Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has indicated that it would be moving into the homeland and aerospace sectors and has taken on board Dr Vivek Lall, Vice President, Boeing Defense, Space & Security, India and also a former NASA scientist.

As both the markets – aerospace and homeland security—is set to grow phenomenally in India, Reliance has indicated that it would be a major player, but is yet to make formal announcements of the plans. The Mukesh Ambani-led group is looking at cutting-edge homeland security solutions market and also the aerospace sector. RIL’s entry into homeland and aerospace security could have a far bigger impact than the entry of Indian groups such as Tata, L&T and Mahindras.

Vivek has held numerous leadership roles in marketing and engineering at Boeing including manager in the Airplane Performance and Propulsion group. Prior to Boeing he worked for Raytheon and with NASA Ames Research Center in various multidisciplinary engineering fields. He also worked as an adjunct faculty member at Embry-Riddle, McConnell Air Force Base while working at Raytheon. He taught classes in aerodynamics and propulsion for aircraft and spacecraft to US Air Force and Boeing personnel.