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Boeing Leads India’s First Public-Private Aerospace Research Consortium

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Friday, February 1st, 2008

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Boeing [BA] recently said it has entered into an agreement with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and two leading Indian information technology companies to develop wireless and other network technologies for aerospace-related applications. The agreement, signed by representatives from Boeing [BA] (http://www.boeing.com), IISc's Society for Innovation and Development (http://www.iisc.ernet.in), Wipro Technologies (http://www.wipro.com) a division of Wipro Limited [WIT], and HCL Technologies (http://www.hcltech.com), forms the Aerospace Network Research Consortium (ANRC). Led by Boeing, the ANRC is India's first public-private aerospace…

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