Every dated status change and builder update, newest first. Progress is the plot.
2026-07-15High-purity semiconductor-grade silicon wafers → No capability · India currently produces zero commercial-scale semiconductor-grade silicon wafers and remains fully dependent on imports; only small-scale R&D and prototype efforts exist.status
2026-07-15On-chip precision passive components → No capability · No evidence of Indian design or fabrication capability for on-chip integrated passive components; India imports all advanced IC designs and relies on foundry partners overseas for complex analog/mixed-signal chips requiring integrated passives.status
2026-07-15Analog IC design expertise → Emerging · R&D and programmes exist (academic, multinational centres, startups) but no indigenous production of competitive analog ICs at scale; India remains highly import-dependent.status
2026-07-15Cleanroom fabrication facility → Demonstrated · Micron's commercial OSAT cleanroom facility (500,000 sqft) opened in Sanand, Gujarat in Feb 2026; multiple other commercial cleanroom assembly/test facilities are operational or near-operational, but no indigenously-developed advanced wafer fab cleanroom exists yet.status
2026-07-15SiC epitaxial growth → Emerging · DRDO achieved 4-inch SiC wafer production and GaN/SiC MMICs in November 2024; RIR Power Electronics began epitaxy wafer production phase-1 planned for December 2025; no volume manufacturing yet.status
2026-07-15DRAM capacitor cell architecture → No capability · India operates only OSAT (assembly/test) facilities for finished DRAM wafers; no indigenous DRAM capacitor cell design or wafer fabrication; India Semiconductor Mission targets mature nodes (28nm+), not memory.status
2026-07-15High-aspect-ratio etching → No capability · India lacks any indigenous capability to design, manufacture, or deploy high-aspect-ratio etching equipment; all systems are imported from global vendors; research use only at academic labs.status
2026-07-15Specialized precision-engineering supplier ecosystem → No capability · No indigenous production ecosystem exists; India is fully dependent on imports for fab equipment, with only nascent engineering services and component suppliers, none operating at production scale for semiconductor-grade precision components.status
2026-07-15NAND flash memory chip → Emerging · Micron's ATMP facility began volume production in Feb 2026 for DRAM and NAND assembly/testing of imported wafers; no wafer fab or chip design capability exists domestically.status
2026-07-15SiC wafer slicing and polishing → Emerging · DRDO has demonstrated ingot growth and fabricated 4-inch epi-ready SiC wafers (2024); commercial fab projects announced (SiCSem, RIR) are pre-production; no operational end-to-end slicing/polishing line yet reported.status
2026-07-15Wafer fab process integration → Emerging · Government-backed programmes exist with fabs under active construction and first silicon targeted for late 2026, but no production-scale indigenous capability yet demonstrated.status
2026-07-15DO-178C/DO-254 software & hardware qualification → No capability · No evidence of indigenous DO-178C/DO-254 certification authority or capability framework; India uses CEMILAC (military) and DGCA frameworks that reference global standards without establishing independent assessment bodies.status
2026-07-15Digital avionics architecture and computing → Emerging · Working indigenous avionics integration exists on Tejas and NETRA platforms, but mostly at subsystem level; no indigenous full-stack modular avionics architecture has been fielded; semiconductor and core computing hardware remain imported.status
2026-07-15Near-isothermal forging → Demonstrated · DRDO achieved working prototypes of 5-stage HPC discs with 200+ components produced and supplied to HAL for Adour engines, gaining airworthiness certification by 2021; however, production remains limited and technology has not yet reached full competitive scale.status
2026-07-15Hypersonic re-entry aerodynamics and winged-body design → Demonstrated · ISRO's RLV-TD achieved successful hypersonic flight (Mach 5) in 2016 and multiple autonomous landings; working ORV prototype in development phase with orbital test planned within two years.status
2026-07-15Air-data and inertial sensor suite → Emerging · DILABS and Aeron have developed MEMS-based INS, air-data computers, and AHRS units now entering UAV and fighter platforms, but commercial-grade ADIRU systems with ring-laser gyroscopes remain imported; technology is demonstrated but not yet producing at scale.status
2026-07-15Autonomous precision landing navigation → Demonstrated · India successfully executed autonomous precision lunar landing (Chandrayaan-3, Aug 2023) and multiple autonomous reusable vehicle landing experiments (RLV-LEX series 2023-2024), but no production-scale autonomous landing system for operational missions yet deployed.status
2026-07-15Relaxed static stability aerodynamic design → Demonstrated · India has a fielded, in-service aircraft (Tejas Mk1) using RSS with indigenous digital fly-by-wire; two operational squadrons since 2016, but limited production scale and quantity.status
2026-07-15High-purity YSZ and rare-earth zirconate powder synthesis → No capability · No evidence of indigenous high-purity YSZ or rare-earth zirconate powder production at aero-engine specification; India relies on imports for defence thermal barrier coating materials.status
2026-07-15High-bypass turbofan design and integration → No capability · No indigenous high-bypass turbofan exists in India; all commercial and large transport aircraft depend entirely on foreign engines or licensed assembly.status
2026-07-15Military turbofan engine → Emerging · The dry Kaveri variant is in flight-testing certification phase with Godrej delivering limited serial production units (D1 September 2025, D2-D3 Q1 2026); the full-thrust afterburning variant passed a full-burner test in February 2026 but remains pre-operational and heavily import-dependent overall.status
2026-07-15High-temperature superalloys → Emerging · DMRL has demonstrated single-crystal blade casting capability at limited scale; MIDHANI and Aerolloy are establishing production facilities; no indigenous high-temperature superalloy engines fielded.status
2026-07-15Carbon-fibre composite manufacturing for large aero structures → Emerging · India has demonstrated prototype and small-series CFRP manufacturing for aerospace components (wings, fuselage sections) and operates research facilities producing standard-modulus carbon fibre, but no large-scale commercial production of primary aerostructures and zero indigenous carbon fibre precursor capacity.status
2026-07-15Quadruplex redundant flight control computer hardware → Demonstrated · India has successfully designed, built, and certified a quadruplex digital flight control computer for the HAL Tejas LCA, which is in operational service with the Indian Air Force; however, production remains limited to domestic platforms and has not achieved competitive export presence or industrial-scale manufacturing.status
2026-07-15Real-time flight-certified sensor suite → Emerging · GTRE has integrated sensors for ground and altitude testing of Kaveri; infrastructure for flight testing (flying testbeds, NAETC) planned but not yet operational; no flight-certified indigenous suite in service.status
2026-07-15Flight management system → Emerging · HAL and DRDO developing avionics subsystems (flight control, mission computers, displays) integrated into aircraft like Tejas, but no standalone indigenous FMS product for commercial or military scale deployment.status
2026-07-15Vacuum investment casting → Demonstrated · DMRL has delivered functional single-crystal HPT blade castings (60 units to HAL in 2021, ongoing vane production in 2024), meeting airworthiness certification, but production scale remains limited to research quantities and machining capability remains outsourced.status
2026-07-15Reusable thermal protection system → Demonstrated · ISRO successfully flight-tested RLV-TD with ~600 indigenous heat-resistant tiles in 2016, exposed to hypersonic reentry; RLV-ORV program aims orbital-scale validation by 2027–28, but production maturity and multi-flight durability not yet established.status
2026-07-15Electro-hydraulic flight control actuators → Demonstrated · India has demonstrated indigenous secondary electro-hydraulic servo-actuators (leading-edge slats and airbrakes) for Tejas Mark 1A with successful flight trials completed as of April 2024; primary flight control actuators remain in integration testing phase.status
2026-07-15Digital engine control → Demonstrated · HAL's indigenous FADEC passed ground evaluation and achieved flight test clearance in 2025; DRDO's Kaveri engine incorporated a FADEC derivative (KADECU); but no production deployment on operational fighter aircraft yet.status