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ATV submarine program provides model for complex technology development
  • Integrated Navy, DRDO and Atomic Energy under single authority
  • Vice Admiral with secretary-level powers cuts through bureaucracy
  • Delivered 4 nuclear submarines in 25 years
  • Demonstrates benefits of user-producer integration
SundepanIndia Today00:18:55

Supporting quotes

“If there is a model to master and replicate technologies. You have that model in your house... the ATV kind of thing to capture this technology.” — Sundepan
“2026, more than 25 years later, you have four nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines in the water moving. Two are deployed, two are on sea trials.” — Sundepan

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