Hyderabad, May 9 -- Telangana Minister for Irrigation and Civil Supplies N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Friday said the state is firmly positioning itself as a national leader in aerospace and defence manufacturing and expressed confidence that by 2030, it would emerge as India's undisputed Aerospace and Defence CapitalHe recalled his own association with the defence services as a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force and shared his experience of serving as ADC to the President of India after retiring from active flying following a forced ejection from a fighter aircraft.

Addressing the gathering during the post-lunch session of "MSME Spark 3.0 - Aerospace & Defence Manufacturing" conference organised by the Federation of Telangana Chambers of Co...