Indian Navy Will Showcase The Nation’s Expanding Defence Manufacturing Capacity

The Navy has invited roughly 25 defence attachés based in India to a two-day colloquium later this month to highlight the expanding strength of the Indian defence sector and provide them with solutions to their security needs.

According to Indian Navy officials, a sizable number of Indian defence attachés stationed in nations with which India maintains close maritime ties will also be present at the conclave on July 18 and 19 in order to promote India’s defence manufacturing capabilities to the nations where they are stationed.

A plan for the Indian industry will be announced during the event, according to Vice Admiral SN Ghormade, Vice Chief of Naval Staff (VCNS), so that both parties may improve collaboration in producing various systems and equipment needed by the force.

“During the occasion, the “Unmanned Roadmap” will be released in its unclassified form. This was created expressly for the industry and provides all relevant information (including numbers of planned introductions) along with dates so that the sector can decide where to concentrate its R&D efforts “Ghormade said during a press conference.

He stated that this was something that the business had long desired.

In order to commemorate the nation’s 75th anniversary of independence, the Navy has already suggested the development of 75 new indigenous technology.

On this large project, the Naval Innovation and Indigenization Organization (NIIO) is collaborating with a number of other organisations.

“This endeavour doesn’t revolve around the release of just a handful or even 75 new products. NIIO has a far broader goal than that. Actually, our goal is to establish an environment and culture of innovation “explained Vice Admiral Ghormade.

The two-day event is being planned to promote India’s rising reputation as a dependable supplier of defence equipment and to ensure deeper convergence among the many players involved in the Indian defence manufacturing sector.

According to Ghormade, the Navy has always supported the concept of “AtmaNirbhar Bharat” (self-reliance India), and throughout the years, its dedication to indigenous platforms has significantly increased both the national GDP and the Navy’s ability to meet its own requirements.

“To provide just one example, the choice to build warships locally, made in the 1960s, has produced hundreds of thousands of employment and given a boost not only to shipbuilding but also to ancillary industries and MSMEs,” he said.

“To provide just one example, the choice to build warships locally, made in the 1960s, has produced hundreds of thousands of employment and given a boost not only to shipbuilding but also to ancillary industries and MSMEs,” he said.

He explained that at the time, the government lacked ship design knowledge, so the Navy established an internal Directorate of Naval Design in addition to partnering with prestigious academic institutions to launch courses in naval architecture.

The fact that we are currently planning and building complicated warships, such as an aircraft carrier and nuclear submarines — something that very few other nations have done — speaks to the Navy’s long-term goals, he continued.

According to a different official, the two-day conference would include about 25 defence attachés from nations in the Indian Ocean region.