DRDO apprised Defence Ministry about systems to be developed by Indian Industry

A delegation from Defence Research and Development Organisation, DRDO met with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to apprise him about 108 systems and subsystems which have been identified for designing and development by the Indian Industry only.

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Key-Points

DRDO will provide support to industries for design, development and testing of these systems on requirement basis. 

All the requirements of these systems by Research and Development establishments, Armed Forces, and other Security Agencies can be met through development contracts or production orders on suitable Indian industry.

This will allow DRDO to focus on design and development of critical and advanced technologies and systems.

DRDO has been partnering with industry for realization of its systems. Collaborating with DRDO in the development of major weapon systems the Indian industry has matured to a stage where they can develop systems on their own.

Indian industry has progressed from a ‘build to print’ partner to build to specification partner. The present industry base for DRDO consists of 1800 MSMEs along with DPSUs, Ordnance Factories and large scale industries.