December 04, 2007 (DefenceIndia News Service)

Assenting to launch a technical expansion hub in India, Wipro Technologies the flagship global IT services business of Wipro Ltd has signed an accord to work with BAE systems on commercial aerospace projects. The agreement was signed by the Wipro Technologies and BAE systems on 29th November 2007 in Bangalore.

Marking the latest event, BAE Systems VP India, Mike Mendoza said, "This is an important partnership and the start of what we hope will be a very successful relationship for both Wipro and BAE Systems. BAE Systems has chosen a world class long term partner in India with the expertise to help improve product competitiveness. Wipro is an internationally renowned company with excellent technical capability and high business performance business that fits well with BAE Systems."

According to this agreement, both the companies will set up a technical development centre in India to work on ventures enveloping a range of systems for BAE Systems Platform Solutions in the commercial Aerospace sphere.

In the latest agreement, Wipro offers BAE Systems its ace quality of product engineering leadership that leverages on profound technology implementation knowledge attained after a hard work of twenty years.

Highlighting the WIPRO'S intrinsic worth, Chief Operating Officer, Wipro Technologies, Dr. A. L. Rao said, "Wipro is proud to partner with an acknowledged leader like BAE Systems on commercial aerospace initiatives. Our proven Global Delivery Model and domain specific quality certifications like AS 9100, coupled with our demonstrated capability in complex product engineering will provide faster time to market advantage to BAE for new product developments and also aid in making BAE systems products and services more competitive."

Further, Wipro's product engineering service will provide BAE Systems with

• Aerospace & Defence address Avionics
• Systems Design
• Satellite Navigation
• Embedded Computing Systems
• Communication Systems
• Mechanical Engineering
• PLM and Technical Publications

On the other hand, BAE Systems programs will benefit through a concentrated engineering talent consortium, access to new markets and flexible business models that will facilitate them to bring out great performance at customers end.

Besides, the partnership is on the footsteps of a Memorandum of Agreement signed by BAE Systems and Wipro in June, 2007. To begin with, the agreement is with BAE Systems Electronics and Integrated Solutions, but in the extended period, these provisions will potentially expand to other BAE Systems business units as well.