INDO-US HIGH TECHNOLOGY
CO-OPERATION GROUP MEETING
WASHINGTON DC
18-19 November 2004
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
DEPARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE
PRODUCTION
DEPARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE
DEPARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE
RESEARCH &
DEVELOPMENT
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THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• Headed by the Defense Secretary
• Deals with the Integrated Defense Staff
the three services & various inter-service
organizations
• Responsible for defense budget, defense
policy, matters relating to Parliament,
defense cooperation with foreign
countries and coordination of all activities
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THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PRODUCTION
• Headed by the Secretary Defense Production
• Deals with matters pertaining to defense
production, indigenisation of imported stores,
equipment & spares
• Planning & control of departmental
production units of the Ordnance Factory
Board & the Defense Public Sector
Undertakings (DPSUs)
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The Department of Defense Production oversees
the following :
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39 Ordnance Factories
8 Defense Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs)
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
- Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
- Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML)
- Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL)
- Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL)
- Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd.
- Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)
- Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI)
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Quality Assurance
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Directorate of Standardization
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Defense Exhibition Organization
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Indigenisation
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Private Sector participation in Defense Production
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THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RESEARCH &
DEVELOPMENT
• Headed by the Secretary Defense R& D, who
is also the Scientific Advisor to the Defense
Minister & Director General of Defense
Research & Development Organization
(DRDO)
• Advise the government on scientific aspects
of military equipment
• Formulation of research & development
plans for equipment used by the services
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Defense Research & Development
Organization (DRDO)
Has a Vision of
Empowering India with cutting-edge defense technology
And a Mission of
Self-reliance in critical defense technologies and systems
by indigenisation and innovation
While
Equipping the Armed Forces with state-of-the-art weapon
systems and equipment
In partnership with :
The Industry, the Academia and other R & D centers in
India and abroad
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ver the past 30 years of DRDO activity, a number of
ystems have been developed and are in use with the
ountry’s armed forces. Some of the products are listed
elow:
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Field Guns & Mortars
Small Arms and Ammunition
Armaments
Radars
Sonars
Electronic Warfare Systems
Digital Communication Network
Combat Vehicles
Bridges & other Engineering Support
Advanced Materials
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SOME OF THE MAJOR SYSTEMS
DEVELOPED BY DRDO ARE:
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Main battle tank
Light Combat Aircraft
Torpedoes
Anti Submarine Warfare Systems
Lakshya – Aerial Target System
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
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Work is also in progress in the
development of major sub-systems
and technologies:
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Aero engines
Multimode Radar
Composites and armour
Micro-electronics
Night Vision Systems
Signal and Data Networks
Simulators
Artificial Intelligence Systems
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LABORATORIES IN DEFENCE
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
ORGANISATION
• Aeronautical
• Armament
• Combat Vehicles &
Engineering Group
• Computer Science
• Electronics & Instrumentation
• Life Sciences
• Materials
• Naval Systems
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Quickening the Pace of Technology Advance
The Ideal Bond
R&D
Academia
• Active Industry Participation
• Goal- / Product Oriented Research
• Mature Technologies
• Product Orientation
Industry
• Applied R& D
• Product Upgrade
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DRDO Efforts for Industry Synergy
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Defense Public Sector Units
 DRDO– PSUs initiatives
 Program / project reviews
 Multi – tier management boards
 DRDO representatives in PSU boards
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Private Industry
 Interaction through programs / projects
 DRDO – industry associations initiative
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Landmarks in DRDO-Industry Interface
• Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)
• Multi Barrel Rocket System – Pinaka
• Main Battle Tank - Arjun
• Sarvatra – Multi-Hop Assault Bridging System
• Bridge Layer Tank (BLT) T-72
• Mat Fording CL –70 (MGS)
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Enhanced Industry Participation
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Involve industry as prime production agency
from the beginning
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Industry to take up LSP orders
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Firm commitment from user
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Explore export opportunities to increase
volume of production
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R & D support of DRDO and academia throughout
product life cycle
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Private Sector Participation in Defense
Production
• The objective is to pool capital, manpower
resources and industrial infrastructure available
outside the public sector & facilitate development
of full-fledged Defense industrial complex in the
country to achieve self-reliance.
• In May 2001, GOI decided to open Defense
Production to Indian Private Sector with FDI up to
26% subject to licensing
• In Jan 2002, the Department of Industrial Policy &
Promotion (DIPP) issued guidelines for licensing
production of Arms & Ammunition
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Present Scenario
• 39 applications have been received from private
companies for manufacture of various types of
Defense equipment
• 18 Letters of Intent/Industrial Licenses have been
issued by the DIPP
• Proposals submitted by Indian industry to MOD
for effective amalgamation of Indian private
sector in the planning & acquisition process
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Defense –Industry Partnership Meets
• Defense-Industry Partnership Meets are organized at
regular intervals to share information with the private
industry regarding the requirements of the Defense
Production agencies and the different wings of the
armed forces to help the private industry to prepare
proper investment plans
• In these meets, various Defense Establishments
namely DGQA, DRDO, Ordnance Factory Board also
participate
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New Initiatives taken by MOD, GOI
• Constitution of Defense Acquisition Council headed by
the Defense Minister
Accord “in principle” approval of capital
acquisitions in long term perspective plan and for
each capital acquisition program
• The decisions of the Council are to be implemented
by the following three Boards :
Defense Procurement Board
Defense Production Board
Defense Research & Development Board
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• A Defense Acquisition Wing headed by Special
Secretary (Acquisition) has been created to assist
the Defense Procurement Board
• Defense Technology Council (DTC) has been
constituted under the Chairmanship of the Defense
Minister to provide guidance and supervision of
growth & promotion of research, development and
production related to Defense Technologies
• DTC will assist Defense Acquisition Council in taking
holistic decisions on specific Defense Projects
related to long term perspective plan
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A Committee under the Chairmanship of
Dr. Vijay Kelkar has been constituted by GOI :
• To examine & make recommendations on changes
required in the procedure of acquisition/procurement
of Defense equipment to modify it on an approach
based on “Products Strategy”
• To suggest modalities for integration of user, MOD and
the Indian Industry including R & D
• To recommend changes required to facilitate Ordnance
Factories & Defense PSUs to assume the role of
designer and integrator of large defense systems.
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THANK YOU
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