Procurement of Transport Aircraft by IAF

[sancho]

@ Sancho

If you ask me, I'd say state-run companies should not even be allowed to come 1000 ft near this deal.

Even if the foreign OEM routes tech transfer to NAL, whats the use?

- that we have a second big state owned company BESIDES HAL, that could take over such big licence productions and developments
- that NAL builds up the necessary infrastructure to develop and produce such aircrafts
- that NAL gets knowledge and experience for Saras, RTA 70, or similar fixedwing developments in future

PSUs like these have received a ton of such ToT from various companies and they have totally failed to put into effect any of it.

You get critical techs and knowhow only trough joint developments or when you take over other companies, that's why many privat companies form JVs or even take over foreign companies:

Kalyani Group artillery to be featured

...The Kalyani Group has also bought, knocked down and transported to India an entire operational artillery gun factory from Swiss company RUAG. Instead of learning the ropes of manufacturing artillery from scratch, Kalyani’s designers in Pune intend to absorb foreign technology, thereby leapfrogging an extended development process...

Kalyani Group artillery to be featured


And we have similar things in the aero sector too, Mahindra took over Gippsland Aeronautics (Mahindra Aerospace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) and TATA has bought parts of Piaggio Aero.

Mahindra engineers already have been engaged in fabricating aircraft like C-NM5 and GA-10, albeit not all by themselves.

Exactly, they jointly developed the C-NM5 with NAL!