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Lockheed to begin supplying F-16 wings from Indian plant in 2020

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Lockheed to begin supplying F-16 wings from Indian plant in 2020Lockheed Martin will begin supplying wings for its F-16 combat jets from a facility in southern India from next year, a senior executive said on Thursday. Lockheed is bidding for a contract, estimated at more than $15 billion, to supply the Indian Air Force with 114 combat planes and has offered to shift its F-16 production line from the United States to India. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is pushing a Make-in-India programme under which it wants global firms, including in the defence sector, to set up manufacturing centres in India to build a domestic industrial base and create jobs.

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