• India's aerospace and defence sector shifts from manufacturing to indigenous IP creation.
• The country aims to own design intent, architecture, and certification pathways.
• Recent programmes demonstrate India's growing capabilities in systems engineering and design ownership.
• India's semiconductor mission and domestic fabrication capacity are early moves toward supply-chain sovereignty.

India's shift towards indigenous IP creation may indicate a growing desire for strategic autonomy in aerospace and defence. This could suggest a shift in the global landscape, where countries with deep engineering talent pools but historically thinner design ownership may now have opportunities to originate and own critical technologies, which could potentially disrupt traditional supply chains and create new market dynamics.