Rao Inderjit Singh on Tuesday said the government is taking a number of measures to promote indigenous development and manufacture of defence equipment, adding that the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) 2016, revised offset policy, and enhanced FDI in the defence sector are some such measures that offer several incentives to the private industry to participate in defence production.
Addressing a one-day seminar on 'Make in India for Indian Air Force' in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at Air Force Auditorium, Subroto Park, here, Singh said, "The Indian Air Force has prepared its indigenisation requirements for future technologies and new weapon system capabilities that they plan to induct in the form of this booklet."
Before releasing the booklet on 'Indigenisation Roadmap for the Indian Air Force', he said, "It would provide useful inputs to the industry to map their potential with the requirements of the Indian Air Force."
Delivering the inaugural address, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said, "IAF is in the process of modernising and expanding its inventory to keep up with the changing geo-political scenario and emerging threat perception."
"There exists a huge potential for indigenisation in the manufacturing of capital equipment and their maintenance spares. Economical and optimal exploitation of such a potential by the Indian Industry would lead to greater self reliance," he added.
In the morning session topics such as 'Indigenisation of Capital Equipment' and 'Indigenisation for Maintenance and Sustenance of Aircraft Fleets and systems' were covered, while in the afternoon session 'Quality Assurance and Certification of Indigenious Equipment' and 'MRO in Military Aviation : IAF perspective and Industry Capability' were discussed.