Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun, a multidisciplinary Armoured Fighting Vehicle developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has already been inducted into the Indian Army. DRDO is presently engaged in the development of Arjun MBT Mk-II with 73 tank related improvements (including 18 major improvements), as on date, over MBT Mk-I. DRDO has taken proactive measures and decided to go-ahead with the following enabling & critical advance technologies development projects, so as to fill-up the technological gap and as well as to reduce the foreign dependence for all the future Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs):
Design and development of engine.
Design vetting of automatic transmission system, which is to be followed-up by a technology development project.
All electric drive for gun control system.
Active protection system.
Missile development.
This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar in a written reply to Shri Kalikesh N. Singh Deo in Lok Sabha today.
DM/NAMPI/RAJ
Design and development of engine.
Design vetting of automatic transmission system, which is to be followed-up by a technology development project.
All electric drive for gun control system.
Active protection system.
Missile development.
This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar in a written reply to Shri Kalikesh N. Singh Deo in Lok Sabha today.
DM/NAMPI/RAJ
