Supply Chain Success story
TCS partners with
Saab to establish
Aeronautical Design &
Development Centre
lobal IT services, business Industrial Services Limited (TISL), which come about on the basis of mutual interest
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solutions and outsourcing firm, oversees and monitors contracts, was after due diligence from both sides. The
Tata Consultancy Services instrumental in forging this cooperation. imperative for this partnership is to enable
(TCS), has partnered with Saab TISL’s managing director, Ms.Uma Pillai, Saab to establish a strong footprint in India
to establish an Aeronautical said: “The formation of the ADDC is the first and to have access to aerospace expertise
Design & Development Centre (ADDC) in step in harnessing the potential of the two within TCS. At the same time, TCS can add
Bangalore, India. Saab serves the global global organisations in aerospace and value to its aerospace portfolio with this
market with a range of products, services and defence sector.” relationship and move up in the value chain.”
solutions ranging from military defence to civil
security. The ADDC will create a single source Raja Suresh Babu, global head, Aerospace The ADDC project has already been initiated,
of design and development capabilities within Vertical within Engineering and Industrial with 10 TCS engineers currently working
India, addressing domestic & global defence Services, TCS, added: “The ADDC project on Saab’s Gripen NG (next generation)
and civil aeronautical applications. combines Saab’s 70 years of aeronautical programme. TCS will participate in the
experience with TCS’s capabilities as a well- design activities for the Grippen NG
The ADDC’s capabilities will include: design & established global provider of advanced programme, spanning the areas of
development of structures and systems for new consultancy services. The cooperation has structures, aero-systems and avionics. circlesolid
platforms; performance studies and virtual
prototyping; aircraft sustenance engineering,
manufacturing support, production and
aftermarket support, life extension and
upgrade programmes, avionics and mission-
critical software development. The ADDC
will be a single-stop engineering solutions
provider across the entire aircraft development
life cycle. In addition to aircraft and airborne
systems, the ADDC will also provide design
services for ground systems that support
aircraft operations; such as simulators, etc.
Saab CEO Åke Svensson said of the new
partnership: “This cooperation is not limited
to any specific product, but is aimed towards
building a joint capability to leverage
collective strengths across the globe.”
The announcement of the award of the first contract to ADDC at a press conference
Mr. S Ramadorai, TCS’s CEO and managing held at Aero India, Bangalore, last month. From left to right: Inderjit Sial, director
director, commented: “This partnership has
Industrial Cooperation, Saab International India; Jan Widerström, country head &
a strong blend of Saab’s technology
vice-president, Saab International; Kjell Möller, executive vice-president, Saab AB;
Regu Ayyaswamy, vice-president and global head, Engineering and Industrial
solutions and TCS’s global engineering
Services, TCS; Kamesh Gupta, chief operating officer, Tata Industrial Services; and
model to address the growing opportunities
Eddy De LaMotte, director India, Gripen International.
in the aerospace and defence sector.” Tata
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