Infotech Ent. and Dassault Aviation sign up for the IAF's MMRCA programme
15 Jul 2008
Saint Cloud, France/ Hyderabad, India: Technology solutions provider, Infotech Enterprises Ltd (IEL), headquartered in Hyderabad has signed an MoU with French defence and civil aerospace major, Dassault Aviation which will see Infotech and Saint Cloud-headquartered Dassault Aviation collaborate on activities related to the proposed medium range multi role combat aircraft (MMRCA) offset programme, launched by the ministry of defence, Government of India.
Dassault Aviation is one of the bidders for this large and strategically important Indian defence programme. Dassault has put up the Rafale fighter as its offering for the 126-fighter contract. Dassault is also contracted by the Indian government to upgrade the Indian Air Force's Mirage-2000 fleet.
Under the MoU, InfoTech will act as a technology partner to Dassault Aviation and will provide business driven solutions performing engineering, defence related business process and IT services to help the French company satisfy offset obligations.
The MoU will remain valid for a period of 5 years period and can be mutually extended.
BVR Mohan Reddy, chairman and managing director, Infotech Enterprises Ltd said that "Infotech is proud to be associated with Dassault Aviation and ministry of defence for this programme. Having completed over seven million engineering service hours on aerospace projects, Infotech has extensive knowledge in aerospace domain and offers a modular service concept that allows customers and partners, such as Dassault Aviation, to secure the services they need ranging from design to the manufacturing stage."
Charles Edelstenne, chairman and CEO, Dassault Aviation said, "It is a privilege to work with Infotech Enterprises for this significant programme which represents an important milestone for Dassault's business in India. This MoU would go a long way in enhancing strategic technology expertise of Dassault."
