Bengaluru, Oct. 13 -- India must eliminate dependence on foreign suppliers for critical defence technologies, including semiconductor chips, software and algorithms, as even a small imported component could compromise an otherwise indigenous weapon system, a senior DRDO official said on Tuesday, calling for 100 per cent indigenisation and a long-term push towards two-nanometre chip technology by 2047.
BK Das, Director General of Electronics and Communication Systems, DRDO, said India's quest for strategic autonomy must extend beyond assembling military equipment domestically to controlling the entire technology chain, from design and manufacturing to the deployment of critical components.
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