Dr. R.K Tyagi, President of Aeronautical Society of India called for strengthening the indigenous aviation ecosystem of Defence forces in India at Naval Aviation Innovation exposition held at Kochi on 11th July, 2018.
He talked about the growing opportunities for production in aerospace and defence industries in India. Dr Tyagi also pointed out about many good initiatives like Revised Make II Procedure, Third Party Inspections, Defence Planning Committee, Defence Production Corridors in Tamil Nadu and U.P., among others.
He also asked for better technology management, higher allocation of budget of defence forces and allow important national projects like LCA, AMCA, UAVs.
In the inaugural session, the efforts of Indian Navy were also highly appreciated for the development of technology and naval systems.