Update on Defence requirements
India’s major defence item exports have been Fast Patrol Vessels, Coastal Surveillance System (CSS), Light Weight Torpedoes, Do-228 Aircraft, Wheeled Infantry Carrier, Light Specialist Vehicle, Mine Protected Vehicle, Passive Night Sights, Battle Field Surveillance Radar Extended Range, Integrated Anti-Submarine Warfare, Light Weight Torpedo Launcher and Parts, Zen Advanced Weapons Simulator, Personal Protective items, 155mm Artillery Gun Ammunition, Small Arms and Ammunitions, etc.
Minister of State for Defence, Shripad Naik, stated this in a written reply to Lok Sabha on 4 Mar 2020.
Based on the Authorisation, License issued by Department of Defence Production, the Defence Public Sector Undertaking/Ordnance Factory Board are allowed these exports.
Some of the significant products/platforms manufactured by the defence industry include 155mm Artillery Gun system ‘Dhanush’, Light Combat Aircraft ‘Tejas’, Dornier Do-228, Advanced Light Helicopter (Dhruv), ‘Akash’ Surface to Air Missile system, Attack Submarine ‘INS Kalvari’, ‘INS Chennai’, Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette (ASWC), Water Jet Fast Attack Crafts (WJFAC), Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), Varunastra Heavy Weight Torpedo, etc.
Production of indigenous defence equipment are decided based on requirements of the Armed Forces, he pointed out.
Armed Forces undertake Capital procurement of defence equipment from various domestic as well as foreign vendors, based on threat perception, operational challenges and technological changes so as to keep the Armed Forces in a state of readiness to meet the entire spectrum of security challenges, the Minister informed. fiinews.com
