The Indian Air Force desperately needs modern AWACS aircraft in large numbers, but it has inducted only three Netra Mk1 jets in the past decade, leaving major gaps in its long-range aerial surveillance capability. Armchair Perspectives looks at India's AWACS journey and how it plans to shore up the numbers in the coming decade.

In this podcast, Armchair Perspectives explores India's struggles to produce jet engines powerful enough to run modern fighter aircraft, and how the government and the Indian Air Force are building partnerships with major overseas companies to slowly arm the domestic industry with technologies needed to built jet engines of the future.

The Air chief gave his soldiers a taste of war, publicly chided the HAL, laid Mig-21s to rest, and spearheaded the country's largest fighter aircraft acquisition.