DTN News: BAE Systems In Talks To Supply 60 Hawk Jets To India

DTN News: BAE Systems In Talks To Supply 60 Hawk Jets To India Source: DTN News / Int'l Media (NSI News Source Info) LONDON, U.K. - April 21, 2010: UK-based BAE Systems plans to sell 60 more Hawk trainer jets to India in a deal estimated to be worth Rs 3417 crore. Currently talks are on and a deal would probably see state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics place an order for the aircraft with the global defence, security and aerospace company. An agreement might be reached within the next few months, the Financial Times reported quoting industry sources. India had earlier ordered 66 Hawk jets from BAE in 2004 at a cost of about ?1bn. Of these, 24 were built by BAE at its Brough plant in the UK's north-east. The remaining 42 are being manufactured under licence by HAL in India with the first Hawks now in service. All the aircraft in the follow-up deal would also be built by HAL, the report said.