Narendra Modi extremely unhappy with DRDO’s failure to meet deadlines in delivering products - The Times of India
The long range SAM was a joint project delayed with israeli preoccupation with iorn dome.
TOI is known for its main defence correspondents simply posting BS like the delays on LRSAM solely placed on DRDO steps, and ignore the raft of reasons that are behind the delays in critical projects like tejas and Arjun
Hope the new govt restructures DRDO to produce better results,
It should hold every one accountable, and go to the bottom of the issues which is impeding young engineers and scientists from joining it.because if not remedied this problem will make DRDO deadwood in the decades to come.
new govt must ensure the participation of private industries from the research stage itself. It should pick up the small and medium private industries that have been co opted by DRDO till now and give them credits on priority basis to scale up their research in some VC style funding options.
It should also allow specialists from other fields walking in on critical projects with short consultant nature employment with high pay scales and rewards to shake up the hierarchy and revitalize the organization. Revising pay scales , promotions and tying them up with successful project implementation on time will attract IIT students. massive amount of foreign exchange is saved by timely delivery and completion of high tech weapon systems, So why shouldn't the govt hold impressive bonus and promotion avenues for the talented guys responsible for it? if this system is followed only timely deliverers will ascend to the top .Just treating it as another govt org to be administered by IAS babus in MOD is a waste of time.
It should also hold services responsible for their initial ASR and GSQR requirements . It should ensure purchase of viable quantity of platforms so that it acts as a spark for private industry to step into manufacturing filed.
49 percent FDI raise is welcome decision. But it alone wont bring in tech as any JV foreign venture partner will withhold key tech in his home country for key hig end systems and will only bring in secondary assembly tech here.
Or critical projects must be given like out US where two different entities competing for the same projects with their own models. here the GOI should fund a private entity to recoup R&D costs in case project fails. This will impart a new dynamism to the whole thing and reduce the risk of delays to the services.
The Navy, however, is not too ruffled at the moment, celebrating as it is the induction of two major warships in a major boost to domestic shipbuilding. "Both INS Kolkata and INS Kamorta are state-of-the-art warships, packed with other weapons and sensors, even if they have suffered from delays" said controller of warship production and acquisitions Vice Admiral A V Subhedar on Wednesday.
Similarly, the Hamas-Israel conflict is being kept under watch since the "final hot tests" for the LR-SAM missiles are slated for September-October. "The delay was due to technical glitches, which have now been resolved. Based on success of the tests, we will begin to induct the missiles. INS Kolkata has heavy-duty guns, rockets, electronic warfare suites and chaff systems for protection," said Rear Admiral A B Singh.
The DRDO-IAI project is vital for plugging air defence gaps in India's operational capabilities. In addition to the Rs 2,606 crore naval project, the SAM system is also being developed for IAF under a bigger Rs 10,076 crore programme. The SAM systems, once ready, are to be produced in bulk by defence PSU Bharat Dynamics.
All the three service should sport a supporting attitude displayed by navy towards indigenous item. there is no use in expecting them to be world beaters in the first product induction. Only after maturing they can deliver results. While importing cutting edge critical items should be done, Importing everything under the creed of we only buy the best in the world will derail the Indigenous production efforts forever.
If it is done consistently then no private sector firm will step in and we will lose the race to china. Because in the long run no indian military can win a war with few in number imported items against massive superiority in number deployment by chinenese.
At least the new govt is concentrating on the job from day one. Hope it leads to better results.
