce, GE UK, Thales UK, Martin Baker, MBDA UK, Babcock, Strongfield Technologies, GKN Aerospace, Cobham, TRL, QinetiQ, Leonardo and Meggitt. Covid regulations permitting, Jeremy Quin, minister of state for defence production, is very keen to attend Aero India, he said.
“Our respective Prime Ministers have commissioned a 10-year roadmap for joint production of defence technologies. The roadmap, agreed upon by both sides, will help define the future direction of our defence relationship,” he said.
Pilmore-Bedford said that the country is confident of a strong presence by displaying expertise in combat air, complex weapons and maritime technologies at the UK Pavilion.
He said UK and India have held discussions on future combat air and there is a potential for co-operation on key systems or sub-systems to deliver mutual long-term benefits. “We believe UK has a major role to play in India’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA2) and Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) indigenous fighter programmes,” he said, adding that the two countries are partnering on an advanced core technologies study with the potential to develop indigenous jet engine capability.
Highlighting the fact that numerous British defence firms are already manufacturing in India, Pilmore-Bedford said: “Firearms manufacturer Webley and Scott has planned production in Uttar Pradesh.”
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