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Govt panel calls on pvt sector to fill gaps in capabilities of IAF
Hindustan Times Gurugram
|March 04, 2025
A top government committee on Monday recommended a raft of short and long-term measures to boost the capabilities of the Indian Air Force (IAF), which is grappling with a shortage of fighter squadrons, pointing out that it was critical to enhance self-reliance in the aerospace sector through increased participation of the private sector to fill critical gaps, officials aware of the matter said.
NEW DELHI:
The committee's report, classified "secret", comes at a time when the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, has publicly flagged concerns about a worrying erosion of capabilities and called for urgent measures to address it.
Defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh presented the report of the empowered committee for capability enhancement of the IAF to defence minister Rajnath Singh, days after the IAF chief admitted that the air force was "very badly off in numbers", adding that it must induct 40 fighter jets every year to stay combat ready.
This story is from the March 04, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Gurugram.
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