The five-day mega event began on a sombre note, a day after two aircrafts of Surya Kiran, IAF’s aerobatics team, collided mid air, killing a pilot and injuring two others who ejected to safety
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday invited investors to capitalise on the ecosystem in aero space and other sectors in India which offered a big market for defence manufacturing.
In her inaugural remarks at the Aero India 2019, the 12th edition of Asia’s premier air show at the Yelahanka air base here, Sitharaman made a strong pitch for ‘Make in India” and referred to a slew of initiatives taken by the government, including permitting 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in defence manufacturing.
