Indian Army reserves Drone Kill Systems, IWTS for MSMEs, starups under Make II projects

New Delhi, Nov 4 (KNN) The Indian Army has reserved Drone Kill System and Infantry Training Weapon Simulator (IWTS) projects for MSMEs and startups under the Make II scheme.

To give a further boost to the ongoing projects, Indian Army on Friday approved Project Sanction Orders (PSOs) of five Make II projects.

They are essentially Industry funded projects involving design, development and innovative solutions by Indian vendors for development of prototypes.

Indian Army has approved PSO to 18 Developing Agencies (DAs) for procurement of 35 sets of Drone Kill Systems under the Make II scheme, post successful development of Prototype.

For IWTS, PSO has been issued to four DAs to develop the prototype for subsequent procurement of 125 sets of IWTS under the Make II procedure.

IWTS will be utilised to augment marksmanship skills of young soldiers on variety of weapons used, providing user friendly graphics to simulate battle scenarios.

It is a modern training aid, which will reduce recurrent expenditures on live ammunition, besides obviating the challenges of availability of firing ranges and inclement weather.

Each IWTS will facilitate training of 10 personnel at any one point of time.

This is Indian Army’s action to provide impetus to “Make Projects” as the prime drivers of infusion of niche technologies through indigenous development.

Some of the other projects whose PSOs have been approved are High Frequency Man Packed Software Designed Radio (HFSDR), 155mm Terminally Guided Munitions (TGM) and Medium Range Precision Kill System (MRPKS).  (KNN Bureau)