By achieving exports of defence equipments and technology worth ₹16,000 crore this year, India has become self-reliant in many defence technologies and exuded confident that existing technological gaps in certain critical and advanced technologies will be overcome in the coming years, said G. Satheesh Reddy, former Secretary at Department of Defence R&D and chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation of India (DRDO), and scientific adviser to Defence Minister.
He was addressing the gathering at the 10th graduation day of Poojya Doddappa Appa College of Engineering in Kalaburagi on Saturday. Dr. Reddy said that India has achieved export of defence items worth ₹16,000 crore in 2022-23 and this figure is likely to rise to ₹25,000 crore in 2024-25.
Dr. Reddy opined that the development of advanced technologies and systems is the only way to become a world–leading exporter of defence equipment. The future defence manufacturing ecosystem envisaged by the Indian government will encompass defence technologies that will be conceived, designed, developed, tested, and manufactured completely in India.
