Reliance Defence gets 16 Industrial licenses for Missiles, Ammunition

Of the 16 new licenses given to Reliance Defence Ltd, 11 pertain to Land Systems, 3 for the Naval Systems and remaining 2 covering niche technologies across the Defence spectrum.

Reliance Infrastructure Ltd’s wholly owned subsidiary, Reliance Defence Ltd, has received 16 Industrial Licenses for manufacture of a wide array of high technology equipment ranging from Small Arms, Heavy Weapons, Armoured Vehicles, Ammunition, Explosives, Electronic Warfare Systems, Missiles, UAVs and Directed Energy Weapon Systems, Laser Systems for target destruction and C4I Systems for all Defence Platforms.

Of the 16 new licenses given to Reliance Defence Ltd, 11 pertain to Land Systems, 3 for the Naval Systems and remaining 2 covering niche technologies across the Defence spectrum.

The Land Systems include design, development and production of Heavy Weapons (Artillery Guns, Air Defence Guns, mortars, multi barrel rocket launchers, heavy machine guns) of all calibres, Electronic Warfare Systems, ammunition ,explosives, tanks, Infantry Combat Vehicles (ICV), Directed Energy Weapon Systems, Small Arms Laser Systems for target destruction and C4I Systems for various Land Platforms.

Reliance Land Systems Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Defence Ltd will be the lead venture for the manufacturing of Missiles, explosives heavy weapons, tanks and ICVs and Reliance SED Ltd will be the lead entity for manufacture of Electronic Warfare Systems, Directed Energy Weapon systems and Laser Systems for target destruction.

The key programs in these segments have budgetary allocation in excess of Rs.50,000 croreThe Indian Army will spend an additional Rs.50,000 crore over next 10 to 15 years on differentCombat Vehicles. 

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has already given go ahead for Air Defence Missile Systems worth Rs.40,000 crore, Air Defence Guns valued at Rs.17,000 crore and Mounted Gun Systems worth Rs.15,800 crore. Other projects cleared include upgrades for BMP2 and T‐72 tanks, digitization of Pechora Air Defence System and Electronic Warfare System worth Rs.30,000 crore. Total opportunities, already approved are thus in excess of Rs.200,000 crore for the Land Systems.