Act as ‘Think Tank’ in the area of system analysis and render advice to top functionaries of DRDO (Chairman DRDO / DGs / Lab Directors)
Forecasting of weapons of future, based on the visualization of threat scenario and technology trends
Identify emerging technologies that are likely to have high impact in the short & mid-term defence and security affairs and recommend technology for development
Suggest improvements in the existing systems developed by DRDO or procured by the Services
Suggest feasibility studies to be carried out by the labs on identified innovative concepts in futuristic technologies and systems
Carry out independent analysis of various systems level development proposals from the clusters and provide appropriate feedback to DG concerned / Chairman DRDO
Analyse the Services Long Term Perspective Plans for weapon systems and advise the Cluster / lab for matching the same with DRDO plans
Provide support to the Services in the area of systems analysis wherever required
Analysis of Services QRs for systems to be imported vis-a-vis threat scenario, study of compliance of systems offered by vendors with the QRs and advise the Services on methodologies for field evaluation of these systems