The power of a nation lies in technological edge in almost all domains including defence Technology. The concerted and continuous development efforts will bring concomitant strategic buoyancy in economic growth and ward off the inimical influences.
It is a historically proven fact that the power of...
The deliberate embroiled controversies are generated by desperate inimical forces encouraged by paid sources to coerce the decision makers having impact on even for future procurement thus jeopradising defence capabilities...
The political controversy around purchase of 36 Rafale Fighter Aircraft over contract costs,...
The proliferation of technology presents new cyber security challenges and leads to significant national risks. Cyber security can help prevent cyber attacks, data breaches and identity theft.
Rapid growth in Internet access, use of Internet-enabled devices, and the availability of high speed information technology systems...
Capabilities of the Armed Forces are measured by the combination of doctrine and technology. To fight through the fog of war self reliance is a must..... The author deliberates way ahead.Current Perspective
Capabilities of the Armed Forces are measured by the combination of doctrine...
The growing convergence of American and Indian defense interests due to geo-strategic and economic reasons is a security imperative and has led to growth in US-India defense co-operation and trade. Over the past decade, the Indo-US defence relationship has been witnessing a rapid transformation and expansion in different...
Vendors have been facing difficulty in discharging the offset obligation for various reasons. Although lack of avenues is not one of the primary reasons, availability of more avenues to choose from cannot cause any harm.
Earlier this year, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) had come up...
The objective of Indigenous contents and Value addition in Offset in the procurement procedure is undoubtedly more important from the point of view of strategic autonomy that the technologies that go into manufacturing of defence equipment are indigenous.
The Defence Procurement Procedure 2016 (DPP 2016) lays a...
'Make in India' in Defence production has not taken off for myriad reasons. Given the pace at which things are moving, the ability of the government to navigate through the Indian business environment by streamlining the defense procurement procedures and facilitation of the private sector on fair competitive...
With the issue of second RFI under SP model the Process has inched a bit. The model can build a formidable indigenous defence industry provided MoD streamlining the issues concerned with the process.
The Strategic Partnership policy laying down the qualification criteria with the financial and technical parameters for selection of OEM and Indian...
The irony is, despite in house requirement and assured orders, the design and production agencies have not been able to meet the Forces huge requirement of small arms, which has resulted in India spending billions of dollars on Small Arms import.
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