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Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement, BASA, is being developed by India and US for the mutual acceptance of aeronautical products developed in either country.
According to the spokesperson of Indian Civil Aviation Ministry, the BASA will be completed in 2010, but will have a limited scope. The agreement will include skill upgrade of India's Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) certification experts.
The Indian authorities and industry capabilities will be assessed to check if they can undertake the certification and production work continuously so that they confirm to the standards of US Federal Aviation Administration.
FAA will be carrying out a "shadow certification exercise" with DGCA officials on a sample product which will assess if India's standard certification procedures can be used for approving high class aeronautical products.
The statement also added that US-India Aviation Cooperation Programme for a coordinated communication will also be established.
The programme will identify and support India's civil aviation sector modernization priorities, and would be a joint effort between ACP member-companies including Boeing, Prat and Whitney, GE and Honeywell.
The cost incurred for the programme has been estimated to be $371,700 which will be funded by the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA).
