NAGPUR (PTI): The Indian Air Force is all set to independently manufacture its first aircraft and the task has been entrusted to 11 Base Repair Depot (BRD) of the Head Quarters Maintenance Command (MC) in Nashik, a top IAF official said.
"It will be a trainer aircraft. Though manufacturing of the aircraft is going to take some longer period, the step initiated by the IAF will be a milestone," Air Marshal P Kanakaraj, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Maintenance Command, told reporters on the eve of IAF anniversary.
The Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), which was manufacturing the fighter aircraft for armed forces, was overloaded with indent and therefore IAF has decided to go for manufacturing indigenously at its Nashik BRD, Kanakaraj said.
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