<p>"The government proposes to make the following major infrastructure investment of Rs 5,300 crore for DRDO programmes over the next five years," Defence Minister A K Antony said in a written reply to a query in the House.<br /><br />The projects include setting up a new Aeronautical Test Range for Rs 1,300 crore, Aerostat Test Range for Rs 500, Electronic Warfare test range for another Rs 500 croere, he added.<br /><br />The Minister said the programmes and projects are likely to be completed in the next three to ten years period depending on various government clearances and other procedures.<br /><br />Meanwhile, answering another query, the Minister said the total value of products and technologies produced and developed by the premier defence research agency was around Rs 1,12,000 Crore.<br /><br />DRDO has developed several indigenous defence equipment including the Indigenously-designed and developed missile systems, anti-ballistic missile shield, Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT), the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) and the Airborne Early Warning and Control systems.</p>
<p>"The government proposes to make the following major infrastructure investment of Rs 5,300 crore for DRDO programmes over the next five years," Defence Minister A K Antony said in a written reply to a query in the House.<br /><br />The projects include setting up a new Aeronautical Test Range for Rs 1,300 crore, Aerostat Test Range for Rs 500, Electronic Warfare test range for another Rs 500 croere, he added.<br /><br />The Minister said the programmes and projects are likely to be completed in the next three to ten years period depending on various government clearances and other procedures.<br /><br />Meanwhile, answering another query, the Minister said the total value of products and technologies produced and developed by the premier defence research agency was around Rs 1,12,000 Crore.<br /><br />DRDO has developed several indigenous defence equipment including the Indigenously-designed and developed missile systems, anti-ballistic missile shield, Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT), the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) and the Airborne Early Warning and Control systems.</p>