A Flying Start to Aero India 2025

In a prelude to what can be expected this year from Aero India show, in a landmark moment, CAS, Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh, and COAS, General Upendra Dwivedi, flew a sortie together in the indigenous LCA Tejas on February 9, 2025 at Yelahanka, Bengaluru. This is the first instance of two service chiefs to have flown together on an indigenous fighter aircraft. The flight highlighted the 'Atmanirbharta' and 'Make in India' initiatives that will be the focus at Aero India 2025, the hands-on approach of the armed forces leadership in engaging and promoting these domestic resources, India's advancing indigenous defence capabilities and the growing synergy & jointness among the armed forces.