Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh on Thursday said “technology delayed is technology denied” and that there was no point having something which came after others have got already. Air Chief Marshal Singh emphasised that technology development should be swift as things were changing fast with the advent of disruptive technologies. "Not only just technology, technology staying in a lab. The IAF chief pitched for achieving greater self-reliance in building unmanned aerial systems and other critical defence technologies.