New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer SA has signed a second memorandum of understanding with Hindalco Industries, Aditya Birla Group's metals flagship, as it seeks to identify local partners and suppliers.

This comes a little less than a month after Embraer and Gautam Adani-led Adani Defence & Aerospace signed an MoU on 27 January to manufacture regional transport aircraft in India. The collaboration aimed to develop a local ecosystem, including a final assembly line (FAL).

The MoU announced on Friday aims to identify possibilities in aerospace-grade aluminum raw material manufacturing to support Embraer's industrial initiatives, the planemaker said in a statement.

"This joint action reinforces our focus to ide...