Tata in Defence

Tata companies have been associated with the Indian defence sector for over 60 years. With a strategic focus of increasing indigenous production through development and transfer of technology, they have achieved global quality and cost benchmarks for exports. For instance, their new aerospace and missile systems facilities in Hyderabad as well as their significant contributions to India's Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme through work on the Akash launchers for the Army and the Air Force and the Pinaka Rocket Launcher.

The group has partnered with the defence forces in the areas of weapon systems, command and control, and network-centric warfare including naval combat, air defence tactical communication, battlefield management systems and trusted compute platforms.

With its expertise in technology and project management and the effective utilisation of its wide range of competencies, the Tata group is well positioned to enter into virtually any area where the Ministry of Defence (MoD) wishes to build private sector capabilities. The group has increased its footprint in integrating and supplying systems of strategic importance in areas of mobility solutions, aerospace, missiles, radars, network-centric warfare enablers, electronic warfare systems, manned and unmanned platforms - land, aerial, marine and submarine, survivability and composite materials, integration of C4I (command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence), command and control systems for air defence and naval combat, battlefield transparency systems, information assurance and homeland security systems.

The Tata group’s aim is to help build India's industrial base in defence in a manner that is complementary and integrated with the efforts of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Defence PSUs and Ordnance Factories, and addresses the objective of becoming a Lead Systems Integrator.