The National Radio & Telecommunication Corporation ( NRTC ) is a major defence state-owned enterprise based in Haripur, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It's a provider of electronics and technical services in both the public and private sectors.
14-672: NRTC is owned by the Ministry of Defence Production . The organization has been instrumental in developing advance electronic products for the Pakistan Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies, both federal and provincial. NRTC was established in February 1966 as an organization of the Ministry of Defense Production (MoDP). In January 2020, the former Chief of the Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa , inaugurated
28-451: A provider of electronics and technical services in both the public and private sectors. NRTC is owned by the Ministry of Defence Production . The organization has been instrumental in developing advance electronic products for the Pakistan Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies, both federal and provincial. NRTC was established in February 1966 as an organization of the Ministry of Defense Production (MoDP). In January 2020,
42-718: The Defence Export Promotion Organization , since 2002. The IDEAS conference is held in Karachi Expo Centre biennially. See also: Military equipment manufactured in Pakistan & List of missiles of Pakistan National Radio and Telecommunication Corporation The National Radio & Telecommunication Corporation ( NRTC ) is a major defence state-owned enterprise based in Haripur, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It's
56-597: The Electronic Warfare (EW) and Ground Surveillance Radar (GSR) testing laboratories at the NRTC's Haripur location. These laboratories are equipped with EW equipment and GSR radars that have been developed indigenously. In July 2020, Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated NRTC's production facility that manufactures Pakistan's first-ever indigenously-developed ventilators. NRTC also developed drones that will be used for spraying pesticides and insecticides in fields in
70-463: The Pakistan Armed Forces . Established as a separate ministry from its parent agency, Ministry of Defence in 2004, the MoDP oversees the development of conventional military weapons system through its separately funded organizations. The Ministry of Defence Production is headed by Minister of Defence Production who is an elected member of parliament. The minister of defense production is assisted by
84-462: The Telecom Policy 2015 under Public Private Partnership (PPP). Ministry of Defence Production (Pakistan) The Ministry of Defence Production ( Urdu : وزارت دفاعی پيداوار ; Trans. : Wazarat-e-Defai Padawar ) abbreviated as MoDP , is an executive ministry of the federal Government of Pakistan with objectives of development and production of ordnance and machinery for
98-787: The air force, and expanded the work scope of the Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works for the navy. In a view of export control of weapon designs and ammunition's production in 2004, the Division was separated from the MoD and was established as "Ministry of Defence Production." The Ministry of Defence Productions owns and sponsors five major organizations that includes Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT), Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KSEW), Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF), and National Radio and Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC); though
112-564: The corporate leadership is provided by the Pakistani military . The Research and Development Establishment (RDE) is a research and development (R&D) administration within the MoDP created in 2020 after merging three research installations – the Institute of Optronics (IOP), Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) and Military Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (MVRDE) dedicated for weapons development for
126-518: The country. The announcement came as locusts had invaded agricultural fields across the country, threatening crop yields. In 2021, the Telephone Industries of Pakistan (TIP) was transferred to NRTC in an effort to revitalize the organization. The NRTC agreed to assume TIP's liabilities, which accumulated to $ RS 8 billion since 2004. In September 2023, NRTC signed an MOU with Microsoft to provide service to Pakistani customers as per
140-443: The country. The announcement came as locusts had invaded agricultural fields across the country, threatening crop yields. In 2021, the Telephone Industries of Pakistan (TIP) was transferred to NRTC in an effort to revitalize the organization. The NRTC agreed to assume TIP's liabilities, which accumulated to $ RS 8 billion since 2004. In September 2023, NRTC signed an MOU with Microsoft to provide service to Pakistani customers as per
154-560: The former Chief of the Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa , inaugurated the Electronic Warfare (EW) and Ground Surveillance Radar (GSR) testing laboratories at the NRTC's Haripur location. These laboratories are equipped with EW equipment and GSR radars that have been developed indigenously. In July 2020, Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated NRTC's production facility that manufactures Pakistan's first-ever indigenously-developed ventilators. NRTC also developed drones that will be used for spraying pesticides and insecticides in fields in
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#1732790447481168-426: The military. Defence Export Promotion Organization (DEPO), Directorate General Munition Production and Directorate General Defence Purchase are other three major agencies that oversee the national security related technological development and export control of its designs and products within MoDP. The MoDP is the official sponsor of International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) through its agency,
182-469: The secretary of defense production—a usually a military officer. The MoDP is located in the vicinity of Ministry of Defense in Rawalpindi. The ministry's bureaucracy is split into three wings, administration, projects, and foreign collaboration, each overseen by an assistant secretary. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) established the "Directorate for General Supply and Development (DG&D) in 1947; it
196-534: Was reorganized as "Defense Purchase Directorate" in 1953. After the war with India in 1965, the MoD took initiatives to increase domestic production of ordnance for the Pakistani military , and the "Defence Production Division" was established in 1972. Between 1970s–80, the assistance provided by China , France and Sweden , the MoD was able to established the Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) for army, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) for
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