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VIDEO | Delhi: Addressing Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS) and Indian Military Review (IMR) joint seminar, Air Marshal Yalla Umesh, Maintenance Command of the IAF, says, “The complexity of operational tempo and the environment of military aviation demand high-performance systems with exceptional reliability, maintained in an operational state at all times. The military aerospace manufacturing industry has largely grown around licensed manufacturing of airframe structures based on foreign Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) designs. Engines, aggregates, accessories, and avionics are usually supplied as kits. Even when these are manufactured within India, foreign OEMs maintain tight control over critical parts, technology, processes, and raw materials. In essence, we continue to depend on foreign OEMs. This dependency, along with geopolitics, commercial considerations, obsolescence, and OEMs shifting focus to newer products, compels countries like ours to seek sustainable solutions beyond OEM support.”
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