Tejas and Defence Indigenisation: Significance of Internal Balancing
ndigenisation is not simply about creating a defence ecosystem where indigenous development weapons can thrive, it is equally getting the end-users
Editorial Staff
Tejas and Defence Indigenisation: Significance of Internal Balancing Indigenisation is not simply about creating a defence ecosystem where indigenous development weapons can thrive, it is equally getting the end-users — the Indian armed services to change their attitude towards Indian Research and Development by reposing greater faith with the Indian defence industry. Power and interests of supplier States matter. Weapons acquisition from overseas is one area where the Indian State is acutely vulnerable by Kartik Bommakanti The decision by the Modi government to award Rs. 48,000 crores to the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautical Limited (HAL) TEJAS MK-1A for investment and integration in a native light fighter in to the Indian Air Force was long overdue. Although 50 percent of the TEJAS MK-1A’s components, including most prominently its American built General Electric engine, Israeli Elta Radar and British Avionics are imported, nevertheless the basic design, the composite materials used for the aircraft, mathematical proficiency and metallurgy undergirding…
