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Lok Sabha
Defence Research
and Development Organisation (DRDO) is working for providing state-of-the-art
systems and products for the Armed Forces. DRDO has established core strength
in a number of engineering disciplines encompassing the following:
Strategic Systems
and Missiles - including Agni,
Prithvi, Akash, Nag, etc.
Avionics and Aero
Systems - including light
combat aircraft, Tejas and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, etc.
Naval Systems - including the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos,
sonars and torpedoes, etc.
Electronic Systems
- including state-of-the-art
Electronic warfare and signal intelligence equipment, etc.
Land Systems
- including battle tanks, amphibious armoured vehicles, engineering reccee
vehicles, ammunitions, etc.
Life Support Systems
- including NBC detection, defensive and protective gear, high altitude rations,
high altitude agro-technology, etc.
The approximate
value of production orders placed for DRDO developed systems, which are to
be used by the Armed Forces, amounts to over Rs. 30,000 crore over the last
10 years.
In the light
of recommendations of the "Report of the Committee on Review of Defence
Procurement Procedure to integrate Users, Ministry of Defence and the Industry",
(April 2005, Kelkar Committee Report), a Committee has been constituted under
the Chairmanship of Dr. P Rama Rao with seven members - four superannuated
officers and one each from the three Services and from defence finance, and
one each from industry, Public Sector Units (PSUs) and Academic institutions.
The terms
of reference of the committee are to :
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Mordernize administrative, personnel and financial
systems to achieve speedier implementation of projects.
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Develop synergistic cooperation with sister R&D
agencies, such as DAE/DOS/DOD/CSIR and academia to keep pace with advances
in science and technology and to ensure immunity against denial regimes.
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Attract and retain high quality manpower by various
measures including offering incentives and providing opportunities for DRDO
scientists to acquire higher degrees in India and military R&D experience
abroad.
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Ensure that technical specification of Staff requirements
are consistent with the national scientific and technical knowledge base,
and experience with fielded imported systems.
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Maximize technological appreciation and knowledge
- acquisition from user trials, test & evaluation and in service use of
imported equipment and stores.
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Maximise utilization of private industry (particularly
technocrat-entrepreneur owned) not only for system / sub - system development
but also for development of enabling technology, design and proof - of - concept
research.
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Utilize the expertise of selected NRIs and foreign
consultants, particularly those with experience in military - related R&D;
explore opportunities of collaborative efforts with foreign academic and R&D
institutions and military industries in the environment of liberalized economy.
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Recommend measures to ensure that a certain percentage
in value of acquisition is directed towards ongoing and futuristic efforts to
indigenously build industrial capability in the country.
This information was given by the Defence
Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri Rayapati Sambasiva Rao
and others in Lok Sabha today
SKS / RAJ
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Revamping of defence research and development organisation
