Lok Sabha Question No. 295 (STARRED), answered on 2016-08-05
Subject: DRDO Projects
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: BHARAT SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEFENCE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION

## LOK  SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.295

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5 TH  AUGUST, 2016

## DRDO  PROJECTS

## *295.  SHRI  BHARAT SINGH:

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

- (a) the  details  of  ongoing  and  completed  projects  of  the  Defence  Research  and Development Organisation (DRDO) during the last three years and the current year, project-wise;
- (b) whether certain projects of DRDO proposed under the 11 th Five Year Plan are still pending and have incurred time and cost overrun;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reasons  therefor  along  with  the  corrective measures taken thereon;
- (d) whether  DRDO  has  undertaken  any  research  project  relating  to  industrial production and public welfare and if so, the project-wise details thereof; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  /  DRDO  has  signed  any  agreement  with  industrial houses for commercial transfer of technology for the said research projects and if so, the details thereof?

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MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                      (SHRI MANOHAR PARRIKAR)

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(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 295 FOR ANSWER ON 5.8.2016

- (a) Details  of  major  ongoing  projects  (Cost  above  Rs.  100  Cr)  with  name  of  project,  date  of  sanction, estimated cost and likely date of completion of the projects are given in the following table:-

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|   S. No. | Project Name                                                                          | Date of Sanction   |   Estimated Cost (Rs. in Crore) | Likely Date of Completion   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|        1 | Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM)                                           | February 2009      |                        10075.7  | August 2016                 |
|        2 | Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) : Phase-II                                                | November 2001      |                         5777.56 | * March 2015                |
|        3 | Airborne Warning &Control System (India) AWACS(I) : Phase I (In principle sanctioned) | February 2013      |                         5113    | February 2020               |
|        4 | Kaveri Engine                                                                         | March 1989         |                         2839    | *December 2009              |
|        5 | Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM)                                             | December 2005      |                         2606.02 | December 2016               |
|        6 | Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) : Phase-III                                               | November 2009      |                         2431.55 | December 2018               |
|        7 | Airborne Early Warning &Control (AEW&C) System                                        | October 2004       |                         2520    | * June 2016                 |
|        8 | Naval Light Combat Aircraft (LCA Navy Phase-II)                                       | December 2009      |                         1921.11 | December 2018               |
|        9 | Naval Light Combat Aircraft (LCA Navy Phase-I)                                        | March 2003         |                         1714.98 | * December 2014             |

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## :  2  :

|   S. No. | Project Name                                                                                                                        | Date of Sanction   |   Estimated Cost (Rs. in Cr) | Likely Date of Completion   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|       10 | Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Development of Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) at Chitradurga | February 2011      |                      1649.41 | February 2017               |
|       11 | Air-to-Air Missile System 'Astra`                                                                                                   | March 2004         |                       955    | December 2016               |
|       12 | Nirbhay - Development& Flight Trials                                                                                                | December 2010      |                       102.28 | December 2016               |
|       13 | Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QR-SAM)                                                                                      | July 2014          |                       476.43 | July 2017                   |
|       14 | National Open Air Range                                                                                                             | August 2014        |                       468    | February 2018               |
|       15 | Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar                                                                                           | January 2012       |                       445.5  | May 2019                    |
|       16 | Kautilya                                                                                                                            | July 2012          |                       432.8  | July 2017                   |
|       17 | Development of 1500 hp Engine                                                                                                       | December 2013      |                       398.02 | December 2018               |
|       18 | Solid Fuel Ducted Rocket Ramjet Technology for Air Launched Tactical Missiles (SFDR)                                                | February 2013      |                       366    | February 2018               |
|       19 | Hypersonic Wind Tunnel (HWT)                                                                                                        | October 2010       |                       412    | October 2019                |
|       20 | EW Systems for Capital Ships, Aircrafts& Helicopter of Indian Navy `Samudrika`                                                      | July 2012          |                       342.29 | July 2017                   |

……3/-

## :  3  :

|   S. No. | Project Name                                                                                                       | Date of Sanction   |   Estimated Cost (Rs. in Cr) | Likely Date of Completion   |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|       21 | New Generation Anti Radiation Missile (NGARM)                                                                      | December 2012      |                       317.2  | December 2017               |
|       22 | Post Development Support of AEW&C System (PDSAS)                                                                   | September 2013     |                       314.32 | September 2018              |
|       23 | AIP System on P-75 Submarines and Development of Deliverable LOX system                                            | June 2014          |                       270    | June 2017                   |
|       24 | Low Vulnerable High Performance Propellant with Low Temperature Co-efficient and Improved Shelf Life of Ammunition | September 2014     |                       267.02 | March 2018                  |
|       25 | 155 mm/ 52 Caliber Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS)                                                     | September 2012     |                       247.9  | March 2017                  |
|       26 | Land Based Prototype for AIP                                                                                       | August 2010        |                       216.6  | December 2016               |
|       27 | 40 GHz Upgradation of MMIC Facility                                                                                | February 2012      |                       198.72 | September 2017              |
|       28 | Advanced Light Weight Torpedo                                                                                      | February 2008      |                       194.53 | December 2017               |
|       29 | Flying Test Bed                                                                                                    | September 2012     |                       173.48 | September 2017              |
|       30 | D-29 System (InternalEW system for MiG-29 Upgrade Aircraft)                                                        | March 2010         |                       168.85 | December 2016               |

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## :  4  :

|   S. No. | Project Name                                                                              | Date of Sanction   |   Estimated Cost (Rs. in Crore) | Likely Date of Completion   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|       31 | Submarine Periscope                                                                       | March 2014         |                          163.77 | March 2019                  |
|       32 | DMR-249 Grade Steels, Plates, Bulb Bars and Weld Consumables                              | December 2012      |                          159.3  | December 2016               |
|       33 | Instrumented Airborne Platform for Real-time Snow Cover, Avalanche and Glacier Monitoring | September 2011     |                          125.94 | September 2016              |
|       34 | Augmentation of Environmental Test Facility for warheads and Electronic System            | September 2013     |                          121.17 | October2018                 |
|       35 | Experimental Technology Modules for Directed Energy Laser Systems                         | February 2014      |                          114.86 | July 2017                   |
|       36 | Tech Dev for Engine Fuel Control System                                                   | October 2014       |                          177.72 | April 2021                  |
|       37 | Project Pralay                                                                            | March 2015         |                          332.88 | March 2018                  |

*Under Revision

.......5/-

:  5  :

Details of major projects (cost more than Rs 100 crore) completed during last three years and current year (from 01 Jan 2013 to 31 July 2016) are given below:-

|   S. No. | Project Name                                                       | Date of Sanction   | Date of Completion   |   Expenditure (Rs in Crore) |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|        1 | Development of EWsuite for Fighter Aircraft (EWSFA)                | September 2005     | December 2014        |                      330.31 |
|        2 | Development of Dual Colour Missile Approach warning                | November 2008      | June 2015            |                      273.8  |
|        3 | Systems for Fighter Aircraft Programme on NBC Defence Technologies | March 2010         | March 2015           |                      181.65 |
|        4 | Setting up of a sea keeping and Manoeuvring Basin                  | September 2007     | December 2015        |                      168.58 |
|        5 | Development of Medium Power Radar for IAF                          | November 2008      | November 2011        |                      134.14 |

......6/-

## :  6  :

(b) & (c): Details of major projects (Cost more than Rs. 100 Crore) sanctioned during 11 th Five Year Plan (2007 2012) along with date of sanction, original estimated cost, revised cost, original likely date of completion and revised date of completion of the project are given in the following table:-

|   S. No. | Project Name                                                                                                                        | Date of Sanction   |   Original Estimated Cost (Rs. in Crore) | Revised Cost (Rs. in Crore)   | Original Likely Date of Completion   | Revised Date of Completion   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|        1 | Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM)                                                                                         | February 2009      |                                 10075.7  | No revision                   | August 2016                          | No revision                  |
|        2 | Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) : Phase- III                                                                                            | November 2009      |                                  2431.55 | No revision                   | December 2018                        | No revision                  |
|        3 | Naval Light Combat Aircraft (LCA Navy Phase-II)                                                                                     | December 2009      |                                  1921.11 | No revision                   | December 2018                        | No revision                  |
|        4 | Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Development of Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) at Chitradurga | February 2011      |                                  1540.74 | 1649.41                       | August 2016                          | February 2017                |
|        5 | Nirbhay - Development &Flight Trials                                                                                                | December 2010      |                                    56.93 | 102.28                        | May2013                              | December 2016                |
|        6 | Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar                                                                                           | January 2012       |                                   459.65 | 445.50                        | July 2016                            | May2019                      |

……7/-

|   S. No. | Project Name                                                                   | Date of Sanction   |   Original Estimated Cost (Rs. in Crore) | Revised Cost (Rs. in Crore)   | Original Likely Date of Completion   | Revised Date of Completion   |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|        7 | Kautilya                                                                       | July 2012          |                                   432.8  | No revision                   | July 2017                            | No revision                  |
|        8 | Hypersonic Wind Tunnel (HWT)                                                   | October 2010       |                                   412    | No revision                   | October 2019                         | No revision                  |
|        9 | EW Systems for Capital Ships, Aircrafts& Helicopter of Indian Navy `Samudrika` | July 2012          |                                   342.29 | No revision                   | July 2017                            | No revision                  |
|       10 | New Generation Anti Radiation Missile (NGARM)                                  | December 2012      |                                   317.2  | No revision                   | December 2017                        | No revision                  |
|       11 | 155 mm/ 52 Caliber Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS)                 | September 2012     |                                   247.9  | No revision                   | September 2015                       | March 2017                   |
|       12 | Land Based Prototype for AIP                                                   | August 2010        |                                   216.6  | No revision                   | March 2016                           | December 2016                |
|       13 | 40 GHz Upgradation of MMIC Facility                                            | February 2012      |                                   198.72 | No revision                   | August 2015                          | September 2017               |

......8/-

## :  8  :

|   S. No. | Project Name                                                                              | Date of Sanction   |   Original Estimated Cost (Rs. in Crore) | Revised Cost (Rs. in Crore)   | Original Likely Date of Completion   | Revised Date of Completion   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|       14 | Advanced Light Weight Torpedo                                                             | February 2008      |                                   194.53 | No revision                   | August 2013                          | December 2017                |
|       15 | Flying Test Bed                                                                           | September 2012     |                                   173.48 | No revision                   | September 2017                       | No revision                  |
|       16 | D-29 System (InternalEW system for MiG-29 Upgrade Aircraft)                               | March 2010         |                                   168.85 | No revision                   | December 2012                        | December 2016                |
|       17 | DMR-249 Grade Steels, Plates, Bulb Bars and Weld Consumables                              | December 2012      |                                   159.3  | No revision                   | December 2016                        | No revision                  |
|       18 | Instrumented Airborne Platform for Real-time Snow Cover, Avalanche and Glacier Monitoring | September 2011     |                                   125.94 | No revision                   | September 2016                       | No revision                  |

......9/-

## Major reasons for delay in completion of projects:-

## :  9  :

- Ab-initio development of state-of-the-art technologies
- Technological/technical complexities
- Lack of availability of:
- Critical equipment; a special materials
- Infrastructure and testing facilities like wind tunnel, floating test range
- Technically skilled and specialized manpower
- Manufacturing base like Aero engines, FPA fab
- Mid-term revision in Qualitative Requirements (QRs)
- Extended and repeated trials, non-availability of platforms (Su-30, ALH, Ship) for trials
- Delay in production of systems by designated production agencies
- Denial of technologies by the technologically advanced countries
- Legal problems in setting up of infrastructure including acquisition of land and environmental issues
- Problems in absorbing high-end technologies by the production agencies

## Corrective measures taken/being taken to address the issues of delay in completion of ongoing projects:-

- Three-tier project monitoring approach has been instituted in the major projects.
- Consortium approach is being used for design, development and fabrication of critical components.
- Project  Monitoring  Review  Committee  (PMRC)  and  Project  Appraisal  and  Review  Committee  (PARC) meetings are held regularly to monitor the progress of ongoing projects.
- Concurrent  engineering  approach  has  been  adopted  in  technology  intensive  projects  to  minimize  time-lag between development and productionisation of the systems.
- Information Technology and modern management techniques are being applied.

……10/-

## :  10  :

- Encouraging joint funding by users to ensure their commitment towards earliest completion.
- Organisational re-structuring:
- Decentralization of authority and responsibility with labs/cluster Director Generals (DGs)
- High empowerment and accountability
- Involvement  of  Services  &  production  Partners  during  development  process  and  reviews  -  To  know  their views in advance including finalisation of GSQRs.
- (d) The core competence of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is Research and Development in the area of defence technology. DRDO is not involved in manufacturing & production. So, the area relating to industrial production and public welfare of projects are not dealt by DRDO.
- (e) Number of technologies commercialised during the last three year and the current year through agreement between DRDO and industrial houses are given as under:-

|   S. No. |   Year |   No. of Industries |   No. of Technologies |
|----------|--------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|        1 |   2013 |                  13 |                     4 |
|        2 |   2014 |                  15 |                    12 |
|        3 |   2015 |                  30 |                    15 |
|        4 |   2016 |                  11 |                    10 |

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