Aerospace manufacturing is soaring high as the India’s defence exports were estimated at 13,000 crore rupees (INR130bn, £1.3bn) in fiscal 2021-2022. The figures are impressive. A lot can be attributed to India’s BrahMos deal with the Philippines. As per this deal, India will export the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile to the Philippines. Over the last five years, the biggest beneficiary of India’s defence exports has been Myanmar. What is also impressive is that the private sector has contributed towards aerospace manufacturing, taking stride in the manned and unmanned aircraft categories. Fuselage and other parts of the aero engine are being manufactured in India for the world.
Since the last two years, the pandemic had caused a lull in the missions executed by the Indian Space Research Organisation. ISRO, the primary space agency of the Indian government, is now preparing to launch new missions with full gusto. For instance, it is...