The Indian Air Force (IAF) has been able to gain independence in maintenance of Russian-made Mi-17 1V choppers — second in the Mi-17 series of helicopters deployed with it. This is important because even though India has a sizeable number of aircraft of this make, with the latest Mi-17 V5 series too being inducted recently, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) has not parted with the technology in the 1V series.
Without transfer of technology (ToT) for the Mi-17 1V version, IAF was entirely dependent on the OEM.
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