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BIG INTERVIEW

INNOVATIONS IN THE SKY

Parag Wadhawan, Managing Director & Site Lead, Collins Aerospace, in the

following interview with Soumi Mitra, Editor-in-Chief, MMI talks about the
company’s technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global
aerospace and defense industry, the crucial role it has played in shaping India as
a major aerospace manufacturing hub, its roadmap to expand its presence in the

civil aviation industry, and the innovations in the offing…

Source: Collins Aerospace

Our readers would want to know has enabled us to support local a new location in Bengaluru's
more about Collins Aerospace and international governments, new Aerospace Park
in India and your technologi- aerospace Original Equipment Collins Aerospace’s products
cally advanced and intelligent Manufacturers (OEMs), and de- and capabilities across strategic
SOUMI MITRA solutions for the global Aero- fense contractors with full-life- business units include aftermar-
Editor-in-Chief space and Defense industry. cycle capability (design to man- ket services, customer account
Modern Manufacturing
India Parag Wadhawan: Collins ufacturing) that can help them management, engineering, tech-
soumi.mitra@ Aerospace was established in achieve a shorter time to mar- nology, operations, quality and
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1997 with the inauguration of ket, at a lower program or proj- strategic development. Collins’
its manufacturing facility in ect life-cycle cost, with innova- sites in India serve a substan-
Bangalore. Subsequently, Col- tive solutions. tial customer base including
lins expanded its presence by We currently have 5,500 em- international governments,
opening engineering centers in ployees across four locations in aerospace OEMs, and defense
Bangalore and Hyderabad. This India and are planning to open contractors. Our Federal Avia-

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