Lok Sabha Question No. 3918 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: State-of-the-Art Technology Defence Product
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Girish Bhalchandra Bapat, Pritam Gopinath Munde, Rahul Ramesh Shewale

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3918

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th  March, 2023

## STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY DEFENCE PRODUCT

## 3918. SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT: DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether  the  Government  has  undertaken  a  number  of  policy  initiatives  for  indigenous manufacturing of State-of-the-Art technology Defence products;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the number of projects sanctioned under Technology Development Fund scheme in the country, State-wise particularly in Maharashtra;
- (d)  the details of funds allocated, released and utilised so far on such projects; and
- (e)  the status of current progress in each sanctioned project, project-wise?

## A  N  S  W  E  R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

(a) & (b) : Several policy initiatives and reforms have been taken by Government in the past few  years to  encourage  indigenous  design,  development  and  manufacture  of  defence equipment, there by promoting self-reliance in defence manufacturing in the country. These initiatives,  inter-alia,  include  according  priority  to  procurement  of  capital  items  from domestic  sources  under  Defence  Acquisition  Procedure  (DAP)-2020;   Notification  of   four 'Positive Indigenization Lists' of total 411 items of Services and three 'Positive Indigenization Lists' of total 3738 items  of Defence Public Sector Undertakings(DPSUs), for which there would be an embargo on the import beyond the timelines indicated against them; Simplification  of  Industrial  licensing  process  with  longer  validity  period;  Liberalization  of Foreign Direct Investment(FDI) policy allowing 74% FDI under automatic route; Simplification of Make Procedure; Launch of Mission DefSpace; Launch of Innovations for Defence  Excellence  (iDEX)  scheme  involving  startups  &  Micro,  Small  and  Medium Enterprises (MSMEs); Implementation of  Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order 2017; Launch of an indigenization portal namely SRIJAN to facilitate indigenisation by  Indian  Industry  including  MSMEs;  Reforms  in  Offset  policy  with  thrust  on  attracting investment  and  Transfer  of  Technology  for  Defence  manufacturing  by  assigning  higher multipliers; Establishment of two Defence Industrial Corridors, one each in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu; Opening up of Defence Research & Development (R&D) for industry, startups and academia with 25 percent of defence R&D budget; Progressive increase in allocation of Defence Budget of military modernization for procurement from domestic sources, etc.

- (c):  Under Technology Development Fund scheme, 68 projects have been sanctioned in the country. The State-wise details including Maharashtra are given below: -
- (d):    Till  date,  a  total  of  68  projects  at  total  cost  of  Rs.  287.4  Crore  have  been  sanctioned under  TDF  Scheme,  out  of  which  DRDO's  share  is  Rs.  250.12  Crore.  A  total  fund  of Rs.58.87 Crore out of the DRDO share of Rs. 250.12 Crore have been released.
- (e):    The  status  of  current  progress in  each sanctioned project under TDF Scheme is given below: -

| Sl. No.   | State/UT       |   No. of Projects sanctioned |
|-----------|----------------|------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh |                            1 |
| 2.        | Assam          |                            1 |
| 3.        | Delhi          |                            2 |
| 4.        | Haryana        |                            3 |
| 5.        | Karnataka      |                           14 |
| 6         | Kerala         |                            4 |
| 7.        | Maharashtra    |                           14 |
| 8.        | Odisha         |                            3 |
| 9.        | Punjab         |                            1 |
| 10.       | Rajasthan      |                            1 |
| 11.       | Tamilnadu      |                            9 |
| 12.       | Telangana      |                            9 |
| 13.       | Uttar Pradesh  |                            5 |
| 14.       | West Bengal    |                            1 |
|           | Total :        |                           68 |

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Project                                                                                                                                              | Project Stage (Milestone in Progress) *                       |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Design and Development of Video Processing/ Switching Board for an Advanced Military Aircraft With ARINC 818 Std (Digital Video Std) (LOGIC FRUIT) (22-01- 2021) | Project completed &Technology handed over to Indian Air Force |
|         2 | Composite Materials Sea Water Pumps 40TPH &125 TPH (06-09-2022)                                                                                                  | Project completed &Technology handed over to Indian Navy      |
|         3 | Development of Composite Material based High Pressure (HP) Air Bottles and Hydrogen Cylinders                                                                    | I                                                             |
|         4 | Auxilliary pressure reducing &shut off Valve for Aircraft application                                                                                            | I                                                             |
|         5 | Fuel Probe for Aircraft Application                                                                                                                              | I                                                             |
|         6 | Development of Fuel System - Transfer Control Valves for Aircraft Applications                                                                                   | I                                                             |

|   7 | Development of Fuel System Pressure Transducer for Aircraft Application                               | I   |
|-----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
|   8 | Design and Development of Reconfigurable Digital Intercept Receiver for ES                            | I   |
|   9 | Development of Simulator for unmanned Ground, Marine (Sea Surface and underwater) and Aerial Vehicles | I   |
|  10 | Technology of Recovery of Lithium Precursors from used Lithium ion Batteries                          | I   |
|  11 | Translation of Mandarin Speech to English Speech and vice versa, M/s Cogknit                          | I   |
|  12 | Translation of Mandarin Speech to English Speech and vice versa, M/s Gnani                            | I   |
|  13 | Development of Cold Flaps (Four Types) for Aero Engine                                                | I   |
|  14 | Development of Tethered Underwater Communication Buoy                                                 | I   |
|  15 | Development of Tools for Data Assessment Active learning &Believability for Visual Data               | I   |
|  16 | Development of Composite Flex Seal for Large Aerospace Vehicles                                       | I   |
|  17 | Development of Long Life Sea Water Battery                                                            | I   |
|  18 | Bearings for Aircraft Application                                                                     | I   |
|  19 | Development of Direct Drive Frameless BLDC Motor                                                      | I   |
|  20 | BLDC Motors and Quadrature Incremental Encoders                                                       | I   |
|  21 | Encoders                                                                                              | I   |
|  22 | BLDC Motors and Quadrature Incremental Encoders.                                                      | I   |
|  23 | Development of Direct Drive Frameless BLDC Motor.                                                     | I   |
|  24 | Solid State Power Amplifier (SSPA) for AMDR Radar                                                     | I   |
|  25 | Design and Development of Robotic Propellant Machine System                                           | I   |
|  26 | Aero Gas Turbine Engine Health Monitoring System: Chistats Labs Pvt. Ltd.                             | I   |
|  27 | Portable Automatic Weather Station                                                                    | I   |
|  28 | Development of Course Correction Fuze for Artillery                                                   | II  |
|  29 | Develoment of 03 Concentric Rings for Aero Engine Application                                         | II  |
|  30 | Development of Avionics Antenna LRUs for Aircraft Application                                         | II  |
|  31 | Development of Dual flow self-regulation JT Cooler                                                    | II  |
|  32 | Development of Fuel System Components for Aircraft Application                                        | II  |
|  33 | Pressure Measuring Instrument for Aircraft Application                                                | II  |
|  34 | Development of Indegenous water jet propulsion System                                                 | II  |
|  35 | Development of VLF LOOP AERIAL                                                                        | II  |

|   36 | Development of Fuel Flow Metering Unit for Fighter Aircraft (BRZA-7)                                      | II   |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|
|   37 | Development of Exoskeleton of Indian Army                                                                 | II   |
|   38 | VLF HF Matrix                                                                                             | II   |
|   39 | Development of Pulse HVPS (High Voltage Power Supply) for ELTA ASPJ (Airborne Self Protection Jammer)     | II   |
|   40 | Fuel system - Tempreature Transducer for Aircraft Applications                                            | II   |
|   41 | Development of P-19 Modulator Valve                                                                       | II   |
|   42 | Autonomous Drone as First responder for search and report missions in closed/indoor environment           | II   |
|   43 | Multi therapeutic technology for faster healing of wounds                                                 | II   |
|   44 | AI based detection of a person based on physiological parameters                                          | II   |
|   45 | AI-Passive Distributed FOS Interrogator                                                                   | II   |
|   46 | Development of CWHVPS for ASPJ MAIN UNIT                                                                  | II   |
|   47 | Propellant Machining 6-DOF Robot                                                                          | II   |
|   48 | Standalone Miniaturised Telemetry package (SMTP) for an airborne article                                  | III  |
|   49 | Development of Drones for Carriage of stores in high Altitude (ICE Engine Based)                          | III  |
|   50 | Development of Drones for Carriage of stores in high Altitude (Electric Multicopter)                      | III  |
|   51 | Development of Drones for Carriage of stores in high Altitude (Hybrid Aerial Vehicle)                     | III  |
|   52 | Development of Futuristic high-Performance Propulsion system for small Satellites EOR and Station Keeping | III  |
|   53 | Development of Electrical LRUs for Aircraft Applications                                                  | III  |
|   54 | Development of Total Air Temerature Probe (TATP) for Aircraft Application                                 | III  |
|   55 | Development of Engine Driven Hydraulic Pump (EDHP) for Aircraft Application                               | III  |
|   56 | Development of Futuristic high-Performance Propulsion system for small Satellites EOR and Station Keeping | III  |
|   57 | Development of Nose Wheel Steering Manifold for Aircraft Application                                      | III  |
|   58 | Development of Slide and Swivel Joint for Aircraft Application                                            | III  |

|   59 | Development of WT(Water Tight)_GT(Gas tight) and Fire Class EMI_EMC compliant doors and hatches for Indian Navel Ships                        | III          |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|   60 | Development for Pump for Aircraft Application                                                                                                 | III          |
|   61 | Leveraging Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) for enhancing Aircraft Serviceability                                                    | III          |
|   62 | Marine Desalinators for Life Rafts Onboard Indian Naval Ships                                                                                 | III          |
|   63 | Development of Tide efficient gangway                                                                                                         | III          |
|   64 | AI Recognize                                                                                                                                  | III          |
|   65 | Design and Development of Video Processing/ Switching Board for an Advanced Military Aircraft With ARINC 818 Std (Digital Video Std) (SAMTEL) | IV           |
|   66 | Development of prussian blue formulation under GMP facility                                                                                   | IV           |
|   67 | Development of Fuel System Valve for Aircraft Application                                                                                     | IV           |
|   68 | Development of Light Weight Bullet Proof Materials (Short Closed)                                                                             | Short Closed |

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| Stage I -   | Preliminary System requirement (PSR) / Preliminary Design Review                                                              |
|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Stage II -  | Working Models / Detailed Design Review / Critical Design Review                                                              |
| Stage III - | Engineering Grade Functional Testing / Mil grade Prototypes production                                                        |
| Stage IV -  | Qualification Testing (QT) & Environmental Testing / Functional Testing /Design iteration if any / Hardware Delivery          |
| Stage V -   | Documentation / Transfer of Technology (ToT) / Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) sharing / PSR, any other remaining activity |

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