Arms Acquisition Competitiveness: Relevant International Experiences

Even though the Indian government has begun to encourage participation of private sector in defence systems production, it is not technologically competitive in the global market. The Chinese are giving importance to two factors: first, the civilian high technology market should increase sophisticated dual-use products that are readily available to the military. Developments of new C4ISR capabilities in the military have been a consequent result of improvements in the telecommunications sector. Second, technologies and skills developed in the civilian sector can be gradually transferred to defence production, thereby improving defence industrial process and production. This policy had been earlier followed by Japan and South Korea as well.