Lok Sabha Question No. 768 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Contribution of DRDO
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEFENCE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.768

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  DECEMBER, 2017

## CONTRIBUTION OF DRDO

768. SHRI  SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE

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be  pleased  to  state  the  details  of  contribution  made  by  the  Defence  Research  and Development  Organisation  (DRDO)  for  the  development  and  upgradation  of  defence equipment in the country during the last three years?

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MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                    (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

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Defence  Research  and  Development  Organisation  (DRDO),  an  R&D wing of Ministry of Defence, is primarily involved in design and development  of  strategic,  complex  and  security  sensitive  systems  in  the fields  of  missiles,  unmanned  aerial  vehicles,  radars,  electronic  warfare systems,  sonars,  combat  vehicles,  combat  aircraft,  sensors,  etc  for  the Armed Forces as per their specific Qualitative Requirements. Over the past five  decades,  DRDO  has  developed/  upgraded  a  number  of  systems/ products/  technologies,  a  large  number  of  which  have  already  been productionised.  Value  of  systems  /  products  /  technologies  developed  / upgraded  by  DRDO  and  inducted  into  the  Services  or  in  the  process  of induction  stands  over  Rs  2.60  lakh  crores  out  of  this  1.1  lakh  crores corresponds  to  last  three  years.    This  figure  does  not  include  Strategic Systems. The list of systems/ products/ technologies developed by DRDO during last three years and current year is enclosed herewith as

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## ANNEXURE-A REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 768 FOR ANSWER ON 20.12.2017

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

- Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas

- Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) System

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

- Weapon Locating Radar (WLR) Swati

- High Speed Heavy Weight Ship Launched Torpedo (Varunastra)

- Anti-Torpedo Decoy System (Maareech)

- Arudhra-Medium Power Radar

- Akash Weapon System

- Abhay Sonar

- Hull Mounted Sonar (HUMSA)

- HUMSA UG

- Advanced Indigenous Distress Sonar System (AIDSS)

- Near field acoustic characterization system (NACS)

- NBC Technologies

- NBC Recce Vehicle Mk-I

- 120 mm FSAPDS Mk-II Ammunition for MBT Arjun

- 120 mm FSAPDS Practice Ammunition for MBT Arjun

- 250 Kg Pre-fragmented Bomb

- 46m Inflatable Radome

- Air Bursting Grenades for Individual Weapons

- Anti Torpedo Decoys

- Bar Mine Layer

- CBRNe Remotely Operated Platforms

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

- Computerized Pilot Selection System

- Dual Colour Missile Approach Warning System for Fighter Aircraft

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- Electro-Optical Fire Control System for Naval Ships
- Electro-Optical Sensors for Airborne Platforms
- Enhanced Range Rocket (Pinaka Mk-II)
- EW Suite for Fighter Aircraft
- Exotic  and  Indigenous  Varieties  of  Vegetables  under  Protected Environment
- G-band CC-TWT for Weapon Locating Radar
- Heavy Drop System - 16T
- Integrated Automotive Vetronics Systems for AFVs
- Ku-Band MPM based Transmitter for Airborne Radar
- Laser Target Designator with Thermal Imager for Air Force
- Medium Size Integrated Aerostat Surveillance System
- Minefield Marking Equipment Mk-II
- Mountain Foot Bridge
- Multi Calibre Individual Weapon System
- Multi-Influence Ground Mine
- Penetration-cum-Blast
- Sub-Munition Warheads for Pinaka
- Synthetic Aperture Radar for UAV
- Terrain  Assessment System for Trans-border  Deserts in Western Sector
- Thermo-Baric Ammunition for 120 mm Arjun Tank
- Upgraded Troposcatter Communication System for IAF
- Vehicle  Mounted  High  Power  Laser  Directed  Energy  System Against RPVs/UAVs/DRONES
- Water Mist System Validation for Fire Protection in Naval Ships.

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