US companies may bag many civil aviation projects

Recently, Suresh Kumar, an Indian-American who is currently designated as the head of the US and Foreign Commercial Service of the US Department of Commerce , the trade promotion arm of the American government, revealed that, during Obama’s current visit, he plans to especially focus on the cooperation in the civil aviation industry between India and the United States. He said that there are talks that US companies are going to bag many civil aviation projects since India wants to build many new airports in its Tier-II and Tier-III cities and also needs many more aircraft.
Just a couple of weeks ago, the Government of India and USA were in the process of entering into Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA) which would eventually lead to mutual acceptance of aeronautical products/parts developed in either countries.
Subsequent to completion of all preparatory works, two very important activities towards achieving BASA have been recently completed. These are:
(a) ‘Technical Assessment’ of DGCA by FAA in eleven defined areas, and
(b) a shadow certification project where the DGCA carried out actual work and the FAA reviewed.
08/11/10 Economic Times

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Categories: Foreign Nov 2010, New Nov 2010