<p>New Delhi: A nation has to become "industrially strong" and full spectrum self-sufficiency is required in defence, especially in the aerospace sector, Deputy Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit said on Friday.</p><p>Delivering a keynote address at an international conference here, he also said it is being seen that <em>atmanirbharta</em> (self-dependence) is becoming more and more important after the "two wars" happening around us in the world.</p><p>The conference, titled <em>Energising Indian Aerospace Industry: Challenges for Aatmanirbhar Bharat</em> and hosted at Manekshaw Centre in Delhi Cantonment, is being attended by many other senior officers of the Indian Air Force and representatives of various leading defence industry firms.</p>.India closes in on self-reliance in defence.<p>"Every nation wants to become self-reliant, <em>atmanirbhar</em>. And we are seeing that after these two wars happening around us in the world, it is becoming more and more important," Air Marshal Dixit said.</p><p>His remarks come in the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Israel-Hamas conflict.</p><p>He emphasised the need for <em>atmanirbharta</em> in the IAF and the challenges that the force faces at present as it forges ahead.</p><p>"We have to become industrially strong, full spectrum self-sufficiency is required in defence, especially in the aerospace sector," the deputy chief of the air staff said.</p><p>He also shared a historical aspect of manufacturing of IAF aircraft in India in the 1950s and the force's journey in the realm in the decades that followed.</p><p>"Today, the situation has become such that if a user doesn't come forward and drive this whole gamut of <em>atmanirbharta</em>, I don't think it is going to be successful," he added.</p><p>Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM) and air force think-tank Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS) are also co-organisers of the event.</p>
<p>New Delhi: A nation has to become "industrially strong" and full spectrum self-sufficiency is required in defence, especially in the aerospace sector, Deputy Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit said on Friday.</p><p>Delivering a keynote address at an international conference here, he also said it is being seen that <em>atmanirbharta</em> (self-dependence) is becoming more and more important after the "two wars" happening around us in the world.</p><p>The conference, titled <em>Energising Indian Aerospace Industry: Challenges for Aatmanirbhar Bharat</em> and hosted at Manekshaw Centre in Delhi Cantonment, is being attended by many other senior officers of the Indian Air Force and representatives of various leading defence industry firms.</p>.India closes in on self-reliance in defence.<p>"Every nation wants to become self-reliant, <em>atmanirbhar</em>. And we are seeing that after these two wars happening around us in the world, it is becoming more and more important," Air Marshal Dixit said.</p><p>His remarks come in the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Israel-Hamas conflict.</p><p>He emphasised the need for <em>atmanirbharta</em> in the IAF and the challenges that the force faces at present as it forges ahead.</p><p>"We have to become industrially strong, full spectrum self-sufficiency is required in defence, especially in the aerospace sector," the deputy chief of the air staff said.</p><p>He also shared a historical aspect of manufacturing of IAF aircraft in India in the 1950s and the force's journey in the realm in the decades that followed.</p><p>"Today, the situation has become such that if a user doesn't come forward and drive this whole gamut of <em>atmanirbharta</em>, I don't think it is going to be successful," he added.</p><p>Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM) and air force think-tank Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS) are also co-organisers of the event.</p>