.2 minutes read Last Updated: Aug thirteen 2024|5:29 PM IST.US aerospace giant Boeing has partnered along with India's AI Engineering Companies Ltd to provide overhaul solutions to the Indian Naval force's squadron of 12 P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft.As component of the collaboration, the very first touchdown equipment overhaul of a P-8I airplane was actually lately completed at marine base INS Rajali in Tamil Nadu, Boeing India stated on Tuesday." This is an initially in India and also shows the development in India's indigenous abilities for taking on sophisticated Servicing, Fixing and Overhaul (MRO) companies," it said in a statement.The Boeing P-8I, a multi-role long-range maritime reconnaissance anti-submarine war (LRMR ASW) aircraft, is integral to the Indian Navy's maritime security purposes in the Indian Sea.Besides India, the plane is being run by the USA, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, and Germany." With this partnership along with AIESL (Artificial Intelligence Design Solutions Ltd), our team remain to make strategic expenditures in India's MRO capabilities that enhance purpose preparedness fees for the Indian Naval force," claimed Salil Gupte, president, Boeing India and also South Asia." Developing local area MRO capacities is crucial for lessening repair turnaround time as well as airplane down time, therefore enhancing the objective readiness of customer fleets," he stated.The Boeing mentioned it partnered with AIESL to offer in-country overhaul solutions of essential parts for 12 Boeing P-8I airplane of the Indian Navy.Sharad Agarwal, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AI Design Solutions Limited, stated, "We are actually glad to partner with Boeing, and for successfully finishing the landing equipment overhaul of the P-8I aircraft, a very first in India. It is a notable step in the direction of India's aspirations to become the local hub for MRO services." The Boeing India-AIESL partnership is the current initiative under the Boeing India Repair Work Development as well as Sustainment (BIRDS) hub program.The BIRDS hub is a local system of vendors operating to build a strong MRO ecosystem for protection and also industrial airplane, which aims to create business benchmarks in India for repair and maintenance, platform accessibility, client fulfillment, as well as quick turn-around opportunity, according to Boeing India.An important part of the hub is actually training programmes to raise competent workforce by establishing sub-tier distributors and also micro, tiny and also moderate enterprises (MSMEs) to develop top-tier MRO abilities in India, it pointed out.( Just the headline and also picture of this report might have been revamped by the Service Criterion personnel the remainder of the web content is actually auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) Very First Published: Aug 13 2024|5:29 PM IST.