Foundation stones laid for Core Integration & Flight Testing Centre at Puttaparthi for Fifth-Generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) development
Facility being established at cost of approximately Rs 2,000 crore as part of AMCA programme with total outlay of Rs 15,000 crore
Naval Systems Manufacturing Facility at T Sirasapalli village in Anakapalli district with investment of Rs 480 crore by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)
Naval facility will focus on autonomous underwater vehicles, underwater counter-measure systems, and next-generation torpedoes
Defence Energetics Facility of Agneyastra Energetics Limited (subsidiary of Bharat Forge Limited) with investment of Rs 1,500 crore
Ammunition and Electric Fuse Plant of HFCL Limited with investment of approximately Rs 1,200 crore
Consortium of eight drone companies establishing Drone City in Kurnool
Defence production reached all-time high of nearly Rs 1.54 lakh crore (from Rs 46,000 crore in 2014)
Defence production expected to reach Rs 1.75 lakh crore within 1-2 months
Defence exports touched record approximately Rs 40,000 crore (from Rs 600 crore a decade ago)
Projects located in Sri Satya Sai district and Anakapalli district of Andhra Pradesh
Events presided over by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Shri N Chandra Babu Naidu
Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu and Secretary (Defence Production) Shri Sanjeev Kumar present
