AP to become Aerospace and Defence Hub with new policy: Nara Lokesh
The policy aims to establish a comprehensive framework that supports anchor units, centres of excellence, startup incubation, and facilitates technology transfer.
Minister Lokesh emphasised that the initiative seeks to bolster India's self-sufficiency in the aerospace and defence sectors while creating jobs in newly established industrial clusters across the state.
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