BENGALURU: Karnataka is planning to set up defence technology hubs in the state, leveraging the presence of major defence research labs and aerospace firms.

In a letter to Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh, Karnataka Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar said that Karnataka is best suited for setting up defence technology hubs given its Research and development, IT and technology innovation culture, presence of leading DPSUs such as HAL, BEL and laboratories such as DARE and ADE of DRDO.

"We have written a letter to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to permit us to set up defence technology hubs in the state, as we already have defence research labs of DRDO and aerospace firms like HAL in Bengaluru," said Shettar at a webinar here.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has seven labs, of the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), the Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE), the Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (CAIR), the Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS), the Electronics & Radar Development Establishment (LRDE) and the Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) in the city.

As the first to formulate an aerospace and defence policy, the state has set up an Aerospace Park at Devenahalli near the international airport for the global aerospace and aviation firms.

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