Arbitration is one of the standard clauses in all capital acquisition contracts. The author deliberates on the formats of the arbitration clause, proposed amendments and their impacts on defence contracts.
Arbitration is one of the standard clauses in all capital acquisition contracts awarded by the...
The cost of production of foreign-origin equipment under a license by the state-owned manufacturers in India is more than the cost of importing it. It is argued that such additional cost is a small price to pay for achieving self-reliance. However there is a strong case...
India increasing share of global defence import despite rhetoric of Self Reliance is a cause of concern. A large capability gap exists in the technology and equipment held by defence forces produced indigenously vis-a vis what is needed.
Way back in early 2000, the Kelkar...
By Team Q-Tech
The Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM) in collaboration with CII is conducted the Indian Army MAKE Seminar 2018 at the behest of the Indian Army on Monday, 29 October 2018. The Key speakers were Dr. Ajay Kumar, Secretary (DP), Lt Gen Devraj Anbu Vice Chief of...
By Team Q-Tech
The Contours of Internal Security are getting more complex and some of the factors are undesirable developments, which have a grave potential and biggest concern directly affecting national security.
The contours of Internal Security are getting more complex with exploitation of...
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Russia will continue to be one of the biggest suppliers of defence equipment and technology for India as a major share of defence equipment in the Indian inventory are of Russian origin. The military operational and logistics imperatives will drive India to continue importing defence equipment and hardware from...
Artificial Intelligence is a transformative technology that has tremendous applications in the social, economic and military fields. The advances in AI provide impetus to India to make AI a critical element of India's National Security Strategy.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has numerous futuristic applications...
The advances made by India in the field of Space and indigenous missile programmes are bench mark for technological excellence for other sectors. Although the framework for development for space & missile technologies are tailored to their end use and differ in many ways in terms of conceptualisation,...
The offset obligations of the OEMs will assist in creating an eco-system supporting indigenous capabilities through manufacturing skill sets, processes, technology, integration and test techniques into the private sector and thus be part of Global supply chain.
The Rafale fighter jets deal has offset contracts worth at...
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is the largest DPSU providing comprehensive solutions to the Services in Military aviation. However its performance has not been adding any Ratana as revealed in the reports of Parliamentary standing committees and the CAG.
