Bengaluru: Global aerospace major Boeing on Friday announced expanding its engineering and technology operations here to focus on data analytics, internet-of-things, avionics, design, testing and research.
“The additional facility at our India Engineering and Technology Centre here will enable us to develop skills of our aerospace engineers and frontline factory workers,” said the US-based Boeing in a statement here.
The company’s Indian subsidiary, which opened the Centre in January at Bagmane Technology Park in the suburbs, will double the number of engineers by this year-end for optimal utilisation of its expanded facility.
The company, however, did not disclose the number of seats at the centre, how many engineers are working currently and how many it plans to hire in the next three months.
“The Centre will also support our products and systems in India and do research on next-generation innovations in aerospace,” it said.
Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha, who opened the new facility, commended Boeing for leveraging India’s talent and expertise for its advanced aerospace products and developing complex solutions for the world.
Endorsing Sinha’s view, Boeing India President Pratyush Kumar said the country offered the company huge growth potential for innovative and cutting-edge engineering.
“We are committed to build an innovative aerospace ecosystem in India for our global growth in productivity, efficiency, cost advantage and quality,” he added.
Boeing has recently tied up with the Civil Aviation Ministry and Air India Engineering Services Ltd to develop an aircraft maintenance engineers accelerated apprenticeship programme, with a view to improving the employability of aircraft maintenance engineers through training and hands-on experience with actual aircraft.
Boeing also provides software tools for efficient airspace management and decongestion at airports across the country.
