27
Aug
New Delhi: With an eye on reducing the Indian military's dependence on imports, the Central government has set up a five member panel to prepare the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for "futuristic defence" and battlefield scenarios. The DRDO, which was set up in 1958, is currently headed by Dr G. Satheesh Reddy. He was to retire by the end of the month, however the government gave him an extension of two years on Monday. Reddy is also the secretary of the department of defence research and development in the Ministry of Defence and he has set up a five…