The Ministry of Defence has initiated the process for the indigenous design and development of a 1000-kg aerial bomb akin to Mk-84 for the IAF, aiming to boost India's 'Aatmanirbharta’ in the sector, according to senior officials.
The Ministry has “issued an Expression of Interest (EoI) for design, development and procurement of 1,000-kg aerial bombs (akin to Mk-84) along with tail units and associated equipment under the provisions of the Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020”, an official said.
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The project is structured in two phases. The first involves design and development of six prototypes (live and inert), including associated tail units and equipment, they said.
The second is the procurement phase, which will commence with the issuance of a commercial Request for Proposal (RFP) to the qualifying development agencies.
