De-politicise defence acquisition processes

There’s many a slip between the cup and the lip. AgustaWestland101 VVIP helicopter should have made its maiden flight on Friday carrying President Pranab Mukherjee from Jaisalmer to Pokharan to witness Exercise Iron Fist, the IAF’s premier air power demonstration held every two years. Instead, he will travel in the ageing though modified Mi8 helicopter.

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