The ‘Colombo Air Symposium - 2023' is one of the significant events of the SLAF calendar which is the only knowledge sharing platform in the country to dialogue the outcomes of research and development of worldwide intellectuals in the field of aviation. The ‘CAS - 2023’ is intended to reach a broader audience this year in preparing the research papers from a multitude of disciplines including our sister services, the Ministry of Defence, national security think tanks, foreign service professionals of Sri Lanka and friendly foreign militaries stimulating a rich and far-reaching thought process, in realizing the challenges in the present and future.