In a significant boost to ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’ and in sync with the announcement in the Union Budget 2022-23 that allocated 25 per cent of Defence R&D Budget for industry led R&D, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced on March 11, 2022 that 18 major platforms have been identified for industry-led Design & Development under various models. The list related to aviation is as follows:
Make-I
Following two platforms related to aviation have been already been accorded Approval-in-Principle under this model on March 3, 2022:
For Projects under Make-I subcategory, the MoD will provide financial support up to 70 per cent of total cost of prototype development.