Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Awadhesh Kumar Bharti, on Tuesday stressed that India's defence sector is making significant strides towards self-reliance, with the Indian Air Force (IAF) actively pursuing indigenous projects.
Addressing Aero Tech India 2025 organised by FICCI in partnership with CAPSS, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Awadhesh Kumar Bharti, SYSM AVSM VM, told industry leaders and policymakers that even 99 per cent indigenous content was insufficient if critical components remained impor
Deputy Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Awadhesh Kumar Bharti called for indigenisation in the defence sector to win future wars and flagged concern over "painfully slow" progress towards operationalisation.