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On the second day of the ongoing Aero India 2023 show at Bengaluru it was announced by the defence minister Rajnath Singh that his ministry is working on the details of indigenous manufacturing of aero-engines.

This defence minister said will provide a new fillip to the aerospace sector and achieve complete self-reliance.

On Tuesday the 14th of February 2023, Rajnath Singh stated this during his inaugural address at a seminar titled ‘Indigenous Development of ‘Futuristic Aerospace Technologies including Way Forward for Development of Indigenous Aero Engines’, organised by Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO).

The on-going Aero India 2023 show at Bengaluru is the 14th edition currently underway and will conclude on 17th of February.

During this seminar it was also announced that DRDO has equipped industries with the latest defence technologies by signing the Licensing Agreement for Transfer of Technology (ToT) of several critical systems.

Then the news came that DRDO has handed over 18 ToT agreements to 18 Indian Industries for transfer of 12 technologies developed by 10 DRDO laboratories.

Secretary Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO Dr Samir V Kamat handed over 12 technologies to Industries.

The technologies handed over to Indian Industries pertain to Multi-Channel Laser DEW for 10kW/2km  range Hard kill system, Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar (AESAR) – Uttam, Air Defence Fire Control Radar (ADFCR) – Atulya, NAYAN COMINT System, Unified Mission Computer, Software for outdoor Perimeter System (STOPS), LAND Inertial Navigation System (LAND-INS) for Land based Application, Ceramics Radomes Technology, Trawl Assembly for T-72/T-90 Tanks, Weapon Tracking System (WTS), Linear Thermal Detector and CBRN Water Purification System (WPS) Mk II. The ToT of these DRDO developed technologies will further strengthen the manufacturing eco-system in the country in the area of defence systems and platforms. So far, DRDO has entered into more than 1,500 ToT agreements with Indian Industries.

A DRDO Monograph titled Non-Destructive Evaluation of Solid Rockets and Missile System and AR&DB’s magazine was also released.