BANGALORE: HAL chairman RK Tyagi on Monday said the newly announced "Make in India" concept hold very good for the defence sector and has potential to raise defence manufacturing in the country from present 30% to 70% in the next few years.
"This could be achieved by making India hub of MRO business, by investing in Research and Technology processes and by focusing on development of skills in 70 plus trades related to the aerospace industry," he added. He was speaking at the Foundation Day Celebrations of Council of Scientific and Industrial (CSIR) in Bangalore.
Dr Tyagi outlined a five point agenda for galvanising the Research and Development scenario in the country. "The first step towards a better R&D set up is to increase the funding to the national research laboratories such as NAL significantly as they safeguard and protect the country's IP," he added.
The second point he made was to create an agency which is dedicated to disruptive research ideas within India on the lines of DARPA under Department of Defence in US, Phantom works in Boeing or Skunk works in Lockheed Martin.
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