3 testing facility to come up in Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor

• The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed an MoU to establish three state-of-the-art testing facilities in Chennai under the Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor - one each in Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), Electronic Warfare (EW) and Electro Optics (EO) domains.

Highlights:

• The MoU, under the Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS), was exchanged between MoD and Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited.
• With an outlay of Rs 400 crore, the DTIS was launched by the Defence Minister to set up state-of-the-art testing facilities in collaboration with private industry and Central/State Government, promoting indigenous defense production, reducing military equipment imports and enhancing self-reliance.
• To provide impetus to the defense and aerospace sectors within the Defence Industrial Corridors, seven testing facilities were approved - four in Tamil Nadu and three in Uttar Pradesh.
• The DTIS provides up to 75% government funding as ‘Grant-in-Aid’, with the remaining 25% funded by the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPVs), comprising Indian private entities and State/Central Governments.
• Upon the completion of the project, they will provide advanced testing equipment and services to both government and private industry, thus giving a boost to ‘Aatmanirbharta’ in defense.

Prelims Takeaway:

• DTIS
• Aatmanirbar Bharat