BENGALURU: India unveiled on Monday (Feb 6) its largest helicopter factory, which can turn out at least 1,000 aircraft a year, as part of a defence self-reliance push to counter China's growing assertiveness. New Delhi also announced a double-digit
BENGALURU: India unveiled on Monday its largest helicopter factory, which can turn out at least 1,000 aircraft a year, as part of a defence self-reliance push to counter China's growing assertiveness.t last week with an eye on its geopolitical rival, with which it shares a disputed northern border.
The new helicopter facility fulfils"our government's pledge to gradually reduce India's dependence on foreign countries for its defence needs", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said after the inauguration. What was trumpeted as Asia's largest helicopter factory would initially produce Indian-designed and developed Light Utility Helicopters and then expand to build other multirole helicopters.
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