An interesting development.
Reuters
Britain's BAE Systems is in talks with Indian aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) to jointly make Hawk advanced jet trainers in India for the global market, the Mint newspaper reported on Tuesday.
State-run HAL currently manufactures the aircraft under license from BAE Systems for the Indian Air Force, Mint said.
The paper reported that HAL chairman Ashok K. Baweja said in an e-mail to it that both firms were doing a feasibility study for the joint venture, which would also focus on doing repair and overhaul of the Hawk aircraft, sold by BAE Systems worldwide.
I had hoped that the new RAF Hawks would at least lead to more work for UK factories! But maybe things won't be that simple.