Vice President visits HAL facilities
The Vice President, Mr Venkaiah Naidu, paid his maiden visit to HAL facilities accompanied by Mr Thaawarchand Gehlot, Governor of Karnataka on 20 August. “I am assured of our nation’s security and safety after seeing this impressive infrastructure in aerospace and defence,” he stated in his address to senior officers of HAL and ADA. He hailed the ongoing public-private partnership in various defence projects of HAL and said all efforts should be made to develop cutting-edge technologies indigenously to strengthen India’s defence against the background of the complex geo-politics. The dignitaries visited LCH, ALH Hangars, and LCA Tejas division.