India Air Force Chief urges to design and produce defence systems locally

India Today

Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh emphasised the need to not only produce but also design and develop defence systems within India. Highlighting the crucial role of air power in modern warfare, including during Operation Sindoor, he called for deeper trust between the armed forces and domestic industry to enhance self-reliance in defence manufacturing.

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00:00Seafaring nation and we need to be the big naval power.

00:06But I think whether it's land power or naval power, air force will always remain.

00:11The air power will have to be interesting to both these.

00:13Any kind of operations that we do, we can't do it without air power.

00:17And I think that has been proved very well during these operations also.

00:21So our focus as far as air power is concerned, we need to make sure that, you know,

00:29we have to have the capability plus the capacity.

00:36This again has been alluded to today.

00:38We cannot just talk about producing in India.

00:44We need to start designing and developing in India also.

00:47And when it comes to producing in numbers, the capacity comes in.

00:51So we need to have this trust between the forces and the industry continued.

01:01We need to have the communication continued.

01:05We need to be open with each other.

01:07We need to be very open and forthright with each other so that this relationship doesn't break down anywhere.

01:14You know, I am, that,

01:18Pranjaya parvachana jaya,

01:21I am just told today only.

01:24I think that is something that we have to do.

01:26That the one thing we have committed committed,

01:28I am not listening to myself.

01:31Well, let's go.

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