DRDO Gearing Up For Production of Indigenous Defence Equipment


The information was given by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply to Dr Vinay P Sahasrabuddhe in the upper house of the Parliament on 6 August 2018. She also informed the house that the total Budget of Department of Defence Research and Development (DDR&D) for the Financial Year 2018-19 is Rs 17861.19 crore with manpower of approximately 24224 including 7354 scientists. A total of 13 research projects in Technology Development (TD) and Science & Technology (S&T) category have been taken up by the DRDO in the year 2018-19 in the broad areas of hybrid power system, advanced materials, CBW Defence technologies, laser diode technology, technologies for insensitive munitions etc., and since these are in design phase, outcome of research projects will be seen in the coming years.
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