The Hindu Business Line : HCL Tech signs $15-m contract with Alenia Aeronautica

New Delhi June 19 HCL Technologies has announced a $15-million contract with Alenia Aeronautica to provide engineering services that would support the improvement of the C-27J Spartan production line.

Under the terms of the deal, HCL Technologies would convert most of the existing structural design material of the C-27J program into electronic format, migrate it into a product lifecycle management (PLM) system and will carry out most of the engineering activities that have been planned to support the industrial improvement of the aircraft production line. The work would be undertaken jointly by the Alenia design department and a team of over 300 mechanical engineers from HCL, a company release said.

"This deal represents a first move into a potential growing cooperation between Alenia Aeronautica, including its subsidiaries Alenia SIA and Quadrics, and HCL and also reinforces Alenia Aeronautica's interest in the Indian aerospace & defence industry. Over the last years Alenia Aeronautica has developed an important network of international partnerships that strengthen its competitive positioning and generates innovation not only at R&D and industrial level but also creates synergies in new markets development," Mr Alessandro Franzoni, Alenia Aeronautica Chief Technical Officer, said.

HCL Technologies was selected based on its experience and expertise in the mechanical engineering services sector, as well as its experience in the aerospace industry, the release added.

According to Mr Rajeev Sawhney, President, Europe Operations, HCL Technologies, "This is a major development in the future design and manufacture of aircraft and signals a new era in the types of services we will be providing to the aerospace industry."

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