ENARADA, London/Bangalore,July 16, 2014
The CEO of Thales, Mr. Jean-Bernard Lavy called on HAL team at the ongoing Farnborough International Show and expressed his keen desire to take forward the on-going business activities in India in cooperation with HAL.
He told HAL Chairman R K Tyagi and Directors that Thales would have a strategic look at India given the business potential in defence sector and he and his team would be in India sometime in November this year.
Thales, a major global aerospace company with over 100 years of experience, is involved with HAL in Mirage 2000 up-gradation programme and extends technical support to several major HAL platforms.
Dr. Tyagi briefed the delegation on various activities and potential business expansion on various fronts. Mr. Lavy emphasised on structuring all the activities over certain period rather than handling each project on case by case basis.
The Air Bus Helicopter CEO and President, Mr. Guillaume Faury and his team also met the HAL top executives.
The Air Bus Helicopter is involved with HAL Cheetah and Chetak projects but expressed the desire to play a greater role in Indian helicopter market which has huge potential. They seemed keen on Indian Multirole Helicopters (IMRH) and Navy Multirole Helicopters (NMRH).
HAL Chairman stressed on association that creates value and jobs for the country.
