NEW DELHI: Measures to improve the functioning of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and allow it concentrate on strategic projects like missiles, network-centric and satellite-based weapon platforms will figure prominently during the three-day conference of DRDO starting here on Monday.
Defence Minister AK Antony will inaugurate the 36th DRDO Directors’ Conference and the theme of this year’s conference is “Self-Reliance Strategy in Globalised World”. Top brass including Directors of Laboratories, Programme Directors, Corporate and Technical Directors of DRDO Headquarters and Chief Controllers will deliberate on various issues during the three-day event.
Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence, Satpal Maharaj, National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon, Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma and Defence Secretary Shashikant Sharma will attend the inaugural session.