In a major boost to indigenous defence manufacturing, the Centre on Tuesday approved the transfer of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)-developed technologies for all conventional missile systems to Indian industry for domestic production.<\/p>\n
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh cleared the proposal, allowing DRDO to transfer missile technologies to qualified private-sector companies. The move is aimed at increasing industry participation in the defence ecosystem and accelerating indigenous production of advanced weapon systems.<\/p>\n
In military terminology, conventional missiles are those that destroy targets using high explosives, fragmentation or kinetic impact, and do not carry nuclear, biological or chemical warheads.<\/p>\n
While the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has not released a list of missile systems covered under the Transfer of Technology (ToT) framework, the category could include systems such as the Akash air defence missile, the Astra air-to-air missile and the Nag anti-tank guided missile, among others.<\/p>\n
Announcing the decision on social media platform X, the Defence Minister’s Office said Rajnath Singh had approved the transfer of DRDO-developed technologies of all conventional missile systems to Indian industries for production within the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis Transfer of Technology (ToT) marks an important milestone in promoting greater participation of the Indian industries in the defence ecosystem by enabling them to undertake indigenous production,\u201d Singh said.<\/p>\n
According to the government, technology transfers will be subject to prescribed qualifications, certifications and regulatory requirements.<\/p>\n
The initiative is expected to facilitate the transition of missile systems from the development stage to industrial-scale production, while leveraging the capabilities of Indian industry in manufacturing advanced defence systems.<\/p>\n
The objective is to strengthen the country’s defence industrial base, enhance domestic manufacturing capabilities and create opportunities for Indian MSMEs and technology partners to join the missile production supply chain.<\/p>\n
The government said the move would help improve operational capability, reduce import dependence and increase domestic value addition, while supporting the growth of India’s defence manufacturing sector.<\/p>\n
Tuesday’s decision is separate from a recent DRDO initiative to identify private manufacturing partners for strategic missile systems. On August 17, DRDO invited Indian companies to apply as long-term manufacturing partners for missiles and guided bombs. The bid was issued by Hyderabad-based Research Centre Imarat (RCI) on behalf of DRDO’s Missile and Strategic Systems (MSS) Cluster.<\/p>\n
According to the DRDO website, the MSS Cluster is responsible for the design and development of state-of-the-art missile and strategic systems required for the country’s deterrence and defence capabilities.<\/p>\n
The cluster works on advanced technologies including ramjet and scramjet propulsion systems, guidance and homing technologies, and warhead systems.<\/p>\n
Strategic missile programmes such as the Agni series and under-development hypersonic missile systems fall within the MSS Cluster’s domain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a major boost to indigenous defence manufacturing, the Centre on Tuesday approved the transfer of Defence Research…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4625,4626,14,4627,4628,4629,266,4630,4631,1343,4632],"class_list":["post-7718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-indigenousdefence","tag-strategicmissiles","tag-defence-industry","tag-defenceinnovation","tag-defencemanufacturing","tag-defenceresearch","tag-drdo","tag-indiandefence","tag-missiletechnology","tag-msme","tag-rajnathsingh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}