In partnership with India’s Tata Advanced Systems Ltd., Bethesda, MD headquartered Lockheed Martin will manufacture wings for all global F-16 customers at a facility in India, the company’s Fort Worth-based aeronautics division said.
The jointly managed facility will be based in Hyderabad, India, and will form part of a planned F-16 manufacturing facility which will start production in 2020.
Quoting an executive from Lockheed Martin, Reuters reported that the firm believed there would be “no impact to the U.S. market” because of the production switch. The unnamed executive added that the deal was not dependent on India buying F-16 aircraft for its air force.
