Defence Research and Development Organisation

Transfer of Technologies

DRDO support industries in evolving the specifications of the export variant of the products (based on DRDO technology) to enable industries to respond to the RFPs. DRDO also carries out customization in the product to meet the requirement of customer countries based on the requirement of the Industries. The "DRDO SOP for Export of Military Equipment" facilitate Indian industries and DRDO labs to provide necessary technical support to industries for responding to RFI before necessary approval from MoD is obtained by the industry

Spearheading the innovations under ‘Make in India’ program, the Technology Development Fund (TDF) Scheme of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) promulgates the development of defence and dual-use systems, subsystems, Components or technologies, for a product that is Indian Designed, Developed and manufactured (IDDM). The idea is mainly to promote Micro, small, Medium Enterprises (MSME) including Start-Ups to develop innovative products for our forces. DRDO looks forward to technically competent companies with futuristic ideas and vision for marching ahead in the service of the proud Nation.

DRDO is developing critical Defence technologies and systems to cater the need of Indian Armed Forces and other agencies of GoI. The Labs of DRDO have state-of-art infrastructure including ‘Test Facilities’. It has been decided to provide access to these ‘Test Facilities’ on payment basis to Indian industries (Private/Govt/DPSUs/PSUs)engaged in Defence manufacturing (including under ‘Make in India’ initiative).