299: INDIAN AIR FORCE ALWAYS SUPPORTS ATMANIRBHARTA (Part 2)

Written by: Air Marshal M Matheswaran AVSM VM PhD (Retd)

Chairman & President,      

The Peninsula Foundation

Chennai                             

 

The IAF has been an ardent supporter of indigenisation since independence. Indigenisation involves not just design and production alone, as commonly perceived. It has a lot more effectiveness and importance when seen from the perspective of self-sustenance and indigenous solutions. These are enumerated below as various examples of success stories:-

 

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298: LCA Tejas Project

Tejas, the Indian Indigenous fighter aircraft of India has been in the news for the ongoing export talks with various countries. The Tejas has had a long developmental history, and has evolved over the years into a formidable machine.

 

Had an interesting discussion on the subject with Aadi Achint on DEF – TALKS

 

 

For selective viewing please view from indicated time tags:-

  1. Introduction (00:00).
  1. Tejas Project (Timelines, present status, future plans, Tejas Navy project, and relevant aspects of cost and challenges) (01:10 onwards).
  1. Export Prospects and related issues (20:20 onwards).
  1. Aspects related to past progress of the project and future export possibility(28:33 onwards).
  1. Lessons in this regard from Ukraine War(37:14 onwards).
  1. Necessity of entering the global market to sustain domestic defence industry and production(42:30 onwards).

 

Link to

Article on how IAF supports Self-reliance / Atmanirbharta.

 

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297: Golf Humour Revisited

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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