Indian Aircraft Industry - Hardcover

Air Cmde Jasjit Singh; AVSM; Vrc; VM; IAF (Retd)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9380502516 ISBN 13: 9789380502519

Publisher: KW Publishers Pvt Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

During the Nehru era, the aircraft industry rested on three strands of self-reliance: indigenous design and development, licensed manufacture, and outright import in some cases. Unfortunately, after the 1962 War, the need for expansion of the IAF led to enormous demands of modern aircraft of all types, and the country s defence needs were mostly met by licensed production of hundreds of fighter and transport aircraft and helicopters. We seemed to have become complacent (or incapable of professional thinking). In the process, the self-reliance model of three strands shrank to just two strands, with indigenous design and development, which is the most crucial element in creating autonomy in aircraft and other industrial enterprises, suffering a serious setback amounting to neglect for more than three decades.

About this title

About the Author:

Air Commodore Jasjit Singh, AVSM VrC VM, is the recipient of the Padma Bhushan for a life-time s contribution to national defence and security as the country s leading defence expert. He headed India s premier think-tank, the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) for 14 years till 2001. Since then, he is the Director of the Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi, and has authored many books, including Air Power in Modern Warfare; India s Defence Spending; Defence from the Skies; and The ICON (biography of Marshal of the IAF Arjan Singh), etc. He is a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, and has lectured extensively in defence and

About this edition

• Publisher: KW Publishers Pvt Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 9380502516
• ISBN 13: 9789380502519
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 294