Hindustan Aeronautics told to conduct Aero India 2023 in February

"Hon'ble Raksha Mantri (Defence Minister) has approved that the DDP will conduct the 14th edition of Aero India 2023 at Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru, from 13th- 17th February 2023"

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), which would customarily be the country’s premier exhibitor at Aero India 2023 in February, has instead been ordered by the defence ministry to focus on organising and conducting the air show instead.

A letter sent on Wednesday by the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) Department of Defence Production (DDP) to the Bengaluru-headquartered aerospace design and manufacturing company said: “It has been decided that HAL will be the nodal organisation on behalf of the MoD/DDP for the conduct of the 14th edition of Aero India 2023 (sic).” The letter, which was addressed directly to C B Ananthakrishnan, acting