The manufacturers, nowadays, are offering serviceability (sometimes 70-80 percent) along with its purchase enabling it to be operational at all times. India is on its path of engaging private sector for not only manufacturing, but also MRO capabilities and training in the area of defence. This trend is only the beginning of a new chapter in the history of Indian military aviation. With the increase in the number of civil and military aircrafts, more and more global MRO companies are planning to offer engineering services by forming joint ventures with Indian firms. To meet the demand in advanced services, several domestic and overseas aviation players are entering MRO industry even with JV and partnership with Indian Companies.

In the modern operational environment there is an inevitable need to keep war fighting equipment and systems readily available especially for a country like India which cannot splurge into costly procurements. Given the vast expanse of the theatre of operations and varied terrain, this indeed seems to be challenging. To overcome this there is a need to evolve a strategy to integrate the multi-dimensional industrial base and derive a service-oriented solution aiming at reducing repair cycle time, inventory overhang and repair costs. This would ensure low lifecycle sustainment costs without compromising on a high mission reliability of equipment and systems.