Made in India military weapons and support systems

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Ministry of Defence
21-March, 2017 14:29 IST
Becoming Self-Reliant in Defence Manufacturing

Government is pursuing initiatives to achieve higher levels of indigenisation and self reliance in the defence sector by harnessing the capabilities of the public and private sector industries in the country. These measures include according priority and preference to procurement from Indian vendors and liberalization of the licensing regime.
The expenditure on Capital acquisition from foreign vendors and the percentage of such expenditure to the total expenditure on Capital acquisition during each of the last three years is as under:-


Year
Expenditures
(Rs. in crore)

2013-14
35082.10 (52.47%)

2014-15
24992.36 (38.11%)

2015-16
22422.12 (36.30%)

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to CH. Sukhram Singh Yadav and others in Rajya Sabha today.

 

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Ministry of Defence
24-March, 2017 19:33 IST
Defence Minister Hands Over Indigenous DRDO Naval Systems

The Minister of Defence, Finance and Corporate Affairs Shri Arun Jaitley handed over three Naval Systems indigenously developedby Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to the Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Sunil Lanba here today. The Minister also released two other products developed by DRDO namelyIP-based Secure Phone and the Gallium Nitride Technology. Speaking on the occasion Shri Jaitley remarked that DRDO is becoming an important instrument for self-reliance of the nation. He stated that some of the best innovations have come from the pool of scientists of DRDO. The Defence Minister also said that great societies and nations are made through people working on important tasks in anonymity, like the DRDO scientists who were honoured today. Shri Jaitley also said that in the modern world, societies that invent and innovate will make faster progress.

The Minister gave away the annual DRDO awards in various categories during the function. Apart from the scientists and teams who won awards in various vistas of technological excellence, the Advanced Systems Laboratory, Hyderabad and the Microwave Tube Research & Development Centre, Bangalore won the coveted Silicon Trophy and Titanium Trophy respectively.

The Naval Systems handed over to the Indian Navy are USHUS-II Submarine Sonar, Directing Gear for Hull Mounted Sonar Array, and RLG based Inertial Navigation System for Ship Applications (INS-SA). The export potential of DRDO technologies also received due recognition during the function, with the announcement of the bagging of export order for DRDO-developed torpedo to Myanmar.

Speaking on the occasion Dr. Subhash Bhamre, Minister of State for Defence said DRDO is playing an important role in self-reliance of Defence Forces and the export potential of the Organisation is finding a place in the global Defence market. He congratulated all the awardees and their families.

Chairman, DRDO and Secretary, Department of Defence (R&D)Dr. S Christopher in his address said the Defence Acquisition Council cleared order value of DRDO products has gone uptoRs. 2.56 lakh crore out of which about Rs. 1 lakh crore was in the last two years alone.

Sonars are the eyes and ears of a submarine under water. DRDO has developed the State-of-the-Art submarine sonar suite, USHUS-II, a highly evolved compendium of multiple sensors. The constituent sonars in the suite include passive sonar, active sonar, intercept sonar, obstacle avoidance sonar and underwater telephony.

Directing Gear is an electro-mechanical system that supports the transducer array of hull-mounted ship sonar systems and rotates it at a controlled speed for in-situ acoustic calibration at Harbour and Sea.

The Inertial Navigation System, based on indigenous Ring Laser Gyroscopes, provides vital information on the ship's position coordinates and heading for steering it to its destination accurately. It features high speed processor, multi-constellation Sat Nav receiver, ship specific interfaces and innovative algorithms.

With the emergence of Gallium Nitride as a state-of-the-art material for MMIC applications, DRDO has established this futuristic technology, which will substantially help in the development of next generation radars, seekers and communication systems, for application in Light Combat Aircraft.

The Secure IP Phone incorporates an indigenous encryption algorithm on a trustworthy hardware platform to provide a high level of secrecy to voice and data, for communication of strategic and tactical plans of the Armed Forces.

The function was also attended by senior functionaries of the Ministry of Defence, Indian Navy, DRDO and industry partners.

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Ministry of Defence
24-March, 2017 14:44 IST
Ordnance Factory Board

Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) was established in 1979. It is a departmentally run production organization functioning under the Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence and manufactures Arms, Ammunitions, Artillery Guns, Tanks, Combat Vehicles, Troop Comfort items and other equipment required by the Armed Forces. It serves as a dedicated production base for military hardware needs of the Armed Forces, with a view to achieve self-reliance in defence preparedness of the country.

Performance of OFB in terms of value of issue during the last three years and current year is as below:

(Rs. in Crore)

2013-14
11,123

2014-15
11,364

2015-16
13,047

2016-17
(till February 2017)
12,426

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Laxmi Narayan Yadav in Lok Sabha today.

Ministry of Defence
24-March, 2017 14:42 IST
Manufacturing Defence Equipment

The Defence Production Policy promulgated by the Government, aims at achieving substantive self-reliance in the design, development and production of equipment, weapon systems, platforms required for defence in as early a time frame as possible, creating conditions conducive for private industry to play an active role in this endeavour; enhancing potential of SMEs in indigenisation and broadening the defence R&D base of the country.

In pursuance of the aforesaid Policy and ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Government, the steps taken by the Government, inter-alia include:-


• In order to promote indigenous design and development of defence equipment, a new category of procurement ‘Buy (Indian-IDDM (Indigenously designed, developed and manufactured))’ has been introduced in Defence Procurement Procedure-2016 and the same has been accorded top most priority for procurement of capital equipment. The ‘Make’ Procedure has been simplified with provisions for funding of 90 % of development cost by the Government to Indian industry for design, develop and manufacture of defence equipment.


• FDI Policy has been revised and under the revised policy, FDI upto 49% is allowed through automatic route and beyond 49% under Government approval route wherever it is likely to result in access to modern technology or for other reasons to be recorded.


• Industrial licensing regime for Indian manufacturers has been liberalised and most of the components/ parts/ sub-systems have been taken out from the list of defence products requiring Industrial Licence. This has reduced entry barriers for new entrants in this sector, particularly SMEs. The initial validity of Industrial Licence has been increased from 3 years to 15 years with a provision to further extend it by 3 years on a case to case basis.


• Issues related to level-playing field between Indian & foreign manufacturers, and between public sector & private sector have also been addressed. These include Exchange Rate Variation (ERV) protection for all Indian vendors, removing anomalies in customs/ excise duty etc.

• Offset guidelines have been made flexible by allowing change of Indian Offset Partners (IOPs) and offset components, even in signed contracts. Foreign Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) are now not required to indicate the details of IOPs and products at the time of signing of contracts. Services as an avenue of offset have been re-instated.


• The process for export clearance has been streamlined and made transparent & online.

During the last three years and the current financial year, 34 FDI proposals were received for consideration of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), out of which, 17 have been approved. The FDI equity inflow for April 2013-December 2016 in defence sector is 1 million USD.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Ajay Misra Teni and Smt Poonamben Maadam in Lok Sabha today.


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Ministry of Defence
24-March, 2017 14:41 IST
Defence Manufacturing



Since the launch of ‘Make in India’ in September 2014, several measures have been taken by the Government to promote indigenous design, development and manufacture of defence & aerospace equipment in the country by harnessing the capabilities of the public and private sector. These measures inter alia include:

· The Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) has been revised and has come into effect from 1st April 2016. A new category of procurement ‘Buy {Indian-IDDM (Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured)}’ has been introduced in DPP-2016 which has been accorded top most priority for procurement of capital equipment. Besides this, preference has been accorded to ‘Buy (Indian)’ and ‘Buy and Make (Indian)’ categories of capital acquisition over ‘Buy (Global)’ & ‘Buy & Make (Global)’ categories. The ‘Make’ Procedure has been simplified with provisions for funding of 90% of development cost by the Government to Indian industry and reserving projects not exceeding development cost of Rs. 10 crore (Government funded) and Rs. 3 crore (Industry funded) for MSMEs.

· FDI Policy has been revised and under the revised policy, FDI upto 49% is allowed through automatic route and beyond 49% under Government approval route wherever it is likely to result in access to modern technology or for other reasons to be recorded.

· Industrial licensing regime for Indian manufacturers has been liberalised and most of the components / parts / sub-systems have been taken out from the list of defence products requiring Industrial Licence. This has reduced entry barriers for new entrants in this sector, particularly SMEs. The initial validity of Industrial Licence has been increased from 3 years to 15 years with a provision to further extend it by 3 years on a case to case basis.

· Issues related to level-playing field between Indian & foreign manufacturers, and between public sector & private sector have also been addressed. These include Exchange Rate Variation (ERV) protection for all Indian vendors, removing anomalies in customs / excise duty etc.

· Offset guidelines have been made flexible by allowing change of Indian Offset Partners (IOPs) and offset components, even in signed contracts. Foreign Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) are now not required to indicate the details of IOPs and products at the time of signing of contracts. ‘Services’ as an avenue of offset have been re-instated.

· The process for export clearance has been streamlined and made transparent & online.

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) under Ministry of Commerce & Industry, administers ‘Modified Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme (MIIUS)’ for upgradation of common industrial infrastructure in Industrial Clusters in the country. Project proposals for Defence and Aero Manufacturing Clusters are also considered under MIIUS.

The Ministry of Commerce & Industry has received following two proposals related to Defence and Aerospace manufacturing sector:-

· The first project proposal was for establishment of Defence park at Sanand Industrial Estate, under MIIUS, from Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC). Since, DIPP had already approved two other non-defence project proposals under MIIUS, this proposal could not be considered due to cap of two projects per State in MIIUS guidelines.

· Another proposal was received from Dholera Industrial City Development Limited (DICDL), Government of Gujarat for seeking support and guidance for attracting major Aerospace and Defence manufacturing companies to invest in Dholera. DIPP had advised to DICDL to take up the proposal for establishment of Aerospace and Defence manufacturing park in Dholera with associations like Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) etc.


This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shrimati Jayashreeben Patel and others in Lok Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
24-March, 2017 14:41 IST
Defence Procurement Policy

Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP)-2016, which has come into effect from April 2016, focuses on institutionalising, streamlining and simplifying defence procurement procedure to give a boost to “Make in India” initiative of the Government of India, by promoting indigenous design, development and manufacturing of defence equipment, platforms, systems and sub-systems. The key features of revised DPP, promoting ‘Make in India’ inter alia include:-


• A new category of procurement ‘Buy {Indian-IDDM (Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured)}’ has been introduced in Defence Procurement Procedure-2016 and the same has been accorded top most priority for procurement of capital equipment.


• Preference has been accorded to ‘Buy (Indian)’ and ‘Buy and Make (Indian)’ categories of capital acquisition over ‘Buy (Global)’ & ‘Buy & Make (Global)’ categories.


• Requirement of Indigenous content has been enhanced / rationalised for various categories of capital acquisition.


• The ‘Make’ Procedure has been simplified with provisions for funding of 90 % of development cost by the government to Indian industry and reserving projects not exceeding development cost of Rs. 10 crore (government funded) and Rs. 3 crore (industry funded) for MSMEs.

The following achievement have been made by the Government under this programme:-


• Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) accorded approval of 136 capital procurement cases at an estimated cost of Rs. 4,00,714/- crore during the last two financial years (2014-15 and 2015-16) and current year 2016-17 (upto January 2017), out of which 96 cases involving Rs. 2,46,417/- crore are under the ‘Buy (Indian-IDDM)’, ‘Buy (Indian)’, ‘Buy & Make (Indian)’, ‘Make’ categories.


• 141 contracts with total value of Rs. 2,00,010/- Crore (approx.) were signed during the last two financial years (2014-15 and 2015-16) and current year 2016-17 (upto December 2016), out of which 90 contracts involving a value of Rs. 83,344/- crore (Approx) were signed with Indian vendors.


• Capital expenditure of Rs. 1,75,420/- Crore (approx.) was incurred on purchase of defence items for Armed forces during the last two financial years (2014-15 and 2015-16) and current year 2016-17 (upto December 2016), out of which of Capital expenditure of Rs. 1,05,030/- Crore (approx.) was incurred on purchase from Indian vendors.

The responsibility of quality assurance of raw material used in defence products rests with Organizations such as Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs), Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA), etc. At present, there is no proposal to open any new lab in the country to check / investigate the defence products. However DGQA, DRDO, OFB, DPSUs and Armed forces already have their own laboratories or test facilities at various locations across the country to check / investigate the defence products. These agencies have offered some of their test facilities to private sector, details of which are available on their respective websites.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri George Baker in Lok Sabha today.


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Ministry of Defence
24-March, 2017 14:39 IST
Defence Production

As per the data of Value of Production, the defence production has been increasing during the last three years.

The details of Major products and their value of production, are as under:



S.No.
Name of DPSUs
Major Products
Value of Production

2013-14
2014-15
2015-16

1.
HAL
HTT-40 (Basic Trainer Aircraft), Light Utility Helicopter (LUH), SU-30MKI, Hawk, Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Dornier Do-228, ALH and Cheetal helicopters etc.

15867
16289
17273

2.
BEL
Radars & Weapon Systems, Sonars, Communication, EWS, Electro-Optics and Tank Electronics etc.

6127
6659
7782

3.
BEML
BEML Tatra 8x8 vehicles, Aircraft Towing Tractor, Ejector & Air Cleance Assy, Air Hydraulic Suspension unit (AHSU), All Terrain vehicle and Akash Missile- Sec IV & V etc.

2814
2599
2740.01

4.
BDL
Anti-Tank Guided Missiles, ATGMs of new generation, Surface-to-Air Weapon Systems (SAMs), strategic weapons, launchers, underwater weapons, decoys and test equipment etc.

1804
2770
4299.84

5.
GRSE
Stealth frigates, Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvettes, Landing Craft Utility (LCU) ships, Water Jet Fast Attack Crafts (WJFAC), and Fast Patrol Vessel etc.

1611.67
1612.66
1706.60

6.
GSL

105M Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), Fast Patrol Vessel and 11 Fast Interceptor Boats etc.

508.90
569.55
725.96

7.
HSL
Vessels, Tugs, IPV and ‘ICGS Rani Gaidinliu’

453.40
294.16
593.29

8.
MDL
Warships & Submarine includes P15A, P75, Khanderi P75 and Kalvari etc.

2865.51
3592.60
4121.65

9.
MIDHANI
Nickel Base, Cobalt Base and Chromium Superalloys, Special purpose steels, Titanium & Titanium alloys and soft magnatic alloys etc.

572
640.04
678.78

Total:

32623.48
35026.01
39921.13


The percentage of share of domestic-public sector production to the total annual purchase during the said years is approximately 61.1%.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri P.K Biju in Lok Sabha today.

 

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The inter-government agreement for the deal was signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Russia in December, 2015.

State-run aerospace behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has finalised a major plan to manufacture nearly 1,000 military helicopters and over a hundred planes, in tune with government’s focus on speeding up defence indigenisation.

HAL Chairman and Managing Director T Suvarna Raju said the company has also ramped up its infrastructure to deliver 123 Tejas Light Combat Aircraft to the India Air Force with an annual delivery of 16 jets from 2018-19 onwards.

In the next five years, the HAL plans to carry out major upgrade of almost the entire fighter fleet of IAF including Su-30MKI, Jaguars and Mirage jets, making them more lethal, he said.

“Next five years will be really vibrant time for HAL. We are upgrading almost every major platform including Sukhois, Jaguars, Mirage and Hawks.

“We are going to build around 1,000 helicopters including Kamov 226, LCH (Light Combat Helicopter) ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) in the next 10 years,” Raju told PTI in an interview.

The HAL and Russian defence firms have finalised a Joint Venture agreement for production of light weight multi—role ’Kamov 226T’ helicopters in India which will replace the aging fleet of Cheetah and Chetak choppers.

The inter-government agreement for the deal was signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Russia in December, 2015.

On manufacture of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, the HAL chief said its production will be doubled from current eight aircraft per year to 16 from 2018—19. Tejas, the smallest and lightest of its class, was inducted into the IAF in July last year.

The HAL has an order from IAF to supply 40 Tejas. The government has also approved the procurement of 83 Tejas Mk-1A taking the total number of the aircraft to be manufactured by HAL to 123.

Raju said besides enhancing infrastructure for redouble manufacturing of Tejas, HAL has also outsourced manufacture of some major components including wings and fuselage of the jet to private industry which will further speed up rate of production.

Calling Sukhoi upgrade a major programme, he said the fleet will be equipped with missiles, avionics and sensors.

Both India and Russia have been in negotiation for upgrade of the Su—30MKI to a near fifth—generation level.

Earlier this month, India and Russia signed two key agreements for long—term maintenance and technical support for the Su—30MKI fleet.

India is one of the largest importers of arms and military platforms globally. The government has been focusing significantly on promoting defence indigenisation by taking a slew of reform initiatives including liberalising FDI in defence sector.

Reflecting government’s focus in the area, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley earlier this month had said India was not happy with the label of world’s largest importer of weapons system and had asked the industry to take advantage of government’s policy to promote defence production.

 

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Ministry of Defence
28-March, 2017 16:21 IST
Towards Self-Reliant in Defence Production

The Defence Production Policy promulgated by the Government, aims at achieving substantive self-reliance in the design, development and production of equipment, weapon systems, platforms required for defence in as early a time frame as possible, creating conditions conducive for private industry to take an active role in this endeavour; enhancing potential of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in indigenisation and broadening the defence R&D base of the country. In pursuance of this Policy and ‘Make in India’ initiative, the steps taken by the Government, inter-alia include:-

• Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) has been revised and has come into effect from 1st April 2016. A new category of procurement ‘Buy {Indian-IDDM (Indigenously designed, developed and manufactured)}’ has been introduced in Defence Procurement Procedure-2016 which has been accorded top most priority for procurement of capital equipment. Besides this, preference has been accorded to ‘Buy (Indian)’ and ‘Buy and Make (Indian)’ categories of capital acquisition over ‘Buy (Global)’ & ‘Buy & Make (Global)’ categories. The ‘Make’ Procedure has been simplified with provisions for funding of 90 % of development cost by the Government to Indian industry and reserving projects and exceeding development cost of Rs. 10 crore (Government funded) and Rs. 3 crore (Industry funded) for MSMEs.

• FDI Policy has been revised and under the revised policy, FDI upto 49% is allowed through automatic route and beyond 49% under Government approval route wherever it is likely to result in access to modern technology or for other reasons to be recorded.

• Industrial licensing regime for Indian manufacturers has been liberalised and most of the components/ parts/ sub-systems have been taken out from the list of defence products requiring Industrial Licence. This has reduced entry barriers for new entrants in this sector, particularly SMEs. The initial validity of Industrial Licence has been increased from 3 years to 15 years with a provision to further extend it by 3 years on a case to case basis.

• Issues related to level-playing field between Indian & foreign manufacturers, and between public sector & private sector have also been addressed. These include Exchange Rate Variation (ERV) protection for all Indian vendors, removing anomalies in customs/ excise duty etc.

• Offset guidelines have been made flexible by allowing change of Indian Offset Partners (IOPs) and offset components, even in signed contracts. Foreign Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) are now not required to indicate the details of IOPs and products at the time of signing of contracts. ‘Services’ as an avenue of offset have been re-instated.

• The process for export clearance has been streamlined and made transparent & online. As a result of aforesaid measures, following achievements have been made:-

• Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) accorded approval of 136 capital procurement cases at an estimated cost of Rs. 4,00,714 crore during the last two financial years (2014-15 and 2015-16) and current year 2016-17 (upto January 2017), out of which 96 cases involving Rs. 2,46,417 crore are under the ‘Buy (Indian-IDDM)’, ‘Buy (Indian)’, ‘Buy & Make (Indian)’ and ‘Make’ categories.

• Capital expenditure of Rs. 1,75,420 crore (approx.) was incurred on purchase of defence items for Armed Forces during the last two financial years (2014-2015 and 2015-2016 and current year 2016-2017 (upto December 2016), out of which Capital expenditure of Rs. 1,05,030 crore (approx.) was incurred on purchase from Indian vendors.

• The Government has issued 342 Industrial Licenses (ILs) covering 205 companies for manufacture of a wide range of defence equipment, to Indian companies, till June 2016. Out of 342 ILs, 116 ILs have been issued since the launch of Make in India initiative.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Mahesh Poddar in Rajya Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
28-March, 2017 16:19 IST
Meagre Hike in Defence Budgetary Outlay

In the financial year 2016-17 Budget Estimates (BE) of Defence Services Estimates and Ministry of Defence (Miscellaneous) was Rs. 2,58,589.32 crore, whereas for the financial year 2017-18 BE is Rs. 2,74,114.12 crore, which is around 6% more than the BE for the year 2016-17. The funds are allocated to meet salary requirements, operational revenue expenses, contractual commitments and some fresh modernization schemes. Additional requirement of funds as necessary will be projected depending on pace of utilization of allocation, progress of ongoing and new modernization schemes and priority requirements.



Details of revenue stores and capital modernisation are as follows:

(Rs in crores)

Year
Revenue stores
Capital modernization
Revenue stores + Capital modernization
Budget Estimates
% of Budget Estimates

2007-08
19,615.14
32,826.80
52,441.94
96,000.00
54.63

2016-17
28,882.48
70,000.00
98,882.48
2,49,099.00
39.70



Though, it is a fact that in percentage terms share of Revenue stores and Capital modernisation has decreased from 2007-08, however, in terms of actual amount there has been substantial increase over the period.

The details of utilization of funds for the last five years in respect of Defence Services Estimates are as under:-

(Rs in crores)

Year
Budget Estimates
Revised Estimates
Actuals
Under utilization (-)/
Over utilization (+)

2011-12
1,64,415.49
1,70,936.81
1,70,913.28
-23.53

2012-13
1,93,407.29
1,78,503.52
1,81,775.78
3272.26

2013-14
2,03,672.12
2,03,672.12
2,03,499.35
-172.77

2014-15
2,29,000.00
2,22,370.00
2,18,694.18
-3,675.82

2015-16
2,46,727.00
2,24,636.00
2,25,894.85
1,258.85


As per details given above in some years, there has been underutilization, whereas, in other years there has been excess expenditure with reference to Revised Estimates.


This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shrimati Wansuk Syiem in Rajya Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
28-March, 2017 16:17 IST
Self-Sufficiency in Defence Production

Procurement of defence equipment is undertaken from various Indian as well as foreign vendors based on threat perceptions, operational challenges and technological changes and to keep the Armed Forces in a state of readiness to meet the entire spectrum of security challenges. The capital expenditure on purchase of defence equipment for the three services in the last two years, from the foreign vendors and Indian vendors is as given below:


CAPITAL EXPENDITURE:

(Rs. in crore)


Total Procurement
Procurement from Foreign Vendors
Procurement from Indian Vendors


2014-15
65583.77
25984.86
39598.91

2015-16
62341.86
23192.22
39149.64


The details of imports of defence equipment during the last two years, country-wise, are being compiled and will be laid on the Table of the House.

No targets are fixed for import of defence equipment, and there is no year-wise budget earmarked for the purpose. Defence equipment are procured from foreign vendors based on operational requirements indicated by the Armed Forces.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Kumari Selja in Rajya Sabha today.

Ministry of Defence
28-March, 2017 16:15 IST
DRDO Laboratories and their Research Activities

Details of laboratories/establishments/units functioning under Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) alongwith their areas of research and locations are given below:




Areas of Research of DRDO Laboratories/Establishments/Units and their locations:
S. No.
Laboratories/Establishments/Units
Location
Area of Research



Cluster Laboratories/Establishments:

1
Advanced Numerical Research & Analysis Group (ANURAG)
Hyderabad
Computational System


2
Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL)
Hyderabad
Missiles & Strategic Systems


3
Aerial Delivery Research & Development Establishment (ADRDE)
Agra
Parachutes & Aerial Systems

4
Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE)
Bengaluru
Aeronautics

5
Armaments Research & Development Establishment (ARDE)
Pune
Armaments

6
Centre for Air Borne System (CABS)
Bengaluru
Air-Borne Systems

7
Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (CAIR)
Bengaluru
Artificial Intelligence & Robotics


8
Centre for Fire, Explosives & Environment Safety (CFEES)
Delhi
Explosives

9
Centre for High Energy Systems and Sciences (CHESS)
Hyderabad
High Energy Weapons

10
Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (CVRDE)
Chennai
Combat Vehicles

11
Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE)
Bengaluru
Avionics

12
Defence Bio-engineering & Electro-medical Laboratory (DEBEL)
Bengaluru
Bio-engineering

13
Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory (DEAL)
Dehradun
Electronics & Communication Systems

14
Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL)
Mysore
Food Research


15
Defence Institute of Bio-Energy Research (DIBER)
Haldwani
Bio-Energy


16
Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR)
Leh
High Altitude Agro-animal Research


17
Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences (DIPAS)
Delhi
Physiology


18
Defence Institute of Psychological Research (DIPR)
Delhi
Psychological Research

19
Defence Laboratory (DL)
Jodhpur
Camouflaging and Isotopes

20
Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL)
Hyderabad
Electronic Warfare

21
Defence Materials & Stores Research & Development Establishment (DMSRDE)
Kanpur

Textiles, Polymers & Composites

22
Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL)
Hyderabad
Metallurgy

23
Defence Research & Development Establishment (DRDE)
Gwalior
Chemical & Biological Warfare

24
Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL)
Hyderabad
Missile & Strategic Systems

25
Defence Research Laboratory (DRL)
Tezpur
Health & Hygiene

26
Defence Terrain Research Laboratory (DTRL)
Delhi
Terrain Research


27
Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE)
Bengaluru
Gas Turbine

28
High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL)
Pune
High Energy Materials

29
Institute of Nuclear Medicines & Allied Sciences (INMAS)
Delhi
Nuclear Medicine


30
Instruments Research & Development Establishment (IRDE)
Dehradun
Electronics & Optical Systems


31
Integarted Test Range (ITR)
Balasore
Missile Testing

32
Joint Cypher Bureau (JCB)
Delhi
Cypher Systems


33
Laser Science & Technology Centre (LASTEC)
Delhi
Laser Technology


34
Electronics & Radar Development Establishment (LRDE)
Bengaluru
Radars

35
Microwave Tube Research & Development Centre (MTRDC)
Bengaluru
Microwave Devices

36
Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL)
Ambernath
Naval Materials

37
Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL)
Kochi
Sonar Systems

38
Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL)
Visakhapatnam
Underwater Weapons

39
Proof and Experimental Establishment (PXE)
Balasore
Armament Testing

40
Research Centre Imarat (RCI)
Hyderabad
Missile & Strategic Systems

41
Research & Development Establishment (Engrs) (R&DE[E])
Pune
Engineering Systems & Weapon Platforms

42
Scientific Analysis Group (SAG)
Delhi
Cryptology

43
Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE)
Chandigarh
Snow and Avalanche

44
Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL)
Delhi
Solid- State/ Semiconductor Materials

45
Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL)
Chandigarh
Ballistics

46
Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (VRDE)
Ahmednagar
Wheeled Vehicles

HR Institutions:

1
Centre for Personnel Talent Management (CEPTAM)
Delhi
Talent Management

2
Institute of Technology Management (ITM)
Mussoorie
Technology Management

3
Recuirtment and Assessment Centre (RAC)
Delhi
Human Resource


Other Institutions:

1
Advanced Centre for Energetic Materials (ACEM)
Nasik
High Energy Materials

2
Centre for Advanced Systems (CAS)
Hyderabad
Advanced Systems

3
Centre for Military Air-worthiness & Certification (CEMILAC)
Bengaluru
Airworthiness & Certification

4
Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre (DESIDOC)
Delhi
Information System and Documentation

5
DRDO Integration Centre (DIC)
Panagarh
Systems Integration

6
Institute for Systems Studies & Analyses (ISSA)
Delhi
Systems Analysis

7
Mobile Systems Complex (MSC)
Pune
Missile Systems

8
SF Complex (SFC)
Jagdalpur
Propellant

Centres of Excellence:

1
DRDO Bhartihar University (DRDO-BU), Centre of Excellence
Coimbatore
Life Sciences

2
Advanced Centre for Research in High Energy Materials (ACRHEM)
Hyderabad
High Energy Materials

3
Centre of Excellence in Cryptology
Kolkata
Cryptology

4
Centre of Millimeter Wave Semiconductor Devices and Systems
Kolkata
Millimeter Wave and Semiconductor

5
Advanced Centre for Excellence on Composite Materials (ACECM)
Bengaluru
Composite Materials

6
Research and Innovation Centre (RIC)
Chennai
Sensors & MEMS

7
Centre of Propulsion Technology (CoPT)
Mumbai
Propulsion Technology

8
Jagdish Chandra Bose Centre for Advanced Technology (JCBCAT)
Jadavpur
Strategic Systems

9
Joint Advanced Technology Centre (JATC)
Delhi
Photonic Technologies, Plasmonics and Quantum Photonics

10
Centre of Excellence in Systems Design and Engineering
Mumbai
Systems Design


These projects cover a wide variety of technology domains from aeronautics to missiles and naval systems.


A list of products developed by DRDO during last two years and the current year for defence and civilian use is given below:

Products developed by DRDO for defence and civilian use during last two years and current year:


Ø 120 mm FSAPDS Mk-II Ammunition for MBT Arjun

Ø 120 mm FSAPDS Practice Ammunition for MBT Arjun

Ø 250 Kg Pre-fragmented Bomb

Ø 46m Inflatable Radome

Ø Abhay Sonar

Ø Air Bursting Grenades for Individual Weapons

Ø Akash Weapon System

Ø Anti Torpedo Decoys

Ø Anti-Torpedo Decoy System (Maareech)

Ø Bar Mine Layer

Ø CBRNe Remotely Operated Platforms

Ø Commander’s Non-Panoramic TI Sight for AFVs (T-90, T-72 & BMP-II)

Ø Computerized Pilot Selection System

Ø Dual Colour Missile Approach Warning System for Fighter Aircraft

Ø Electro-Optical Fire Control System for Naval Ships

Ø Electro-Optical Sensors for Airborne Platforms

Ø Enhanced Range Rocket (Pinaka Mk-II)

Ø EW Suite for Fighter Aircraft

Ø Exotic and Indigenous Varieties of Vegetables under Protected Environment

Ø G-band CC-TWT for Weapon Locating Radar

Ø Heavy Drop System - 16T

Ø High Speed Heavy Weight Ship Launched Torpedo (Varunastra)

Ø Hull Mounted Sonar (HUMSA)

Ø Integrated Automotive Vetronics Systems for AFVs

Ø Ku-Band MPM based Transmitter for Airborne Radar

Ø Laser Target Designator with Thermal Imager for Air Force

Ø Medium Power Radar for IAF

Ø Medium Size Integrated Aerostat Surveillance System

Ø Minefield Marking Equipment Mk-II.

Ø Mountain Foot Bridge

Ø Multi Calibre Individual Weapon System

Ø Multi-Influence Ground Mine

Ø NBC Technologies

Ø Penetration-cum-Blast

Ø Sub-Munition Warheads for Pinaka

Ø Synthetic Aperture Radar for UAV

Ø Terrain Assessment System for Trans-border Deserts in Western Sector

Ø Thermo-Baric Ammunition for 120 mm Arjun Tank

Ø Upgraded Troposcatter Communication System for IAF

Ø Vehicle Mounted High Power Laser Directed Energy System Against RPVs/UAVs/DRONES

Ø Water Mist System Validation for Fire Protection in Naval Ships.

Ø

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed various nutritious and protein-rich foods to cater the requirements of Service personnel deployed at high altitude and snow bound areas. The major protein food products developed by DRDO are: Protein-rich bars; Energy-rich bars; Protein-rich instant Halwa-mix, Upma-mix; and Protein-rich Chapattis.

Details of funds allocated to the Department of Defence Research & Development during the last three years are given below:-

Year
Allocation of funds
(Rs. in crore)

2014-15
13716.14

2015-16
13540.11

2016-17
(Budget Estimates)
13593.78


This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Surendra Singh Nagar in Rajya Sabha today.

 

[Abingdonboy]

Alpha designs Software defined radios:

 

[Abingdonboy]

Actually some very impressive stuff:

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Actually some very impressive stuff:

Definitely some talented people in that lab. A lot of labs are gain momentum.

 

[Abingdonboy]

 

[Hindustani78]

Ministry of Defence
31-March, 2017 15:05 IST
Projects under Make In India Programme

‘Make in India’ initiative in defence production, is primarily driven by capital acquisition of defence equipment and other policy initiatives of the Government. Capital acquisition of defence equipment is carried out as per the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP), which stipulates a time schedule for completion of the procurement cycle. However, the time taken to undertake capital procurement of defence equipment depends on the nature and complexity of the equipment being procured. Nonetheless, under the DPP-2016. Government has laid down provisions for ensuring swift decision making and effective implementation of the procurement process.

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), a Research & Development wing of Ministry, is primarily involved in design & development of strategic, complex and security sensitive systems in the field of armament, missiles, combat vehicles, combat aircrafts, radars, etc for the Armed Forces.

Procurement of capital equipment from Indian companies, is carried out under the ambit of ‘Buy (Indian-IDDM)’, ‘Buy (Indian)’, ‘Buy & Make (Indian)’, ‘Make’ and the Make phase of ‘Buy & Make’ categories of capital acquisition. Projects are awarded to Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs), Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) and private players as per the provisions of Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP). During the last two financial years (2014-15 & 2015-16), 85 cases involving Rs. 1,60,362 crore have been accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AON) by Defence Acquisition Council under these categories.

The entry of private companies in defence is not likely to adversely affect the role of DRDO and DPSUs; as role of these segments are complimentary and supplementary in nature. The wider participation of defence industry, including private sector, is beneficial for the overall objective of self-reliance and indigenisation in the defence sector. The Government has taken several steps to encourage participation of private sector including foreign investment in the sector.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Mohd. Salim and Shri MD. Badaruddoza Khan in Lok Sabha today.

Ministry of Defence
31-March, 2017 15:03 IST
Defence Assets

The Defence Production Policy promulgated by the Government, aims at achieving substantive self-reliance in the design, development and production of equipment, weapon systems, platforms required for defence in as early a time frame as possible; creating conditions conducive for the private industry to take an active role in this endeavour; enhancing potential of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in indigenisation and broadening the defence R&D base of the country. In pursuance of this policy and ‘Make in India’ initiative, the steps taken by the Government, inter alia include:

• Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) has been revised and has come into effect from 1stApril 2016. A new category of procurement ‘Buy Indian-IDDM (Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured)’ has been introduced in DPP-2016 which has been accorded top most priority for procurement of capital equipment. Besides this, preference has been accorded to ‘Buy (Indian)’ and ‘Buy and Make (Indian)’ categories of capital acquisition over ‘Buy (Global)’ & ‘Buy & Make(Global)’ categories. The ‘Make’ Procedure has been simplified with provisions for funding of 90 % of development cost by the Government to Indian industry and reserving projects not exceeding development cost of Rs.10 crore (Government funded) and Rs.3 crore (Industry funded) for MSMEs.
• FDI Policy has been revised and under the revised policy, FDI upto 49% is allowed through automatic route and beyond 49% under Government approval route wherever it is likely to result in access to modern technology or for other reasons to be recorded.
• Industrial licensing regime for Indian manufacturers has been liberalised and most of the components/ parts/ sub-systems have been taken out from the list of defence products requiring Industrial Licence. This has reduced entry barriers for new entrants in this sector, particularly SMEs.
• Issues related to level-playing field between Indian & foreign manufacturers, and between public sector & private sector have also been addressed. These include Exchange Rate Variation (ERV) protection for all Indian vendors, removing anomalies in customs/ excise duty etc.
• Offset guidelines have been made flexible by allowing change of Indian Offset Partners (IOPs) and offset components, even in the already concluded contracts. Foreign Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) are now not required to indicate the details of IOPs and products at the time of signing of contracts. ‘Services’ as an avenue of offset have been re-instated.
• The process for export clearance has been streamlined and made transparent & online.

No specific targets have been set for export of defence equipment to friendly countries as the same depends on the export orders bagged by the industry and clearances given by the Government to friendly countries.

So far 36 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) proposals / joint ventures have been approved in defence sector for manufacture of various defence equipments. However, since as per FDI policy, for defence sector, FDI upto 49% is allowed through automatic route. Information related to cases with less than 49% FDI are not maintained by the Ministry.

At present, there is no proposal of Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) and Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) to set up manufacturing unit of high technology defence equipments at Ambala, Haryana. No private company has been issued industrial license by Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) to set up manufacturing unit of defence equipment at Ambala, Haryana.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Rattan Lal Kataria in Lok Sabha today.

Ministry of Defence
31-March, 2017 15:04 IST
Shortage of Funds in DRDO

In the financial year 2016-17 Budget Estimates (BE) of Defence Services Estimates and Ministry of Defence (Miscellaneous) was Rs. 2,58,589.32 crore, whereas for the financial year 2017-18 BE is Rs. 2,74,114.12 crore, which is around 6% more of the BE for the year 2016-17. The funds are allocated to meet Salary requirements, operational revenue expenses, contractual commitments and some fresh modernization schemes. Additional requirement of funds as necessary will be projected depending on pace of utilization of allocation, progress of ongoing and new modernization schemes and priority requirements.


The BE allocation to Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) for the financial year 2016-17 was Rs 13,593.78 croes whereas for the financial year 2017-18 BE allocation is Rs. 14,818.74 crores. Additional requirement of funds for DRDO, if necessary, will be projected depending on pace of utilization of allocation and progress of ongoing and new schemes / projects. DRDO is managing within the budgetary allocation by re-prioritizing the project activities.


This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri R. Gopalakrishnan in Lok Sabha today.

 

[Hindustani78]

Ministry of Defence
07-April, 2017 15:55 IST
DRDO Laboratories

Details of laboratories/establishments/units functioning under Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) along with their areas of research and locations are given below:

Areas of Research of DRDO Laboratories/Establishments/Units and their locations:

S. No.

Laboratories/Establishments/Units

Location

Area of Research


Cluster Laboratories/Establishments:

1

Advanced Numerical Research & Analysis Group (ANURAG)

Hyderabad

Computational System

2

Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL)

Hyderabad

Missiles & Strategic Systems

3

Aerial Delivery Research & Development Establishment (ADRDE)

Agra

Parachutes & Aerial Systems

4

Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE)

Bengaluru

Aeronautics

5

Armaments Research & Development Establishment (ARDE)

Pune

Armaments

6

Centre for Air Borne System (CABS)

Bengaluru

Air-Borne Systems

7

Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (CAIR)

Bengaluru

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

8

Centre for Fire, Explosives & Environment Safety (CFEES)

Delhi

Explosives

9

Centre for High Energy Systems and Sciences (CHESS)

Hyderabad

High Energy Weapons

10

Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (CVRDE)

Chennai

Combat Vehicles

11

Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE)

Bengaluru

Avionics

12

Defence Bio-engineering & Electro-medical Laboratory (DEBEL)

Bengaluru

Bio-engineering

13

Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory (DEAL)

Dehradun

Electronics & Communication Systems

14

Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL)

Mysore

Food Research

15

Defence Institute of Bio-Energy Research (DIBER)

Haldwani

Bio-Energy

16

Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR)

Leh

High Altitude Agro-animal Research

17

Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences (DIPAS)

Delhi

Physiology

18

Defence Institute of Psychological Research (DIPR)

Delhi

Psychological Research

19

Defence Laboratory (DL)

Jodhpur

Camouflaging and Isotopes

20

Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL)

Hyderabad

Electronic Warfare

21

Defence Materials & Stores Research & Development Establishment (DMSRDE)

Kanpur

Textiles, Polymers & Composites

22

Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL)

Hyderabad

Metallurgy

23

Defence Research & Development Establishment (DRDE)

Gwalior

Chemical & Biological Warfare

24

Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL)

Hyderabad

Missile & Strategic Systems

25

Defence Research Laboratory (DRL)

Tezpur

Health & Hygiene

26

Defence Terrain Research Laboratory (DTRL)

Delhi

Terrain Research

27

Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE)

Bengaluru

Gas Turbine

28

High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL)

Pune

High Energy Materials

29

Institute of Nuclear Medicines & Allied Sciences (INMAS)

Delhi

Nuclear Medicine

30

Instruments Research & Development Establishment (IRDE)

Dehradun

Electronics & Optical Systems

31

Integrated Test Range (ITR)

Balasore

Missile Testing

32

Joint Cypher Bureau (JCB)

Delhi

Cypher Systems

33

Laser Science & Technology Centre (LASTEC)

Delhi

Laser Technology

34

Electronics & Radar Development Establishment (LRDE)

Bengaluru

Radars

35

Microwave Tube Research & Development Centre (MTRDC)

Bengaluru

Microwave Devices

36

Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL)

Ambernath

Naval Materials

37

Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL)

Kochi

Sonar Systems

38

Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL)

Visakhapatnam

Underwater Weapons

39

Proof and Experimental Establishment (PXE)

Balasore

Armament Testing

40

Research Centre Imarat (RCI)

Hyderabad

Missile & Strategic Systems

41

Research & Development Establishment (Engrs) (R&DE[E])

Pune

Engineering Systems & Weapon Platforms

42

Scientific Analysis Group (SAG)

Delhi

Cryptology

43

Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE)

Chandigarh

Snow and Avalanche

44

Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL)

Delhi

Solid- State/ Semiconductor Materials

45

Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL).

Chandigarh

Ballistics

46

Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (VRDE).

Ahmednagar

Wheeled Vehicles



HR Institutions:

1

Centre for Personnel Talent Management (CEPTAM).

Delhi

Talent Management

2

Institute of Technology Management (ITM).

Mussoorie

Technology Management

3

Recruitment and Assessment Centre (RAC).

Delhi

Human Resource



Other Institutions:



1

Advanced Centre for Energetic Materials (ACEM).

Nasik

High Energy Materials

2

Centre for Advanced Systems (CAS).

Hyderabad

Advanced Systems

3

Centre for Military Air-worthiness & Certification (CEMILAC).

Bengaluru

Airworthiness & Certification

4

Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre (DESIDOC).

Delhi

Information System and Documentation

5

DRDO Integration Centre (DIC).

Panagarh

Systems Integration

6

Institute for Systems Studies & Analyses (ISSA).

Delhi

Systems Analysis

7

Mobile Systems Complex (MSC).

Pune

Missile Systems

8

SF Complex (SFC).

Jagdalpur

Propellant

Centres of Excellence:



1

DRDO Bhartihar University (DRDO-BU), Centre of Excellence.

Coimbatore

Life Sciences

2

Advanced Centre for Research in High Energy Materials (ACRHEM).

Hyderabad

High Energy Materials.

3

Centre of Excellence in Cryptology.

Kolkata

Cryptology

4

Centre of Millimeter Wave Semiconductor Devices and Systems.

Kolkata

Millimeter Wave and Semiconductor.

5

Advanced Centre for Excellence on Composite Materials (ACECM).

Bengaluru

Composite Materials.

6

Research and Innovation Centre (RIC).

Chennai

Sensors & MEMS.

7

Centre of Propulsion Technology (CoPT).

Mumbai

Propulsion Technology.

8

Jagdish Chandra Bose Centre for Advanced Technology (JCBCAT).

Jadavpur

Strategic Systems.

9

Joint Advanced Technology Centre (JATC).

Delhi

Photonic Technologies, Plasmonics and Quantum Photonics.

10

Centre of Excellence in Systems Design and Engineering.

Mumbai

Systems Design.








These projects cover a wide variety of technology domains from aeronautics to missiles and naval systems.


A list of products developed by DRDO during last two years and the current year for defence and civilian use is given below:

Products developed by DRDO for defence and civilian use during last two years and current year:

Ø Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas.

Ø Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) System.

Ø 155mm/52 Calibre Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS).

Ø Weapon Locating Radar (WLR) Swati.

Ø High Speed Heavy Weight Ship Launched Torpedo (Varunastra).

Ø Anti-Torpedo Decoy System (Maareech).

Ø Arudhra-Medium Power Radar.

Ø Akash Weapon System.

Ø Abhay Sonar.

Ø Hull Mounted Sonar (HUMSA).

Ø NBC Technologies.

Ø 120 mm FSAPDS Mk-II Ammunition for MBT Arjun.

Ø 120 mm FSAPDS Practice Ammunition for MBT Arjun.

Ø 250 Kg Pre-fragmented Bomb.

Ø 46m Inflatable Radome.

Ø Air Bursting Grenades for Individual Weapons.

Ø Anti Torpedo Decoys.

Ø Bar Mine Layer.

Ø CBRNe Remotely Operated Platforms.

Ø Commander’s Non-Panoramic TI Sight for AFVs (T-90, T-72 & BMP-II).

Ø Computerized Pilot Selection System.

Ø Dual Colour Missile Approach Warning System for Fighter Aircraft.

Ø Electro-Optical Fire Control System for Naval Ships.

Ø Electro-Optical Sensors for Airborne Platforms.

Ø Enhanced Range Rocket (Pinaka Mk-II).

Ø EW Suite for Fighter Aircraft.

Ø Exotic and Indigenous Varieties of Vegetables under Protected Environment.

Ø G-band CC-TWT for Weapon Locating Radar.

Ø Heavy Drop System - 16T.

Ø Integrated Automotive Vetronics Systems for AFVs.

Ø Ku-Band MPM based Transmitter for Airborne Radar.

Ø Laser Target Designator with Thermal Imager for Air Force.

Ø Medium Size Integrated Aerostat Surveillance System.

Ø Minefield Marking Equipment Mk-II.

Ø Mountain Foot Bridge.

Ø Multi Calibre Individual Weapon System.

Ø Multi-Influence Ground Mine.

Ø Penetration-cum-Blast.

Ø Sub-Munition Warheads for Pinaka.

Ø Synthetic Aperture Radar for UAV.

Ø Terrain Assessment System for Trans-border Deserts in Western Sector.

Ø Thermo-Baric Ammunition for 120 mm Arjun Tank.

Ø Upgraded Troposcatter Communication System for IAF.

Ø Vehicle Mounted High Power Laser Directed Energy System Against RPVs/UAVs/DRONES.

Ø Water Mist System Validation for Fire Protection in Naval Ships.

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed various nutritious and protein-rich foods to cater the requirements of Service personnel deployed at high altitude and snow bound areas. The major protein food products developed by DRDO are: Protein-rich bars; Energy-rich bars; Protein-rich instant Halwa-mix, Upma-mix; and Protein-rich Chapattis.

Details of funds allocated to the Department of Defence Research & Development during the last three years are given below:-


Year
Allocation of funds
(Rs. in crore)

2014-15
13716.14

2015-16
13540.11

2016-17
13501.00

2017-18(Budget Estimates)
14818.74

This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in a written reply to Shri Hari Manjhi in Lok Sabha today.

Ministry of Defence
07-April, 2017 15:55 IST
Setting up of Research Fund

The Government has recently approved a Defence Innovation Fund (DIF) which aims at creation of ecosystem to foster innovation and technology development in Defence, by engaging R&D institutes/academia and industry including start-ups & individual innovators and provide them the funding to carry out innovative development which has the potential for future commercialization. The DIF is initially proposed to be funded by two Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs), M/s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and M/s Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). Later on, the Fund can also receive grants from Government and from other not-for-profit organisations in public or private sector.

In addition, the Government has also launched a scheme of Technology Development Fund (TDF) which aims at funding the development of defence and dual use technologies that are currently not available with the Indian defence industry, or have not been developed so far, thus creating an ecosystem for enhancing cutting edge technology capability for Defence applications. The TDF scheme is implemented by DRDO and provides for assistance in the form of grant to public and private industries for design and development of key defence technologies.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Yogi Aditya Nath in Lok Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence

07-April, 2017 15:47 IST
Self-Reliance in Defence Sector

Defence being a technology and innovation driven sector, latest technology and inventions are crucial to achieve self-reliance in defence sector.

The goal of acquiring advanced technologies from foreign countries is pursued through bilateral arrangements with various countries, industrial policy and Defence Procurement Policy. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has bilateral and multilateral international cooperation with countries such as Russia, Israel, USA, South Korea, Singapore, UK etc, for the development of strategic, unique, transformative, advanced technology / systems / platforms in alignment with ‘Make in India’. Apart from this, in the last two years, Indo-US Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) and a Joint Working Group (JWG) on Defence Equipment and Technology Cooperation with Japan have been started with a view to promote cooperation in the field of defence equipments and technology.

In order to facilitate collaborations between Indian and foreign companies so as to have technology transfer from foreign to Indian companies, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy for defence has been revised and under the revised policy, FDI upto 49% is allowed through automatic route and beyond 49% under Government approval route wherever it is likely to result in access to modern technology or for other reasons to be recorded.

In the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP), under ‘Buy & Make (Indian)’ and ‘Buy & Make’ categories of capital acquisition, foreign companies and Indian companies are encouraged to work together to produce defence equipment in India as part of Make in India. The objective of these categories of capital acquisition is to encourage technology partnerships between Indian and foreign companies.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Rajesh Pandey in Lok Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
07-April, 2017 15:45 IST
Supply of High-Nitrogen Steel

The Technology of processing Nickel Free High-Nitrogen Steel (HNS) has been developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). HNS has been found to have potential for use in armour applications. Non-exclusive Transfer of Technology (ToT) has been given to M/s Jindal Stainless Hisar Limited, a private industry, on 1st March, 2017. This being a non-exclusive ToT, the technology can also been transferred to any other private or public industry, interested in absorbing this technology. However, the ToT does not involve a supply agreement.

The development of HNS was initiated as a basic Research & Development (R&D) and the technology fits to the policy of ‘Make in India’ initiative.

HNS has potential for use in all armour applications. However, for material to be qualified and used in a specific combat vehicle application, it has to undergo many types of tests by the designers of the vehicle, including ballistic testing against specific ammunitions. The qualification of any material for its introduction into any armoured application is a long process and HNS has not yet been qualified for use in these applications.

This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in a written reply to Shri B. Senguttuvan in Lok Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
07-April, 2017 15:53 IST
Allocation of Budget for Defence Purchases

Capital Acquisition of defence equipment is undertaken as a continuous activity to keep the Armed Forces in a state of preparedness to meet the entire spectrum of security challenges. All efforts are made to optimally use budgeted funds for meeting committed liabilities relating to already concluded capital acquisition contracts and for new schemes contracted during the year.

The Revised Estimates and Expenditure in respect of Capital Acquisition for the last three financial years are given below:

(Rs. in crore)

Year
Revised Estimate
Expenditure

2014-15
66151.73
65862.38

2015-16
65400.00
62235.54

2016-17
62619.36
68252.87*

(*Provisional)

The proposal for setting up of a “Non-lapsable Capital Fund Account” is under inter-Ministerial consultation.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Dr. K Gopal and others in Lok Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
07-April, 2017 15:53 IST
Defence Projects

The Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP)-2016 has provision for capital acquisition of defence equipment under categories of ‘Buy (Indian-IDDM)’, ‘Buy (Indian)’, ‘Buy & Make (Indian)’, ‘Make’, ‘Buy & Make’ and ‘Buy (Global)’. Under ‘Buy (Indian-IDDM)’, ‘Buy(Indian)’, ‘Buy & Make (Indian)’ and ‘Make’ categories, the contracts are signed with Indian vendors, and for ‘Buy & Make and ‘Buy (Global)’ categories, the contracts are signed with foreign vendors. During the last two years and the current year till Dec 2016, the Government has signed 141 contracts with total value of approx. Rs 2,00,011 crore for capital procurement of defence equipment, out of which, 90 contracts worth approx. Rs 83,345 crore have been signed with Indian vendors under ‘Buy (Indian-IDDM)’, ‘Buy (Indian)', ‘Buy & Make (Indian)’ and ‘Make’ categories, while 51 contracts worth approx. Rs l,l6,666 crore have been signed with foreign vendors under ‘Buy (Global)’ and ‘Buy & Make (Global)’ categories of capital acquisition.

The defence equipment for which contracts have been signed inter-alia include rockets, radars, artillery guns, helicopters, aircraft, missiles, ammunition and simulators. The timelines for operationalization of a contract are governed by the terms and conditions of the contract. The time taken to undertake capital procurement of defence equipment depends on the nature, size and complexity of the equipment.

As the projects are executed by the respective firms, post award of the contract, the data related to the employment generation in the projects is not maintained in the Department.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shrimati Hema Malini in Lok Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
07-April, 2017 15:50 IST
Performance of Ordnance Factory Board

Value of Issue by Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) is on actual basis. The Supply target vis-à-vis achievement of OFB during last three years is given below:-



Year
RE target
Value of Issue
% achievement
% increase in Value of Issue (Year to Year)

2013-14
11,860
11,123
94%
-

2014-15
11,900
11,364
96%
2.17

2015-16
13,515
13,047
97%
14.80


The factual data shows marginal shortfall in achieving the targets, which is on account of reasons like delay in receipt of inputs from trade sources both indigenous and import origin, capacity constraints in some areas, Non realization of advance from Police units and civil market for arms and weapons, delay in indents for logistic vehicles, Non receipt of Bulk Production Clearance, etc. However, in terms of value of Issue, the year 2015-16 achieved a growth of 14.80%.

CAG audit has indicated instances of advance issue of vouchers. The cases of advance issue vouchers mentioned by CAG audit have been examined in consultation with OFB for corrective action. Principal Controller of Accounts (Factories) has instructed Branch Account Offices not to accept issue vouchers without dispatch details. With the introduction of payment of Excise Duties (ED) by the Ordnance Factories on their products from 1st June, 2015, Issues of the items are linked with Excise Gate Pass thereby eliminating instances of advance issue vouchers.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri B. V. Naik in Lok Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
07-April, 2017 15:49 IST
Scheme for Re-Skilling Ex-Servicemen

Re-settlement training courses are being conducted for retiring personnel of Armed Forces since more than four decades. A Memorandum of Understanding between Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship has been signed on 13th July, 2015. Resettlement training of Directorate General Resettlement

(DGR) has now been linked to:

(i)

National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) based skill training for Ex-servicemen.

(ii)

Assessment and certification by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) – NSDC Certification will equip Ex-servicemen with required standards and better certification which would help them in securing suitable jobs in Government / Private sector.

(iii)

Placement linked training – with NSQF skill based training and Common Norms, placement of trainees is expected to improve substantially.

Resettlement courses are being conducted in Government as well as private training institutes that are certified by NSDC.

55 private training institutes were engaged for skill training in Financial Year 2016-17.

There is no such proposal at present.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Ramsinh Rathwa in Lok Sabha today.

 

[RISING SUN]

Naval Air: India Buys, Sells And Buys
In early 2017 Burma ordered $40 million worth of the new Indian made Shyena lightweight anti-submarine torpedo. This is the first export sale and the Indian Navy has apparently only received a few dozen of them. For India Shyena replaces the Italian A244S, a 254 kg (559 pound) model widely used (by 16 nations) since the early 1980s model. These smaller torpedoes are used mainly for anti-submarine warfare and are usually fired from helicopters, naval patrol aircraft or warships. India bought 450 of the A244S but obtained a license to manufacture their version (called NST58) in India and because of that was able to develop local suppliers for nearly all the components.

Shyena was supposed to be an improved A244S but apparently was that in name only and not as capable as the latest MK 3 version of the A244S, which has a longer range (13.5 kilometers compared to six kilometers) and a much more effective sensor and guidance system. In 2012, after two decades of development, India put Shyena into production and at least 25 were delivered to the Indian Navy for use on helicopters.

Meanwhile in 2011 India ordered 32 American Mk54 lightweight anti-submarine torpedoes to equip their eight new P-8I anti-submarine aircraft. The existing P-3 aircraft (which the P-8 is replacing) usually carries eight torpedoes. The Mk54 is, like Shyena, a 324mm (12.75 inch) weapon, weighing about 340 kg (750 pounds) and with a warhead containing 45 kg (100 pounds) of explosives. Its guidance system has been designed to work well in shallow coastal waters. In addition, the U.S. Navy has two glide kits for air-launched anti-submarine torpedoes like the Mk54. Putting wings on torpedoes is all about U.S. Navy concern about the growing use of anti-aircraft missiles by submarines. To deal with that problem, it sought to equip some Mk54 torpedoes that are normally dropped into the water at a low altitude, by P-3 patrol aircraft, with an add-on glide kit. These systems consist of wings, control flaps, a flight control computer, battery and GPS for navigation. The kit allows a torpedo to be released at 6,300 meters (20,000 feet), which is outside the range of submarine launched anti-aircraft missiles, and glide, for 10-15 kilometers, down to about 100 meters (300 feet) altitude, where the glide kit would be jettisoned, and the torpedo would enter the water and seek out the sub. Normally, the P-3 has to descend to under a 330 meters (a thousand feet) to launch an Mk54 torpedo. This takes time, and puts stress on the aircraft. Reducing stress on these larger maritime patrol aircraft was apparently one reason for introducing the glide kit. There apparently not a lot of subs out there equipped with anti-aircraft missile systems. These systems have been around for years, and many are basically shoulder fired type missiles adapted for launch from a water-proof container that is released by a submerged sub. The P-8s are jet powered, and prefer to remain at higher altitudes.

There are other reasons for the glide kits. Many subs have sensors that are sensitive enough to detect low flying helicopters (the main target for the subs anti-aircraft missiles) and aircraft. The P-3 is also more effective if it can stay at high altitude all the time. Moreover, the glide kit is easy to build, since it can use items already used for smart bombs (JDAM) and earlier glide kits.

The Mk54 lightweight torpedo entered production in 2003 and is a good example of how to handle development of systems like this. Costing about a million dollars each, the Mk54 is a cheaper, and somewhat less capable replacement for the Cold War era high tech Mk50 and the old reliable Mk46. The Mk54 is a more cost effective alternative to the three million dollar Mk50, which was in development for over two decades. The Mk50 was difficult to build because it was meant to be a "smart" torpedo that was light enough to be carried by helicopters, and could go deep to kill Russian nuclear subs. But when the Mk50 finally became available in the late 90s, the typical target was a quieter diesel-electric sub in shallow coastal waters. So the Mk54 was developed, using cheaper, off-the-shelf, electronic components, some technology from the Mk50 and larger Mk48, as well as the simpler, but not deep diving, frame and propulsion systems of the older Mk46 lightweight torpedo. Thus the 3.25 meter (ten foot) long Mk54 is a bit of a hybrid, created to save money, and also be more capable against quieter subs operating in shallower water. The Mk54 has a range of about ten kilometers and a top speed of about 72 kilometers an hour. It has a built in sonar that can search for the target sub, as well as acoustic sensors (listening devices to pick up any sounds a sub might make). The Mk54 also has an onboard computer and a data file of underwater noises and search tactics, which are used as it tries to find its target, and keep after it until it can hit the sub and destroy it with the explosives in the warhead.

In the last 40 years, some 25,000 of the older Mk 46 torpedoes were made, and at least a few thousand Mk54s have been manufactured. Mk50s are kept in inventory to deal with the few hostile nuclear subs that are still out there, although the Mk54 also has a capability of going deep, just not as deep as the more expensive Mk50.

There is still a market for lightweight torpedoes that are produced in smaller quantities. A few thousand built and sold over a decade or so is economically viable. This was the case with the A244S and similar models from European nations. China also developed its own lightweight torpedo based on some A244S ones it bought. In addition to selling the torpedoes the manufacturer makes a lot of money selling upgrades, customer modifications and maintenance and repair services. Most of these torpedoes are never used as intended and eventually retired when they are so old they are unreliable and not worth refurbishing. In light of all this India will have a difficult time establishing Shyena as a economically and militarily worthwhile effort.
https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htnavai/articles/20170415.aspx

 

[RISING SUN]

L&T and Hanwa Techwin of South Korea to deliver artillery guns to Indian Army


Indian engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Hanwa Techwin of South Korea signed a contract on Friday to manufacture the K9 Vajra-T tracked, self propelled artillery guns for the Indian Army.

The K9 has been shortlisted by the Army after extensive trials and it got the final approval from the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) recently. The formal contract with the Government is expected in the next few days.

The procurement process began in January 2011 when the Request For Proposal (RFP) was issued under the Buy Global category.

The deal estimated at around Rs. 4,600 crore is for 100 guns and is likely to expand further. Deliveries will begin in 18 months and completed in 42 months.

Vajra-T is a 155mm, 52 caliber self propelled artillery gun with a maximum range of 40km. It is an upgraded variant of the original K9 Thunder gun. The fire control system has been customised for desert conditions as per requirements of the Indian Army.

As per agreement, the first 10 guns will be imported from South Korea and the rest would be manufactured by L&T in India.

L&T said in a statement that the first 10 guns would be manufactured at L&T facility at Talegon near Pune. L&T is setting up a green field manufacturing facility at Hazira in Gujarat.

This is the second major deal for artillery guns concluded by the Army recently. Last year India signed a deal for 145 Ultra-Light Howitzers with the US under the Foreign Military Sales program.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...llery-guns-to-indian-army/article18180322.ece

 

[Hindustani78]

Display of the indigenously developed Assault Rifle (AK-47) at OFT campus near Tiruchi. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj

 

[Abingdonboy]

An unknown light armoured vehicle caught testing in India:

Is speculated to be based on the Mahindra Axe platform