L&T Defence, the defence arm of Larsen & Toubro, an engineering, procurement and construction projects, manufacturing, defence and services conglomerate, has been awarded the coveted Green Channel Status for major Naval weapon delivery systems from the Directorate General Quality Assurance (DGQA), Ministry of Defence (MoD), government of India.
The grant of Green Channel Certificate to a firm provides deemed registration status, waiver of pre-dispatch inspection and acceptance of stores under supplying firm's guarantee or warranty against the contracts concluded by various procurement agencies under MoD.
L&T Defence was accorded the status after stringent audits of its production facilities, quality systems, and products, carried out by the DGQA.
The Green Channel Policy was introduced in March 2017 by the MoD, as part of the Make in India initiative.
L&T holds the distinction of being the first private sector defence company to be granted this status for delivery of major systems. L&T Valves, another group company of L&T, secured the coveted Green Channel Certification from Ministry of Defence in November 2019.
L&T Defence has developed competencies in conceptualisation, design, analysis, engineering, embedded software, manufacturing, assembly, integration, testing and through life support to the armed forces over the life cycle of the equipment, systems and platforms.