Defence News
Air Force bats for indigenisation
In its effort to indigenise tools, testers, and ground equipment, the Indian Air Force has put up an array of articles at the Punjab International Trade Expo (PITEX).
The aim is to involve local industries of the state to manufacture them here rather than to import them from other countries.
The PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry in association with the state government is organising the trade fair from December 7-11 at Ranjit Avenue in Amritsar.
In a three-section stall of the force, a number of Air Force officials have been deputed to inform the masses and vendors about the use of technology to produce such items.
A section has been dedicated to success stories displaying the items produced here in India. Such items were earlier exported from countries like Russia, France and Israel.
In the other section, all items, such as the set of plugs, charging devices, probe for thermocouple, to be indigenised have been put up.
The third segment has been kept for vendors’ interaction, where the Air Force officers will interact with the interested vendors.
Col HV Sharma, secretary, Defence and Sports Committee, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said, “Indigenisation of our tools, testers, and ground equipment shall help us in long run. We have required technology.
There is no need to get them imported from other countries. Our vendors can make it here.
This is for the first time that the Air Force has come to PITEX. We want traders, manufacturing units to come here.”
