Griffins are imported no? How's that sustainable in case of prolonged conflict?
Griffin-3 is produced under license in India.
Sudarshan was closed 15 years back or something. People keep coming back to it because of the recall value of a good name.
Do you think we plan these things?
Any source for this?
My bad. The production partner for Lizard-3 in India is Alpha Design Technologies Ltd, not VEM.
Infact, VEM was offering Paveway-2 in collaboration with Raytheon at Aero India some years back. Don't think the IAF bought any, though.
Laser guided 'Lizard' bombs of Mirage 2000 jets can destroy everything in 200ft | Laser guided 'Lizard' bombs of Mirage 2000 jets can destroy everything in 200ft
Eight of these jets provided additional protection to Mirage 2000 aircraft during this morning's air strike.
I dont think there is any actual local production or that we use Lizard guidance kit in numbers. Must be some offset partnership.My bad. The production partner for Lizard-3 in India is Alpha Design Technologies Ltd, not VEM.
Laser guided 'Lizard' bombs of Mirage 2000 jets can destroy everything in 200ft | Laser guided 'Lizard' bombs of Mirage 2000 jets can destroy everything in 200ft
Eight of these jets provided additional protection to Mirage 2000 aircraft during this morning's air strike.www.deccanchronicle.com
Program just started, check this thread: Cabinet approves Introduction of National Research Foundation Bill
The bomb bodies are mostly HSLD produced by OFB while the seeker assembly + tail kit is produced under license by ADTL.
The IAF has a small number of Paveway-2 on the Jags and M2000s. There's no other 'bread and butter LGB' of Western-origin in the IAF other than Lizard-3.
Matra-BGL (probably retired) and AASM/Hammer are both high-end weapons.
KAB-500/1500 are only on Russian origin platforms for obvious reasons.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR
Posted On: 01 DEC 2025 2:42PM by PIB DelhiThe Government has taken steps to enhance R&D in Defence manufacturing through several initiatives. Some of these initiatives include:
- Development cum Production Partner (DcPPs)/ Production Agency (PAs) including private industries: DRDO has implemented DcPP model to identify potential manufacturing agency through competitive process involving both public and private sector and transfer the manufacturing technology to meet production requirements.
- Transfer of Technology (ToT) to Industries: DRDO has developed a pool of 2000 industries to manufacture sub-systems, systems and equipment. The technology of DRDO developed systems are transferred to Indian Industries at zero ToT fee for Development cum Production Partner (DcPP)/ Production Agency (PA)/ Development Partner (DP). Consultancy Services of DRDO Scientists to industry is made available.
- DRDO Patents: The Policy for free area of DRDO Patents by Indian Industries has been implemented.
- Technology Development Fund (TDF): TDF Scheme is a program of MoD executed by DRDO to encourage participation of public/ private industries especially Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)/ Start-ups and to promote self-reliance in Defence technology as part of Make-in-India initiative. The projects sanctioned through TDF have also seen a lot of successes with 26 technologies successfully developed and two of the project systems flown in Space as part of PSLV mission. In line with the Government mandate, a corpus of Rs. 500 Cr has been additionally sanctioned towards TDF Scheme with focus towards Deep-Tech and cutting edge technologies.
- New Start-up Policy: DRDO is coming up with a new policy to facilitate easier interaction with these emerging Start-ups. This policy aims to streamline the process of engaging with start-ups and leveraging their innovative ideas for defence applications.
- Dare to Dream: Four Dare to Dream contests have been successfully conducted. The contest is aimed at creation of an ecosystem to foster innovation and technology development in Defence and Aerospace by engaging Start-ups and individual innovators and engaging them to carry out R&D development which has good potential for future adoption for Indian Defence and aerospace needs.
- Test Facility support to Industries: Several world class R&D test facilities in DRDO Labs have now been opened for industries and necessary SOP has been formulated. Test facilities of 24 DRDO labs have been uploaded on the Defence Testing Portal (DTP), a platform of MoD for offering the Ministry’s test infrastructure to Defence industries in a more transparent manner.
- Interaction with Industries: Industry Interaction Groups (IIGs) have been established in labs to facilitate industries.
- 25% Defence R&D Budget opened up for Industry, Start-ups and Academia: 25% of Defence R&D Budget has been opened up for industry, start-ups and academia based on Budget 2022-23 announcements.
- Extramural Research: The aim of Extramural Research is to develop essential knowledge and capabilities in the areas of critical Defence technologies, establish network with researchers, develop highly skilled human resource and augment research infrastructures in Indian academic institutions/ research centers to support the evolving Defence R&D ecosystem in the country.
- DRDO-Industry-Academia Centres of Excellence (DIA-CoE): DRDO has policy and mechanism for collaborative directed research in developing critical and futuristic technologies for defence and security applications through a network of DRDO Industry Academia - Centre of Excellence (DIA-CoE). A total of 15 DIA-CoEs have been established which are steering translational research activities in nearly 82 identified research verticals.
- Defence Industry Corridors: DRDO is supporting Uttar Pradesh Industrial Corridor and Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor by collaborating with Industries as knowledge partner. The corridors have been established to achieve ‘Aatmanirbharta’ and to realise the goal of ‘Make in India’.
- Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX): An innovation ecosystem for Defence titled iDEX was launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister in April 2018 to foster innovation & technology development in Defence & Aerospace by engaging industries including Start-ups/MSMEs/ Individual Innovators, R&D institutes and Academia, iDEX provides grants/ funding and other support to iDEX winners (Start-ups/MSMEs) to carry out R&D which has potential for future adoption for Indian Defence and Aerospace needs.
- Further, ‘Make’ procedure under Chapter-III of DAP-2020 involves Design & Development and Manufacturing of defence equipment or platform. Total 70 projects under various categories (i.e. Make-I/II/III) of ‘Make’ procedure have been accorded Approval-in-Principal (AIP) in last three (03) years (upto Mar 2025).
Dynamatic Tech to manufacture and assemble Falcon 6X complete rear fuselage for Dassault Aviation.
Dassault Aviation and Dynamatic Technologies Limited (DTL) have entered into a strategic agreement for the manufacturing and assembly of the complete rearfuselage (Section 5) for Dassault’s latest business jet, the Falcon 6X. This milestone follows the successful industrialisation by DTL of the rear fuel tank, whose commercial production has already commenced with deliveries made to Dassault Aviation
Building on the long-term involvement of DASSAULT Aviation on the Make In India policy and a previous collaboration established in January 2024, under which Dynamatic undertook the manufacturing of flight-critical aero structures for theFalcon 6X, this new agreement marks an expansion of Dynamatic’s role in the Falcon6X to now include the complete rear fuselage assembly. This development reinforces Dynamatic’s position as a trusted supplier in the aerospace sector and further supports India’s Make in India initiative by promoting indigenous aerospace manufacturing capabilities.
Dassault Aviation and Dynamatic Technologies Limited (DTL) have entered into a strategic agreement for the manufacturing and assembly of the complete rearfuselage (Section 5) for Dassault’s latest business jet, the Falcon 6X. This milestone follows the successful industrialisation by DTL of the rear fuel tank, whose commercial production has already commenced with deliveries made to Dassault Aviation
Building on the long-term involvement of DASSAULT Aviation on the Make In India policy and a previous collaboration established in January 2024, under which Dynamatic undertook the manufacturing of flight-critical aero structures for theFalcon 6X, this new agreement marks an expansion of Dynamatic’s role in the Falcon6X to now include the complete rear fuselage assembly. This development reinforces Dynamatic’s position as a trusted supplier in the aerospace sector and further supports India’s Make in India initiative by promoting indigenous aerospace manufacturing capabilities.
Where is the alloy coming from, is it produced at home? Because this particular platform is a precise positioning system assembly station.
Dassault line so must be procured from their approved supply chain only. Some of, well many of domestic sources are currently in the process of getting NADCAP certification & get qualified for foreign oem supply chain. This process itself takes several years. MIDHANI was talking about it before.
Okay, hopefully the ToT is already done to produce Inconel 718 and 625 alloys for the engine parts manufacturing. That is the main part.
They make bars and sheet, but mostly from imported raw material I think. Plus most of the western supply chain now use fine high purity powder based alloys for large 3D printing of parts so that is a something no closer yet, although i am not certain 100%.
Superalloys – Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited
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