HCL Tech inks $15mn deal with Alenia Aeronautica

New Delhi: HCL Technologies has declared a $15-million contract with Alenia Aeronautica to offer engineering services that would support the improvement of the C-27J Spartan production line. Under the terms of the deal, HCL Technologies will convert most of the existing structural design material of the C-27J program into electronic format, migrate it into a product lifecycle management (PLM) system and will carry out most of the engineering activities that have been planned to support the industrial improvement of the aircraft production line. This deal represents a first move into a potential growing cooperation between Alenia Aeronautica, comprising its subsidiaries Alenia SIA and Quadrics, and HCL and also reinforces Alenia Aeronautica''s interest in the Indian aerospace & defence industry.