Air Force Chief Spells Out Priorities Before Indian Cuts
AIN NEWS LIVE FROM AEROINDIA » 2013 by NEELAM MATHEWS Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne is having to spell out spending priorities with a cut in India's defense budget looming large. February 7, 2013, 2:57 PM Following Indian defense minister A.K Antony’s revelation to AIN yesterday that the country’s defense budget will be cut for the next fiscal year beginning in April, Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne has laid out the Indian Air Force priorities for procurement. “There are a number of projects in the final stages,” he told a February 7 press conference at the Aero India show. “They include the C-130J for special operations, 22 [Apache] attack helicopters, 15 heavy lift helicopters and tankers. The mother of all, as you [media] call it, is the MMRCA [medium multi-role combat aircraft]. In my view, it takes the highest priority.” The Air Chief Marshal also talked about a need to en...