Boeing optimistic on Super Hornet sales to India

Posted on: Feb. 22nd, 2006 || Source: flightglobal.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

A burgeoning relationship between India and the USA is improving Boeing's optimism about selling its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to New Delhi as a replacement for its MiG-21 fleet.

Traditionally, India has looked to Russia or France for major purchases of military aircraft. However, as Mark Kronenberg, vice-president Asia-Pacific for Boeing Integrated Defense Systems business development said at the show yesterday, the growing links between the two nations’ armed forces “has really opened up some doors for us that weren’t there two years ago.

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