Antony asks DRDO to share research projects with pvt agencies

[thestringshredder]

Antony asks DRDO to share research projects with pvt agencies

Against the backdrop of delay in providing critical technologies to armed forces, Defence Minister A K Antony today asked DRDO to focus on major programmes and give away the low-end research projects to the private sector.

"In order to be able to focus the DRDO's energy on mission mode projects, the task of carrying out low-end research must be given away to the private sector and the industries," he said at a meeting of the Consultative Committee of his ministry.

Antony said the premier research agency was spending nearly 80 per cent of its budget on mission mode projects. These projects includes the missile programmes and developing heavy equipment for the armed forces.

Several of DRDO projects such as the MBT Arjun, LCA Tejas, Nag anti-tank missile have seen several time and cost overruns.

The Minister also informed the meeting that DRDO has already implemented major recommendations of Rama Rao Committee.

"Based on these recommendations seven technology clusters have been created in the new organisational set-up of DRDO at different locations, each headed by an empowered Director General," he said.

The meeting also congratulated the DRDO for the Initial Operational Clearance-II for the LCA, which is scheduled tomorrow at Bangalore.

The meeting was attended among others by Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh, Defence Secretary RK Mathur, DRDO chief Avinash Chander and Secretary (Defence Production) GC Pati.

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[he-man]

yes,finally he makes sense.

i have been saying this for a while now.

also rafale deal must go to reliance with inputs fro the HAL guys,if they need more bonus money then it should be increased too.steps such as these need to be taken

 

[Dandpatta]

But why Reliance? Why not Tata who are far ahead in the game of aero-infra?

 

[he-man]

But why Reliance? Why not Tata who are far ahead in the game of aero-infra?

dassault favours reliance

makes no diff,it will do better job than HAL though i suggest again that HAL should serve as the technical superviser and help reliance here even if we need to bump up the salary of HAL guys.

private industry will get a shot in the arm with this,and we all knowthat HAL is too preoccupied at the moment to start producing another aircraft now.

it must focus on tejas instead and mki

 

[Abingdonboy]

yes,finally he makes sense.

i have been saying this for a while now.

also rafale deal must go to reliance with inputs fro the HAL guys,if they need more bonus money then it should be increased too.steps such as these need to be taken

Forget that- Reliance are the LAST pvt sector entity you want involved, give it to TATA or L&T or M&M. But in this case as it will be ADA/HAL working on the AMCA and LCA Mk.2 it's pest the ToT goes to these guys for the Rafale.

 

[he-man]

Forget that- Reliance are the LAST pvt sector entity you want involved, give it to TATA or L&T or M&M. But in this case as it will be ADA/HAL working on the AMCA and LCA Mk.2 it's pest the ToT goes to these guys for the Rafale.

sorry to say i don't agree with u

HAL is useless to absorb any meaningful tot and it gains nothing new fro rafale that s diff fro the mki or even tejas.

it has proved its over the years that its totally incapable

reliance needs the chance as it has huge and deep pockets unlike land t and even tata

 

[Water Car Engineer]

HAL too.

I would love to see Dhruv or LUH cabines, etc. be pumped out of TATA's helicopter factory in Hyderabad.

Or parts of HAL Sitara out of Mahindras new plant in Bangalore.

If these guys wanted to or had room for it of course.