Lok Sabha Question No. 3034 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-14
Subject: Make in India
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: ANIRUDHAN SAMPATH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3034

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 14 TH  MARCH, 2018

## MAKE  IN  INDIA

3034.  DR. A. SAMPATH:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of areas in Defence in which Make in India has been newly introduced;
- (b) the total number  of  products  developed  by Defence  Research  and  Development Organisation (DRDO) and other Indian institutions during the last three years and the details of the products out of them produced in large quantity;
- (c) the details of number of contracts at present signed by the Government to import defence equipments and machinery;
- (d) whether  the  existing  defence  production  factories  are  either  closed  or  on  the  verge  of closure; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor?
- (a) 'Make  in  India'  in  defence  sector,  which  is  primarily  driven  by  capital acquisition of defence equipment and other policy measures, has been introduced  in  all  major  areas  of  defence  such  as  combat  vehicles,  combat aircrafts,  warships,  weapons,  ammunitions,  missiles,  radars,  electronic  warfare systems etc.
- (b) Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), the Research wing of Ministry of Defence has been set up with a mandate of developing cutting edge technologies and  systems  for Indian  Armed  Forces  as  per their specific Qualitative Requirements. The list of major projects developed by DRDO during the last three years is placed at Annexure-1.
- (c) In  the  last  three  financial  years  (2014-15  to  2016-17),  58  contracts  were signed  with  foreign  vendors  for  procurement  of  defence  capital  equipment  for Defence Forces.
- (d)  &  (e):      At  present,  there  is  no  proposal  to  close  Ordnance  Factories  or Defence  Public  Sector  Units  functioning  under  the  administrative  control  of Department of Defence Production.
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## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

## ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  IN  THE  REPLY  GIVEN  IN  PART  (b)  OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3034 FOR ANSWER ON 14.03.2018

## Products developed by DRDO during last three years:

|   1. | Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas                                                    |
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|    2 | Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) System                                    |
|    3 | 155mm/52 Calibre Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS)                         |
|    4 | Weapon Locating Radar (WLR) Swati                                                    |
|    5 | High speed Heavy Weight Ship Launched Torpedo (Varunastra)                           |
|    6 | Anti-Torpedo Decoy System (Maareech)                                                 |
|    7 | Arudhra-Medium Power Radar                                                           |
|    8 | Akash Weapon System                                                                  |
|    9 | Abhay Sonar                                                                          |
|   10 | Hull Mounted Sonar (HUMSA)                                                           |
|   11 | HUMSA UG                                                                             |
|   13 | Near field acoustic characterization system (NACS)                                   |
|   14 | NBC Technologies                                                                     |
|   15 | NBC Recce Vehicle Mk-I                                                               |
|   16 | 120 mmFSAPDS(Fin stabilised Armour Piercing Discarding                               |
|   17 | Sabot) Mk-II Ammunition for MBT Arjun 120 mmFSAPDS Practice Ammunition for MBT Arjun |
|   19 | 46m Inflatable Radome                                                                |
|   20 | Air Bursting Grenades for Individual Weapons                                         |
|   21 | Anti Torpedo Decoys                                                                  |
|   22 | Bar Mine Layer                                                                       |
|   23 | CBRNe Remotely Operated Platforms                                                    |

25. Computerized Pilot Selection System
26. Dual Colour Missile Approach Warning System for Fighter Aircraft
27. Electro-Optical Fire Control System for Naval Ships
28. Electro-Optical Sensors for Airborne Platforms
29. Enhanced Range Rocket (Pinaka Mk-II)
30. EW Suite for Fighter Aircraft
31. Exotic and Indigenous Varieties of Vegetables under Protected Environment
32. G-band CC-TWT for Weapon Locating Radar
33. Heavy Drop System - l6T
34. Integrated Automotive Vetronics Systems for AFVs
35. Ku-Band MPM based Transmitter for Airbome Radar
36. Laser Target Designator with Thermal Imager for Air Force
37. Medium Size Integrated Aerostat Surveillance System
38. Minefield Marking Equipment Mk-ll
39. Mountain Foot Bridge
40. Multi Calibre Individual Weapon System
41. Multi-Influence Ground Mine
42. Penetration-cum-Blast
43. Sub-Munition Warheads for Pinaka
44. Synthetic Aperture Radar for UAV
45. Terrain Assessment System for Trans-border Deserts in Western Sector
46. Thermo-Baric Ammunition for 120 mm Arjun Tank
47. Upgraded Troposcatter Communication System for Indian Air Force
48. Vehicle Mounted High Power Laser Directed Energy System Against RPVs/UAVs/DRONES
49. Water Mist System Validation for Fire Protection in Naval Ships.

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