‘Indian industry must build MRO capability with reverse engineering’
Upgradation of Mi-17 helicopters holds huge opportunities, says Air Marshal Shera
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has challenges to maintain ageing aircraft and Indian Industry needs to build capability in reverse engineering, said Air Marshal RKS Shera, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Maintenance Command, Indian Air Force.
Addressing FICCI’s technical session on MRO Opportunities and Simulators, Air Marshal Shera said that military aviation overhaul is very different from civil aviation. The depth of overhaul in the military is much higher.
Flexible processes
He said that about 700 vendors are engaged with IAF Base Repair Depots (BRDs) and industry has far more opportunities before it. He emphasised that industry, R&D and academia need to come under one roof to find path-breaking solutions in MRO.
