The much-delayed maintenance, repair and overhaul facility jointly established by Air India and Boeing in India will be operational by mid-2014, the U.S. aircraft maker says. “The handover of the facility will be done by the end of this quarter or the next,” says Dinesh Keskar, senior vice president-sales, Asia Pacific and India, Boeing Commercial Aircraft.

NEW DELHI — India has unveiled its newly developed Pragati surface-to-surface missile, which features a range of 60-170 km. The missile, developed by the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), is being displayed at the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition ADEX-2013. “It is a proud moment for all of us in DRDO and for all our industry partners,” says Avinash Chander, DRDO chief and scientific adviser to the defense minister.

NEW DELHI — India will soon begin the sale and transfer of its sonar and radar technology to neighboring Myanmar as part of its effort to boost India’s domestic defense industry. “We’ve attained total indigenization in sonars and radars,” Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) chief Avinash Chander says. “We should work for a defense industry that sells its defense products to friendly nations.”