CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Air Works and Boeing signed a strategic collaboration last year for the MRO of two critical Boeing defence platforms in India - the P-8I operated by the Indian Navy (IN) and the VIP transport fleet (BBJ) operated by the Indian Air Force (IAF).

Detailed explanation-2: -Air Works, an Indian MRO company, is partnering with the Boeing Company to conduct heavy maintenance checks on three Indian Navy P-8i maritime patrol aircraft.

Detailed explanation-3: -The partnerships will help Boeing make key technological advances.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Indian Navy (IN) has received six Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare helicopters.

Detailed explanation-5: -Currently, India operates two aircraft carriers – Russian-built INS Vikramaditya and indigenously built INS Vikrant, a 40,000 tonne vessel.