Moving up the development chain, Tata Consultancy and Infosys have designed and manufactured parts of Boeing (nyse: BA - news - people ) and Airbus aircraft wings in India, and Tata does design and drafting work from China for Canadian aircraftmaker Bombardier.

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The F-35 contract Lockheed beat out Boeing ( BA) for almost a decade ago is so huge because the government opted to make just one basic aircraft design serve all branches.

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