Friday, December 20, 2013

DRDO Set to Increase Desi Components on LCA

Bangalore: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is gearing up to cut the important content onboard Tejas in an effort to erase the tag that India’s home-grown fighter flies on some videshi might.
This again is in line with the oft-repeated ‘make-in-India’ philosophy of Defence Minister A K Antony. While the IOC-2 will be definitely a breather for DRDO and its autonomous wing  ADA, the defence scientists are now channelising their energies in developing more indigenous components for Tejas.
DRDO’s most prominent voice Dr K Tamil Mani, Director-General (Aeronautical Systems), said his organisation is working parallel to get a few Indian weapons integrated on Tejas.
20/12/13 New Indian Express
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