• The Ministry of Defence has released draft Policy 2020 with an objective to achieve a turnover of Rs 1,75,000 Crores (USD 25 billion) including export of Rs 35,000 Crore (USD 5 billion) in Aerospace and Defence goods and services by 2025.
  • Aims to reduce dependence on imports and take forward Make in India initiatives through domestic design and development.

Goals and Objectives

  1. To achieve a turnover of Rs 1,75,000 Crores (US$ 25Bn) including export of Rs 35,000 Crore (US$ 5 Bn) in Aerospace and Defence goods and services by 2025.
  2. To develop a dynamic, robust and competitive Defence industry, including Aerospace and Naval Shipbuilding industry to cater to the needs of Armed forces with quality products.
  3. To reduce dependence on imports and take forward “Make in India” initiatives through domestic design and development.
  4. To promote export of defence products and become part of the global defence value chains.
  5. To create an environment that encourages R&D, rewards innovation, creates Indian IP ownership and promotes a robust and self-reliant defence industry.

Focus Areas

  • Procurement Reforms

    1. Project Management Unit (PMU)
      Would be set up to support the acquisition process and facilitate management of the contracts for defence procurement.
    2. Technology Assessment Cell (TAC)
      Would be created which would make an assessment of the TRL levels (Technology Readiness Levels) available in the country for all the major systems/ platforms and provide advice for initiation of AONs (Acceptance of Necessity) taking note of the time frames needed for development, trials and induction of systems to avoid immediate procurement requests to the maximum extent.
      Technology Assessment Cell (TAC) would carry out the scan of regional and global technological capacities and would also render advice to the Services while formulating SQRs

      The TAC would also assess the industrial capability for design, development and production including re-engineering for production of various major systems like Armoured Vehicles, Submarines, Fighter Aircraft, Helicopters, Radars with the major industries. They will be categorized as-

      1. System integrators with Design, Development, production, testing & certification capability and ability to develop and sustain the ecosystem required for the next 25-30 years.
      2. System integrators who lack integral design, development and certification capability but have the capability and infrastructure to be development cum production partners of DRDO/ any other domestic development agency and have the ability to sustain the ecosystem so developed for next 25-30 years.