ABOUT US
Missile System Quality Assurance Agency (MSQAA) is entrusted with The Office of
Missile System Quality Assurance Agency, Hyderabad is located in the Quality Centre
Building(QCB) inside DRDL complex, Kanchanbagh exclusively dedicated towards QA
duties
ROLE AND FUNTION
- (a) MSQAA, formed in 1990, is an independent Common Inspection Agency under the
administrative and functional control of Director General Aeronautical Quality
Assurance (DGAQA). The three participating QA organizations i.e. Director
General of Quality Assurance (DGQA), Directorate General of Aeronautical Quality
Assurance (DGAQA) and Director General of Naval Armament Inspection (DGNAI)
share the manpower requirement of the Organisation.
- (b) Since most of the development/production activities were taking place in and
around Hyderabad, a Self Accounting Unit (SAU) of MSQAA was established in 1993
at Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) Hyderabad. MSQAA is the
designated independent Quality Assurance Agency for providing QA support with an
objective to achieve quality and reliability in all the highly complex and
sophisticated tactical guided missile systems being indigenously developed and
produced by the DRDO.
- (c) Various missile projects (with more to come) of national importance/security
to meet the operational commitments of the Armed Forces and to safeguard the
National Interests/strategic assets are being provided with QA coverage by
MSQAA. MSQAA headed by Principal Director of the rank of Brigadier/Equivalent on
rotational basis from the three QA agencies. For effective QA management and
logistics, MSQAA is organized into several functional groups; dealing in
different missile projects and one administrative group, each headed by a
Director / Col equivalent officer.
CURRENT PROJECTS
Projects under QA coverage at MSQAA
- Akash Missile Systems
- Brahmos
- Prithvi/PGAD
- Development
- HRD
- LRSAM
- MRSAM
- PROSPINA
- HELINA
- MPATGH
- NGARM
- QRSAM
- SANT
- Rudram-II
CONTACT US
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Missile System Quality Assurance Agency
(MSQAA) DGAQA, Ministry of Defence
The Principal Director HQ,
Missile System Quality Assurance Agency, Ministry of Defence at
Quality Centre Building C/o DRDL, Kanchanbagh, - PO Hyderabad -
500058
msqaa[dot]dgaqa[at]nic[dot]in