Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh announced the release of the Third Positive Indigenisation List containing 101 items on April 07, 2022. The list, notified by the Department of Military Affairs, Ministry of Defence, places special focus on equipment / systems which are being developed and likely to translate into firm orders in the next five years. These weapons and platforms are planned to be indigenised progressively with effect from December 2022 to December 2027. 

The list comprises highly complex Systems, Sensors, Weapons and Ammunitions like Light Weight Tanks, Mounted Arty Gun Systems  (155mmX 52Cal), Guided Extended Range (GER) Rocket for PINAKA MLRS, Naval Utility Helicopters (NUH), Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels (NGOPV), MF STAR (Radar For Ships), Medium Range Anti-Ship Missile (Naval Variant), Advanced Light Weight Torpedo (Ship Launch), High Endurance Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Medium Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (MALE UAV), Anti-Radiation Missiles, and – Loitering Munitions.

Brahmashira Astra Bharat is indigenously developing Customized Munitions for Loitering Munition Systems and is excited to be contributing to an increasingly competitive domestic market for defence manufacturing.

The entire list can be found here.

This third list builds on the first list of 101 items and second list of 108 items that were promulgated on August 21, 2020 and May 31, 2021 respectively. The major items in the first list include 155mm/39 Cal Ultra-Light Howitzer, Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk-IA – Enhanced Indigenised Content, Conventional Submarines and Communication Satellites GSAT-7C. The major items in the second list include Next Generation Corvette, Land Based MRSAM Weapon System, Smart Anti-Field Weapon System (SAAW) Mk-I, Onboard Oxygen Generation System (OBOGS) based integrated life support system for fighter aircraft and 1000HP Engine for Tank (T-72). The second list also includes Limpet Mines in the 7 kg and 15 kg category, which Brahmashira Astra Bharat is developing under a Sanction Order received from the Government of India on the 17th of January 2022.