After years of setbacks, this ambitious project—conceived in the 1980s to equip India’s indigenous combat aircraft with an Indian heart—has found new wings under the ‘Make in India’ and ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ campaigns. Godrej Aerospace's deliveries to inflight testing approvals, is more than just a technical milestone; it’s a national statement. Today India is crafting its own destiny in the fiercely contested skies of aerospace dominance.