<p>India is looking to double missile production to 100 per month, a senior defence official said here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Distinguished scientist and Director of Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), K Jayaraman said Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Defence, is currently producing 50-60 indigenously-developed Akash missile per month.<br /><br />Hyderabad-based DRDL is a multi-disciplinary missile system laboratory with thrust on design, development and flight evaluation of various types of missile systems for armed forces.<br /><br />"...the Government is insisting that we (BDL, which is the lead integrator of missiles in the country) should increase production capacity rate to 100 per month," he said at a public session on 'Telangana Moving Forward Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship' by CII.<br /><br />Stressing the need for industry participation to step up production, Jayaraman said it has been recommended to the Government to identify a "large industry" which can be lead integrator of missiles and 50-60 medium-scaled industries on the sub-systems front.<br /><br />Many countries, including those in South America, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore, have expressed interest to procure Akash and BrahMos missiles, he said, adding, the government is in process of formulating a policy on exports in this regard.<br /><br />"We should first meet requirements of our services (armed forces), then only we can export," Jayaraman said.<br /><br />Jayaraman said the new generation anti-radiation missile would be ground-tested in two months. "Basically, it (the anti-radiation missile) is air-launched against the enemy radar emitting targets," he added. <br /><br /></p>
<p>India is looking to double missile production to 100 per month, a senior defence official said here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Distinguished scientist and Director of Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), K Jayaraman said Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Defence, is currently producing 50-60 indigenously-developed Akash missile per month.<br /><br />Hyderabad-based DRDL is a multi-disciplinary missile system laboratory with thrust on design, development and flight evaluation of various types of missile systems for armed forces.<br /><br />"...the Government is insisting that we (BDL, which is the lead integrator of missiles in the country) should increase production capacity rate to 100 per month," he said at a public session on 'Telangana Moving Forward Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship' by CII.<br /><br />Stressing the need for industry participation to step up production, Jayaraman said it has been recommended to the Government to identify a "large industry" which can be lead integrator of missiles and 50-60 medium-scaled industries on the sub-systems front.<br /><br />Many countries, including those in South America, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore, have expressed interest to procure Akash and BrahMos missiles, he said, adding, the government is in process of formulating a policy on exports in this regard.<br /><br />"We should first meet requirements of our services (armed forces), then only we can export," Jayaraman said.<br /><br />Jayaraman said the new generation anti-radiation missile would be ground-tested in two months. "Basically, it (the anti-radiation missile) is air-launched against the enemy radar emitting targets," he added. <br /><br /></p>