{"id":18426,"date":"2018-08-09T17:37:36","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T17:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/09\/indias-audit-agency-questions-213b-deal-with-boeing\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:07:13","slug":"indias-audit-agency-questions-213b-deal-with-boeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2018\/08\/09\/indias-audit-agency-questions-213b-deal-with-boeing\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s audit agency questions $2.13B deal with Boeing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEW DELHI \u2014 India\u2019s audit agency is questioning the decision by the Ministry of Defence to award a $2.13 billion contract to Boeing for eight P8-I Poseidon anti-submarine warfare aircraft in January 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Comptroller and Auditor General, or CAG, says the MoD awarded the contract to the American firm without the product support cost, while the rival company, CASA, was asked to refurbish the additional cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CAG\u2019s audit report, tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, said the \u201cMoD inflated the financial bid of EADS\/CASA of Spain to include a 20-year product support cost package for its [maritime version of A-319] aircraft while ignoring this element in respect of Boeing. At a later date, Boeing offered the product support for its [maritime version Boeing 737] aircraft under a separate negotiable contract and consequently the deduced ranking of Boeing, as lowest bidder, or L-1, turned out to be incorrect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A spokesperson for Boeing in India declined to comment for this story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CAG stated that although a separate product support package was negotiated with Boeing, the overall package for anti-submarine aircraft offered by the company was more expensive than that offered by EADS\/CASA.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2018\/08\/06\/the-light-attack-aircraft-competition-will-be-down-to-two-competitors\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AIR-light-attack-4-web.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The light-attack aircraft competition will be down to two competitors<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. Air Force put out a pre-solicitation for its light-attack aircraft program &#8230; but it&#039;s still not ready to say it will definitely buy new aircraft.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also asserted that under the $2.13 billion contract, Boeing was asked to execute offset contracts worth $614.2 million with Indian companies to be completed within seven years, but it has begun this process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is mandatory in India for overseas defense companies to discharge offsets \u2014 a minimum of 30 percent of the total value of the defense contract inked; the offset obligations can been fulfilled through either transfer of technology, direct purchase of components and systems from Indian defense companies, or creating specific manufacturing facilities and investments in skill, development and training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overseas defense companies sometimes find it difficult to find the right Indian partners to execute offset contracts, which can cause a delay in implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CAG has accused Boeing of claiming offset credits on the mere placement of purchase orders, defeating the very purpose of offset obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2018\/08\/08\/uk-reports-massive-uptick-in-defense-exports\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-632654716-1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">UK reports massive uptick in defense exports<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Britain\u2019s defense exports recorded a 53 percent increase, figures released by the government show.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBoeing cannot be blamed alone for this,&#8221; one MoD official said. \u201cCurrently there is a huge gap between the filing of claims and award of (offset) credits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that in the past 10 years, no Indian defense company has won an order against a global tender to make use of the discharge of offsets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report also claims that desired critical equipment for the P8-I did not meet the Indian Navy\u2019s requirements. 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