Defence Industry
Mahindra’s Giant Leap into Defence Production: The Need for Further Policy Initiatives to Promote Private Sector
While Mahindra’s foray into defence production and the acquisition of foreign companies demonstrates the private sector’s initiative, the government needs to introduce further reforms to promote the role of private companies in Indian defence industry.
Defence Acquisitions: The Question of Systemic Inefficienices and Effectiveness
The effectiveness of the procurement process needs to be viewed in context of the operational and structural readiness of the armed forces. If the existing framework proves to be weak and unable to deliver required levels of military preparedness, the framework may have to be re-laid for its effectiveness and deliverability.
Will Indian Defence Private Sector Deliver with Recent Policy Changes?
With the growth of the public sector in Defence Production a large number of industrial units in the Private Sector has also grown with varied scales of operation in areas like outsourcing of raw materials, components, sub-systems, assemblies and sub-assemblies.
Acquisition Reform - Lessons from Bernard Gray
If India does not modernize in an evenly spread out manner, it will be faced either with the prospect of its armed forces not being prepared, or rushing to make purchases amidst crises, or creating needless hysteria when frenzied modernization occurs.
Indian Defence Industry Poised to Grow
Even as the new amendments incentivise domestic companies to enter defence production, the government has made it clear that it wants a competitive environment in defence industry.
Need for a Resource Generation and Management Cell in Defence
The orientation of the existing administrative set up in Service Headquarters and in departments under the Ministry of Defence is to plan for the utilization of defence budget allocation. They are not in a position to pay attention to the aspect of defence receipts.
F-22 Raptor : Economics versus Technology
The US Department of Defence has been contemplating whether to lift the ban on F-22 exports, the fifth generation stealth aircraft.
India's Defence Offset Policy
Although India has established a formal mechanism for implementation of the defence offset policy, the structure and procedures lack the thrust to fulfil the objective of energizing the Indian defence
Rafale: the doomed French bird
Is the French 4th+generation fighter aircraft doomed? This question must be anguishing people in Dassault and the French government.
Military Robots
Chair: Vinod Patney
Discussants: R. K. Pruthi and Rahul K Bhonsle
