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IAF Wants an Air Marshal to Head HAL


The Indian Air Force (IAF) has made a proposal to the Government that one of its Air Marshals be appointed as the chief of the aerospace PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).

"We have proposed that a senior IAF three-star officer be considered for the post," IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne told a press conference here.

He said IAF spends around 70 per cent of its budget for the PSU and therefore it should have a say in the affairs of the largest aerospace company in the country.

The IAF has put forth Air Vice Marshal P P Reddy's name for the post. The officer is currently posted at the Gandhinagar-based South Western Air Command and is expected to pick up his next rank very soon.

The previous air chief had proposed Air Marshal M Matheshwaran's name for the post, but that proposal was not cleared by the Ministry.

The IAF is in the process of signing deals worth over USD 20 billion in the next few years and most of the projects would be undertaken by HAL only.

The Defence Ministry has agreed to HAL's disinvestment for helping its expansion and modernisation plans.

In reply to a query on shortage of officers, the IAF chief said the force was short of 541 pilots and expected the gap to be filled up by the end of 2014-15.

Asked about the preparations by IAF for securing the island territories in Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep, he said within next three to four years, the force will deploy its elements there for strengthening the capabilities of the full-fledged tri-services command located there.

Meanwhile, commenting on the responsibilities of the IAF, Browne said that earlier India's strategic interest were defined from Gulf of Aden to Straits of Malacca and then northwards.

"That was earlier but as global footprint of India increases, IAF will be called upon to serve India’s interests wherever the capacity or whatever our capacity lie," he said.

Asked if the expanding strategic interests meant that India was becoming expeditionary, the IAF chief said, "No, we are not going to go a fight someone else’s war for someone else. There is a difference between strategic interests and expeditionary forces."

He said by 2022, India would gain the capability to look after its strategic interests.

Browne said the three defence plans including the 11th, 12th and the 13th were key for IAF's modernisation as in this period the force will see maximum movement in this direction.

"The major change will happen in the 11th and the beginning of the 12th Plan. In mid 12th plan, we will be in certainly comfortable position," he said.
FILED ON: OCT 03, 2011


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Good idea, perhaps the co-ordination on what the IAF wants and what HAL delivers will improve further.
 
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We also allow retired Army top officers to cast the election present rules does not allow any army officer to cast the election
 
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Bureaucracy will not allow it but its the need of hours IAf have to move like the way Indian Navy have shown.
 
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Following the league of PAF after decades - Good work , its never too late.
 
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Following the league of PAF after decades - Good work , its never too late.



Yaar ur army/AF/N controls whole nation some time they become president of pakistan or Chairman of top govt. companies but this thread is exclusively for IAF so can u excuse us of us rant?????????

Can u?????????
 
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Yaar ur army/AF/N controls whole nation some time they become president of pakistan or Chairman of top govt. companies but this thread is exclusively for IAF so can u excuse us of us rant?????????

Can u?????????

Just laugh it off mate.. just laugh it off..
 
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PAF controls PAC which makes it much more efficient , if the military does not take these facilities over they may well land in the hands of crooks. I bet if IAF would have taken this step 30 years ago LCA would have been deployed in squadrons today and all flying coffins would have been replaced in time.
 
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No Way..A company should be headed by Management professionals not a military person..
 
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No major aircraft manufacturer (Boeing, Northrop Grumman, SAAB, Dassault etc) in the world is headed by a serving Armed Forces officer yet they roll out world class airplanes and in most cases they do it inside budget. Why can't HAL do that? The answer is simple ...HAL is a PSU with no stress on efficiency and economy.

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No Way..A company should be headed by Management professionals not a military person..

Agreed. We should not follow the Pakistani way of appointing Armed officers as the head of everything ranging from aircraft manufacturing co to cement companies.
 
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The strange thing is not that Pakistan gets more than its share of military dictators, but over a period of time, they seem to have started liking it.. Stockholm syndrome at a national level ..

Worry about "incredibbbble" india, I have been there, and done that. And leave the Pakistanis to worry about there own country.
 
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Worry about "incredibbbble" india, I have been there, and done that. And leave the Pakistanis to worry about there own country.

But if this forum is taken as an example, Pakistanis worry more about India than their land.
 
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The armed forces must stay away from manufacturing weapons. HAL can be divested to private corporates and a professional management must run the show. Now that HAL is going to be a listed company, there would be some pressure from market forces to show better performance. Some of the DRDO aviation labs may be merged into HAL to integrate product development with manufacturing.
 
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