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...The $100 billion Tata group’s strategic aerospace and defence arm, Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL), has scaled up operations across its seven lines of manufacturing and is preparing to bid for building full aircraft in the next three to five years.
To start with, TASL is eyeing a defence ministry contract to manufacture 56 military transport planes to replace an ageing fleet of Avro jets with the Indian Air Force (IAF) at an estimated cost of Rs.11,900 crore ($1.9 billion)...
Tata unit eyes defence sector opportunities - Livemint
Finally, TATA gets it's act together and start looking at Indian defence needs!