印度空军高层领导人敦促更快地进行国防非本土化,以实现战略自主和减少进口。 India's top air force leaders urge faster defence indigenisation to achieve strategic autonomy and reduce imports.

空军元帅Awadhesh Kumar Bharti敦促印度的国防本土化取得更快的进展, 认为目前将概念转化为操作系统的速度“相当缓慢”。 Air Marshal Awadhesh Kumar Bharti urged faster progress in India’s defence indigenisation, calling the current pace of turning concepts into operational systems "painfully slow." 他在2025年Aero Tech India的发言中强调,关键技术,如安全芯片、超声波和空间资产,需要战略自主权,警告全球伙伴可能不会分享敏感技术。 Speaking at Aero Tech India 2025, he stressed the need for strategic autonomy in key technologies like secure chips, hypersonics, and space assets, warning that global partners may not share sensitive tech. 他呼吁进行“飞跃式”创新推动和更有力的研发、基础设施和产业合作,以满足未来的战争需求,包括AI驱动的系统和无人机群。 He called for a "leapfrogging" innovation push and stronger R&D, infrastructure, and industry collaboration to meet future warfare demands, including AI-driven systems and drone swarms. 空军副元帅阿尼尔·戈兰尼(Retd)强调了Tejas战斗机计划每年创造12 000个工作岗位,到2030年将国防部门的MSME基地增加到近16 000个的潜力,同时强调需要减少对进口的依赖并开发下一代武器。 Air Vice Marshal Anil Golani (Retd) highlighted the Tejas fighter program’s potential to create 12,000 jobs annually and grow the defence sector’s MSME base to nearly 16,000 by 2030, while emphasizing the need to reduce import dependence and develop next-generation weapons.