U.S. Clears Military Deal With India

据美国国务院上周发给国会的一份告知函称，国务院已批准了波音公司(Boeing Co.)向印度出售8架海上侦察机的交易。交易价值为21.3亿美元。波音说，印度海军将是这种P-8侦察机的第一家国际客户。这种飞机能够执行远程侦察和反潜艇作战防御任务。国务院在介绍交易情况时说，这一机型与波音737商用飞机采用同样的机身设计。印度早些时候斥资10亿美元从洛克希德马丁公司(Lockheed Martin Corp.)购买了C-130J战术运输机。当时外界就预计，与波音的这笔交易会获得批准。印度军方制定了庞大的现代化战略，计划未来5年进行大笔采购，其中包括126架战斗机。波音和洛克希德马丁一直在向印度政府争取这批合同。合同总价估计在80-100亿美元。波音称，首架飞机将在两年内交付，其余7架将在2015年前交付。美印企业委员会(U.S.-India Business Council)主管Nikhil Khanna说，这次采购将有助于印度海军在印度洋侦察方面扮演更积极的角色，特别是在马六甲海峡等主要航运通道上。该委员会支持美国增加在印投资。去年，美国企业和印度之间的关系得到显著加强，一项原子能项目协议打开了通向快速发展的印度民用核能市场的大门。美国国务院在告知函中表示，波音将参与一项对印度的“分包计划”，这是一些国家对获得合同的外国公司要求的一种做法，即这些外国公司必须同意与买家所在国的公司签署分包合同。波音的分包计划中包括工程制造维护及集合物流等项目，总额6.413亿美元。Louise Radnofsky相关阅读波音公司2009年计划裁员10,000人 2009-01-29空客2008年新增订单领先波音 2009-01-14波音“梦想”飞机命运多坎坷 2008-12-12 本文涉及股票或公司document.write (truthmeter('2009年03月18日14:42', 'BA'));波音公司英文名称：Boeing Co.总部地点：美国上市地点：纽约证交所股票代码：BA


The State Department has given the green light to a $2.13 billion deal between Boeing Co. and India for eight maritime patrol aircraft, according to a notification sent by the department to Congress last week.The Indian navy will be Boeing's first international customer for the P-8 aircraft, a long-range reconnaissance and antisubmarine warfare defense system, the company said. The aircraft is based on Boeing's commercial 737 airframe, the State Department said in its description of the transaction.India earlier purchased $1 billion of C-130J tactical airlifter planes from Lockheed Martin Corp., and approval of the deal with Boeing was expected.India's military has an ambitious modernization strategy with a number of big-ticket acquisitions planned for the next five years, including 126 fighter jets. Boeing and Lockheed Martin have been courting the Indian government for that contract, which has an estimated value of between $8 billion and $10 billion.Boeing has said that the first aircraft will be delivered within two years, and the remaining seven by 2015.Nikhil Khanna, a director of the U.S.-India Business Council, said the purchase could help India's navy take a more active role in patrolling the Indian Ocean, particularly major shipping lanes such as the Strait of Malacca. The council advocates increased U.S. investment in India.The relationship between U.S. businesses and India was boosted significantly last year by a nuclear pact which opened the door to the fast-growing Indian civilian nuclear market.The State Department notification said that Boeing would take part in an 'offset arrangement' with India, a requirement issued by some countries in which a foreign company receiving a contract must agree to subcontract to firms in the buyer's country.The arrangement included in the Boeing deal was for $641.3 million worth of engineering, manufacturing, maintenance and integrated logistics projects.Louise Radnofsky