Team Herald
Panjim: The Defence Secretary and Director General of Defence Research and Development Organsiation of India (DRDO) has termed Make in India in Defence Sector as a boon to the Defence of the Country and has expressed hope of radical growth and improvement in the quality and speed of the production of Defence Equipment in India. The DRDO Secretary was speaking at the press briefing on Tuesday informing of the endeavours of the DRDO in the Defence sector.
While explaining the benefits of the Make in India pitch and the new Defence Procurement Procedure Dr S. Christopher said “Today, quite a good amount of time is consumed by the time the design is moderated and checked and sent for final clearance. In the present idea is to start production at the same time of while designing so that problems if any are cleared right in the beginning. The concurrent design is the idea to solve the problems. The new ideas also include emphasis on maintenance which is a problem area” he said.
“We are further developing Agni and are revisiting the missile system by making it more efficient and are working to better it so that it can be continued further after the Agni I II III and IV models. Agni V is under this stage and we do intend to go ahead and get it operational,” Dr. Chirstopher said.
This year the design theme of DRDO Pavilion is “Rise of Futurism”. DRDO Futurism emphasises its vision to make lndia prosperous by establishing world class science and technology base and provide our Defence Services decisive edge by equipping them with internationally competitive systems and solutions.
The indoor models and exhibits covers nearly the entire gamut of R&D from aeronautics, armaments & combat engineering, missiles, electronics and communication systems, materials, naval systems, life sciences, micro-electronic devices and computational systems. Some indoor exhibits includes: Model of Akash and Brahmos missiles; Aslesh, Bharani and SWATHI the Weapon Locating Radar, IR Guided Missile Tester. Laser Guided Bomb Kit Tester, Hand-held Stand-off Explosive Detector, Short Range Laser Dazzler, Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS), Nakshatra the Aerostat System, Combat Free Fall System, Bio-toilet model, Computerized Pilot Selection System (CPSS) model, Multimode Hand Grenade, Family of small Arms, Sonars and Torpedoes, Night Vision and Microwave Devices, Bullet Proof Jacket, Robotics & Unmanned Systems, Telemedicine, Ready to Eat Food Technologies etc.
