Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Indian Air Force, IIT Bombay Sign Flight Testing MoA
The Indian Air Force and IIT Bombay have agreed to work together on a master’s degree.
The degree will teach students about flight testing.
Flight testing checks how well aircraft and aviation systems work.
The Air Force will provide practical knowledge from its operations.
IIT Bombay will contribute academic and technology expertise.
Together, they want to build specialised education and research in this field.
This work can support the development and evaluation of aircraft.
It can also help with the eventual induction of aviation systems.
The Indian Air Force and IIT Bombay signed an MoA for a master’s degree in flight testing.
The initiative combines the IAF’s operational expertise with IIT Bombay’s academic and technological strengths.
It will create specialised educational and research capabilities in flight testing.
Flight testing is important for developing, evaluating and inducting aircraft and aviation systems.
The programme focuses on strengthening expertise in a specialised aviation field.
- Who
- The Indian Air Force and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
- What
- They signed an MoA for a master’s degree in flight testing.
- Why
- To combine operational, academic and technological expertise and create specialised education and research capabilities in flight testing.
- Participants
- Indian Air Force and IIT Bombay
- Agreement
- MoA for a master’s degree in flight testing
- Academic focus
- Flight testing
- IAF contribution
- Operational expertise
- IIT Bombay contribution
- Academic and technological strengths
- Intended outcome
- Specialised educational and research capabilities
- Relevance
- Development, evaluation and induction of aircraft and aviation systems