The Navy has issued a Request for Information to assess the capabilities of Indian shipyards for the programme. The proposed acquisition is envisaged under the Buy (Indian–IDDM) category, placing indigenous design, development and manufacturing at the centre of the project.
The scale of that industrial base is becoming particularly important as the armed forces move from small experimental purchases towards much larger procurement programmes covering surveillance drones, logistics systems, loitering munitions, autonomous platforms, swarm technologies and counter-UAS systems.
Unlike traditional radios whose operating characteristics are largely determined by fixed hardware, a Software Defined Radio shifts many communication functions into software. Frequency management, waveforms, encryption, networking protocols and other functions can therefore be modified or upgraded without replacing the entire radio hardware.
The company’s existing manufacturing facility is located at the Verna Industrial Estate in Goa. Hughes Precision currently operates an approximately 8,000-square-metre facility with integrated manufacturing, quality-control and testing infrastructure.
Mazagon Dock has also stated that Project 75(I) mandates approximately 60 per cent indigenisation. This requirement is intended to draw Indian companies into the submarine manufacturing ecosystem and progressively reduce dependence on imported equipment and systems.
These are not conventional warehouse forklifts. Rough Terrain Forklift Trucks are designed to move loads across difficult surfaces and operate in environments where standard industrial material-handling equipment would struggle.
The procurement has been placed under the Buy (Indian – Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured) category, making the programme another significant transition of a DRDO-developed weapon from development into series acquisition for the armed forces.
BITS Pilani and DIAT jointly presented 48 indigenous technology capabilities to participating companies and strategic-sector organisations.
The latest programme update indicates that the aircraft has accumulated its 100 flight hours across different operating conditions while validating take-off, climb, cruise, autonomous flight and landing performance. The company has placed the indigenous content of the platform at approximately 85%.
The contract covers 155mm Extended Range Full Bore-Base Bleed artillery ammunition, commonly designated ERFB-BB. This class of projectile combines an extended-range aerodynamic design with a base-bleed unit at the rear of the shell.
