pune former chief of air staff air chief marshal p v naik on friday said the country needs a clear and comprehensive policy and the national will to become a dominant force in aerospace power which is bound to play a critical role in all future conflicts we need to invest in aerospace industry and aerospace technologies considering that aerospace power is the future naik said while delivering the air marshal y v malse memorial lecture at the university of punes yashwantrao chavan national centre of international security and defence analysis ycnisda air marshal retd b n gokhale chaired the session naik who was speaking on future of aerospace power with special reference to india said with development and infusion of new and emerging technologies the future aerospace power will offer many more options to our leaders in times of crisis the policy makers need to realize the significance of creating an apt support system for developing aerospace power and also realize their role as a key stakeholder in promoting all efforts aimed at meeting this objective the need is for institutionalizing processes in a way so that decisions taken cannot be reversed similarly we need a regulatory mechanism like the federal aviation authority faa in us or the national aeronautical commission that was being talked about in the past to control all aspects of aerospace power he said naik gave a broad overview of the prevailing geopolitical and geostrategic environment and the threat perceptions including nuclear weapons and terrorism while stating that india has to dominate full spectrum of aerospace power wars and conflicts in recent times have shown that aerospace power alone cannot win an entire war but no war can be won without deployment of aerospace power aerospace power has to be looked beyond air space and military element the focus also needs to be on support structure starting with civil aviation a strong technology base a vast pool of trained and techsavy manpower strong manufacturing sector network of labs adaptability to new technology and impeccable process to ensure quality consciousness and control he said naik pointed out that aerospace technology will continue to evolve with new engine designs artificial intelligence instrumentation communication and computing power metallurgical advancement and weapon systems capable of controlled destruction and nonlethal air to surface strikes more complex situations will demand remotely piloted aircraft all these elements will be intelligently interwoven in the inland security aspects too he said