IIT Madras signs agreement with IAF to develop solutions to maintain weapon systems

NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force (IAF) signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras on Wednesday to develop indigenous solutions to maintain various weapon systems.

"Under the ambit of the MoU, the IAF has identified key focus areas involving technology development and finding indigenous solutions towards sustenance of various weapon systems," the air force said in a statement here.

IIT Madras will provide consultancy duly supported by research for feasibility studies and prototype development, it said. IIT Madras in partnership with the IAF will significantly contribute to indigenisation efforts by the Base Repair Depots (BRDs) of the IAF's Maintenance Command, towards enhancing sustenance capability, obsolescence management and achieving self-reliance, the statement said.

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The agreement was signed by Air Commodore S Bahuja, Command Engineering Officer (Systems), Headquarters Maintenance Command, IAF, and Professor H S N Murthy, Head of Department Aerospace Engineering, IIT Madras, at an air force station in Delhi, it said.

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