Defence Corridor

Defence Corridor

India is one of the key Defence markets driven by increasing Defence spend, military modernization plans, and strong engineering base. India's capital expenditure for Defence procurement is expected to be around INR 15,00,000-18,00,000 crore (USD200-250 billion) over the next 10 years and 'Make in India' has been the government cornerstone to promote indigenous Defence production in the country.

Given the increasing focus on self-reliance, the Ministry of Defence (MoD), has set a target of doubling the Defence production to INR 180,0000 crore (USD25 billion) by 2025.The current indigenous Defence production is estimated to reach INR90,000 crore (USD12.5 billion) in 2019-20 and in order to achieve the targeted annual growth rate of ~15 percent the MoD is focusing on boosting Defence exports.

 

 
 
 

Self Reliance

  • In search of greater self-reliance and with the objective of building India into a global manufacturing hub, the Make in India initiative was launched in 2014.
  • This covers 25 sectors (of which Defence is one) and aspires to increase the manufacturing GDP to 25 percent from the present 16 per cent - as well as to create 100 million jobs by 2022.
  • At the same time, since 2014 the Government has undertaken a number of reforms related to the Defence industry, including: industrial licensing; increasing the FDI cap to 79 percent; a new export strategy; and detailed standard operating procedures (SOPs) for granting no objection certificate (NOC) to the industry for certain Defence exports.
  • The draft Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP)2020 by the MoD is a further step towards widening private sector participation in this vital part of the economy and advancing Make in India.
Highlights

Why Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor?

Investor friendly Aerospace & Defence policy with numerous fiscal and related incentives
Corridor to emerge as sourcing base for Defence Products and Services
TNDIC offers greater multiplier factor for Offsets obligation
Five Nodes of TNDIC have mature ecosystem to support the Aerospace & Defence industry
Common facilities and Test Centres for assisting companies in Testing and Prototyping products
Tamil Nadu government may be a co-investor for Anchor Projects in the corridor

Corridor Objectives

Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020

With the release of the draft Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP), 2020 Ministry of Defence (MoD) aims to develop India as a ‘Global Defence Manufacturing Hub’. The draft procurement policy builds on the Government’s approach to boost indigenous capability. These changes in the DPP 2020 can be classified under the following categories
The new procurement category of leasing has been introduced for acquisition under sub- categories namely Lease (Indian) & Lease (Global).
The D&D and the SPM categories have been added to give boost to indigenous manufacturing and R&D in defence sector.
For offset obligations – A multiplier factor of two is permitted for investments made in the Defence Industrial Corridors
The Buy (Global - Manufacture in India) category defines procurement of equipment from global OEMs with Indigenous Content. This can be achieved by the manufacturing of entire equipment or MRO facility.

Tamilnadu Aerospace & Defence Industry

With a strong industrial base Tamilnadu has offered itself as a choice destination for a number of Defence PSUs and private industries to operate out of Tamil Nadu. The state has made significant contribution in terms of R&D, skill development and manufacturing for the sector by developing large institutions that are dedicated to this sector growth. The development of the Aerospace and Defence sector is one of the focus areas for the Tamilnadu government which has promoted the industry with number of incentives and development of aerospace and Defence Parks in various districts of the state.

The state has both Public and private industries that have created the ecosystem that will be enhanced as part of the Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial corridor. The Armoured Vehicles and Ammunition Depot of India popularly known as AVADI is a large defence industrial area and also encompasses CVRDE , the DRDO arm spearheading the design and development of combat vehicles for the Defence forces.

The state has over the decades encouraged many industries to evolve into TIER I and TIER II suppliers to many of the OEMS in the Aerospace & Defence Sectors. The Government of Tamil Nadu was one of the first states to issue the Policy for Aerospace & Defence Industries
Capability Companies
Aircraft / Helicopter Structural Parts LMW, L&T, SunFab
Aircraft/Spacecraft / Gas Turbine Engine Parts LMW, JK Fenner, Natesans, Metallic Bellows, Rane, Sundram Fasteners, UCALTechnologies, Z-Forge, SunFab
Aircraft Parts, Equipment, Interiors Aerospace Engineers, Data Patterns, LMW, MEL Systems, Metallic Bellows, Sundram Fasteners
Anti Vibration Systems Aerospace Engineers, JK Fenner, Metallic Bellows
Armoured Vehicles HVF, AVANI
Batteries – Lead Acid / Li-ion dESPAT, High Energy Batteries, TUNGA
Composite Manufacturing Fabheads, Indocool, LMW, ST Advanced, UCAL Technologies
Defence Electronics BEL
Engineering Services Aeolus, Data Patterns, MEL Systems
Flight Control / Navigation / CommunicationSystems Data Patterns, Elektronik Lab
Missiles L & T MBDA
MRO components and spares Aerospace Engineers, MEL Systems, Metallic Bellows, Qmax, TUNGA
Satellite / Launch Vehicle Equipment Aerospace Engineers, Bhastrik, Data Patterns, SunFab, Sundram Fasteners
Satellite Agnikul
Ship Building L & T Shipyard
Simulators MEL Systems, Lucas, TVS
Surveillance Systems / Aviation SW Data Patterns, Elektronik Lab
SW Systems Data Patterns, Lucid SW, MEL Systems
UAV Design and Manufacturing Fabheads, LMW, Indocool, Tunga, UCAL Technologies, Sree Sai Aerotech
3D Printing LMW, L&T, SunFab