The AUKUS deal was signed in 2021 with the US pushing out France, which was in talks with Australia to sell 12 conventional diesel-electric submarines.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
The Anglosphere countries are nobody’s allies nor friends. They had no compunctions in backstabbing France for this deal.
Good that the deal has been “tweaked”. Wish it falls apart and comes to nought.
Would be a real lesson for Australia.
The Anglosphere countries are nobody’s allies nor friends. They had no compunctions in backstabbing France for this deal.
Good that the deal has been “tweaked”. Wish it falls apart and comes to nought.
Would be a real lesson for Australia.