Mumbai, Sept. 24 -- The consortium will participate in the expression of interest notice issued by Government of India's (GoI) Aeronautical Development Agency, by way of submitting a response in the coming weeks.

The partnership will leverage L&T's expertise in developing strategic defence and aerospace platforms, along with BEL's experience in defence electronics and systems, to jointly contribute to India's 5th -generation fighter aircraft.

In the past, L&T and BEL have played pivotal role in India's indigenous Light Combat Aircraft programme by supplying major aero-structure modules and developing mission-critical avionics and electronic systems.

S N Subrahmanyan, chairman & managing director, L&T, said: "The collaboration with BEL ...