New Delhi: US aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co said on Monday it has started sourcing equipment worth more than $600 million from Indian firms for anti-submarine warfare planes that it is manufacturing for India.
"We have started to place contracts worth over $600 million with Indian companies for supply of indigenous equipment for manufacturing the P-8I planes," said India country head of Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems Vivek Lall.
India signed a $2.1 billion contract with Boeing in January to procure eight P-8I aircraft for its navy.
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