Indian aerospace and defence firms believe that uninterrupted and
timely supply remains critical for their credibility.
In a decisive
measure to protect Karnataka
based companies that manufacture parts and systems for the assembly lines of
global aerospace and defence (A&D) majors like Boeing and Airbus, the state
government has exempted local A&D manufacturers from the nationwide
anti-Covid-19 lockdown and permitted them to resume manufacturing activities
with immediate effect.
“…The State
Government hereby [exempts] industries supplying to Defence
& Aerospace manufacturing… from the purview of the Lockdown and further
to relax the restrictions imposed on the movement of workers and staff working
in these industrial units,” stated a circular issued on Wednesday by Gaurav
Gupta, the principle secretary in Karnataka’s commerce and industries
department.
This comes as a
relief to Karnataka’s A&D manufacturing firms, consisting mostly of medium,
small and micro enterprises (MSMEs) such as Dynamatic Technologies, Rossell
India Ltd and Sasmos, who are, for certain components and systems, the sole
suppliers to Boeing production lines in the US and the Airbus assembly line in
Toulouse, France.
For example,
Dynamatic builds “flap track beam assemblies” for all 58 single-aisle airliners
that Airbus assembles each month. Without the on-time delivery of this crucial
system, Airbus’ assembly of A-318, A-319, A-320 and A-321 airliners in France
(54 per month) and China (four per month) would grind to a halt.
Indian A&D
firms believe that uninterrupted and timely supply remains critical for their
credibility. In the US and France, A&D production continues, even as other
factories and shops have been shuttered to stop the spread of Covid-19. The US
federal government has ordered the A&D industry’s 2.5 million employees to
continue reporting for work, after the defence industry lobbied Congress and
the Pentagon for a special dispensation on the grounds of national security.
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