PTI, HYDERABAD: The government is considering to indigenously manufacture majority of the defence systems that are currently imported, over the next five-six years, scientific advisor to defence minister, G Satheesh Reddy, said today.
The government has come out with many mechanisms to promote the industries to get them into defence research in a big way and come out with many indigenous products, he said. Reddy was speaking at the inaugural session of a conclave on ‘Connecting the Dots in Telangana’s Defence & Aerospace Sector’, organised by CII Telangana here. He said the government is very seriously committed for the indigenous systems to enter the country’s services.
“The way the government is looking today, maybe next five to six years majority of the systems, which are being imported should be produced in the country indigenously… hichever the mechanism- Indigenously Designed Developed and Manufactured (IDDM), or through the ‘Make in India’ programme…most of them should be produced in the country,” Reddy said.
“On missiles, we should be completely self-reliant in about next five years, that is, we should be able to produce them in the country,” he said. According to Reddy, to support the industry, lot of
schemes have been brought out, which support the innovative research in the country, like Atal Innovation, Technology Development Fund and Innovative Research Initiative. He called upon the Indian industries, which have produced a particular technology to tap the export market. “Many industries have developed lot of technologies and they should look for opportunities outside through exports…My feeling is the industry will survive and can come out in a big way.
