Lockheed Martin to make fighter aircrafts wings prototype in India

Tags: Defence

• US defence company Lockheed Martin  has selected Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructures Ltd (TLMAL) as a potential future co-producer of fighter aircraft wings in India.
• TLMAL, is   a joint venture between Tata Advanced Systems Ltd and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics of the United States.
• Lockheed Martin and TLMAL had in 2018 entered into an agreement to develop a fighter plane wings prototype at its Hyderabad  plant.
• Lockheed Martin is a major defence company of the United States which manufactures a number of defence products like F-16,F-21,F-22,F-35.
• It wants to sell F-22 fighter aircraft to India.