Indian outsourcing company HCL Technologies has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to provide R&D over a ‘multi-year period’.

HCL will provide engineering, prototype designs and IT services to UK based avionics company Cobham.

Tom Garvey, vice president of operations at Cobham's Avionics and Surveillance Division, said: “We expect that this relationship with HCL Technologies will support our agility and further boost growth."