Overview

• Naidu offered 10,000 acres in Lepakshi-Madakasira for new HAL production sites, triggering debate over shifting existing Bengaluru units.
• Karnataka leaders, including Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, said current HAL operations in Bengaluru and Tumakuru must remain intact while welcoming any fresh expansion within the state.
• Industry Minister M.B. Patil plans to meet Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi to argue that Karnataka merits a defence corridor after Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu received theirs.
• The Defence Ministry approved the execution model for the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft programme, tasking the Aeronautical Development Agency and HAL with advancing India’s indigenous fighter development.
• Andhra Pradesh’s chief minister’s office clarified that its request focused on hosting future HAL expansion rather than relocating existing manufacturing units.