Directorate of Quality Assurance (Vehicle) is one of the Technical Directorates of DGQA under Deptt. Of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence.
This organization is more than fifty years old and headed by Additional Directorate General of Quality Assurance (ADGQA) and is vertically structured on a two tier basis as Controllerate of Quality Assurance (CQA) and Quality Assurance Establishments {Senior Quality Assurance Estt (SQAE)} and Quality Assurance Estt (QAE)). These establishments are spread all over the country where mainly Ordnance Factories, Defence Public Sector undertakings and industrial base exist.
This Organisation provides Quality Assurance (QA) cover for the entire range of vehicles / equipments and its spares supplied to Armed Forces. Apart from QA activities, the organization is responsible for import substitution and associates with Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) in the development projects. It also ensures Documentation, Codification and Standardization Action for minimizing the variety of components / equipments. The other services rendered are promotion of small scale industries. Post procurement services, Defect investigations and Technical Consultancy to the users, Ministry and the production agencies.
