India News | Rajnath Singh Reviews Defence Materials Innovations at DRDO's DMSRDE Lab in Kanpur
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. During his visit the Defence Minister conducted an overview of cutting-edge defence materials research and innovations underway at the laboratory.
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited the Defence Materials and Stores Research and Development Establishment (DMSRDE), a Kanpur-based laboratory of DRDO, on Sunday.
During his visit the Defence Minister conducted an overview of cutting-edge defence materials research and innovations underway at the laboratory.
According to the Ministry of Defence release, Rajnath Singh was briefed by the Director, DMSRDE, on the laboratory's vision, mission, charter, ongoing projects, and technology focus areas. Materials, Technologies, and Products developed by DMSRDE in ceramics & ceramics matrix composites, stealth & camouflage materials, nanomaterials, coatings, polymers & rubbers, fuels & lubricants, technical textiles, and personal protection systems were also demonstrated.
Rajnath Singh appreciated the laboratory for its effort in the successful realisation of defence products, especially the Bullet Proof Jacket (Level-6), Naphthyl Fuel for BrahMos Missile, High Pressure Polymeric Membrane for Indian Coast Guard ships, Silicon Carbide Fibre, Activated Carbon Fabric-based Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear suit and various other stealth products. He emphasised that technology developments should be aligned with end-user requirements.
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The Defence Minister also appreciated the DMSRDE for carrying out a large number of transfers of technologies in the last two years, fulfilling the Aatmanirbhar Bharat vision of the Government. He called for exploring the export potential of developed defence products or technologies and said MSMEs' & industries' interactions in DTTC, Lucknow, to be enhanced to meet the requirements of industries. He commended the laboratory's growing synergy with industry and academia in realising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision for a Viksit Bharat by 2047.
Earlier, Rajnath Singh offered floral tributes to former President Bharat Ratna Dr APJ Abdul Kalam at his statue at the premises. He was received by the Secretary, Department of Defence (R&D) & Chairman DRDO Samir V Kamat. (ANI)
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