गुणत्ता आश्वासन महानिदेशालय

Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS)

• Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS) formulated to provide defence industry easy access to testing facilities
• Testing Infrastructure is capital intensive & not viable for Industry to set up the testing facilities.
• Scheme proposes the setting up of 6 to 8 Defence Testing Infrastructure (DTI) facilities with a government Grant-in-Aid of ₹400 crore.

DTI Facility Types & Estimates

• Creation, operation, and maintenance of each DTI will be done through a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV).
• Each SPV must have a minimum of 5 entities and be registered as a Section 8 company (not-for-profit).
• SPV constituents will fund a minimum of 25% of the project cost, while the Government of India will provide up to 75% as budgetary support.
• DTIs will be self-sustaining through user charges collected by the SPVs.
• Tested equipment/systems will be certified as per appropriate accreditation standards.
• Defence Industrial Corridors in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu may be given preference for setting up test facilities.
• DTIS guidelines were approved by the Hon’ble Raksha Mantri on 08 May 2020.
• Gazette Notification and RFP for Project Consultant under DTIS have been issued.
• M/s PriceWaterhouseCoopers was appointed as the Project Consultant in December 2020.
• Gap Analysis Study on testing infrastructure deficiencies was scheduled to be submitted by PWC by 24 March 2021.
• RFPs for 8 test facilities have been issued, and bids have been submitted in 4 cases to date.
• A web portal for project monitoring was scheduled to be set up by 24 June 2021.

RFPs Issued for Test Facilities

• RFP for Ammunition Test Facility
• RFP for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Test Facility
• RFP for Electromagnetic Interference and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMI/EMC) Test Facility
• RFP for Environmental Test Facility
• RFP for Electronic Warfare Test Facility
• RFP for Electro-Optics Test Facility
• RFP for Communication Test Facility
• RFP for Mechanical & Material Test Facility