Defence Industry Archives

Defence Research and Development: International Approaches for Analysing the Indian Programme

The Occasional Paper attempts to analyse the performance of India's defence research and development machinery and especially that of the DRDO. The Paper concludes by bringing out the lessons and concurrently suggesting the way ahead for India.

Defence Innovations in India: The Fault Lines

The Occasional Paper examines India's defence innovation performance, especially of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the defence industry. The paper argues that the innovation performance of these two players is constrained by lack of a higher organisational structure which could provide direction and required thrust to the indigenous R&D.

Defence Acquisition: International Best Practices

Publisher: Pentagon Press

This book is a compendium of papers presented and circulated in the International Seminar on Defence acquisition organised by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses on July 12-14, 2011. Written by the practitioners, industry leaders and subject experts, the book brings out the best international practices in defence acquisition.

ISBN ISBN 978-81-8274-711-1,
Price: ?. 1295/-
E-copy available

Deliberations of a Working Group on Military and Diplomacy

Publisher: Magnum Books Pvt Ltd

The Indian defence establishment is confronted today with what is probably its greatest challenge since Independence. Besides being prepared to wage conventional war on possibly two fronts simultaneously, our Armed Forces need to be geared to undertake this under a nuclear overhang and within a technological environment that encompasses cyber- and space-based threats. There is therefore an imperative requirement for change that would enable us to adapt to the emerging situation. The archaic organisations and processes put in place on achieving Independence must undergo radical overhaul.

ISBN ISBN 978-93-82512-01-1,
Price: ?. 195/-
E-copy available

Indian Defence Industry: Issues of Self-Reliance

The monograph makes an attempt to estimate India’s defence self-reliance index, which has been a subject of intense debate in recent years. It also surveys the key recommendations of various high level committees set up by the Indian government post the Kargil conflict. The monograph concludes with key policy measures to revitalize India’s moribund defence industry.

Defence Public Sector Units and Exports

While defence public sector units have been making efforts to increase their marketing footprint, they will have to succeed in a highly competitive export market.

Unmanned Aircraft System and Indian Industries

While India is establishing a strong aviation ecosystem by bringing together all stakeholders including the government, DPSUs, tri-services, academia and industry partners, it is believed that private Indian industries will be the crusaders for the government in defence production, particularly in the UAV vertical.

A. Karunakaran
January 27, 2022
IDSA Comments

Public Procurement Framework in India

The GFR 2017 permit individual ministries to issue detailed instructions to address the needs and complexities of procurement carried out by them. The question is whether those principles and rules come in the way of the Ministry of Defence evolving a more efficient procurement procedure that meets the armed forces’ aspirations.

Amit Cowshish
August 19, 2021
IDSA Comments

Viable Alternatives Required to Replace Existing Procurement Procedures

If existing procurement procedures are a hindrance in acquiring state-of-the-art defence materiel expeditiously, a case needs to be made out, based on demonstrable drawbacks of the existing system for a detailed blueprint of what system should replace it.

Amit Cowshish
August 10, 2021
IDSA Comments

Self-Reliance in Defence Sector

The Ministry of Defence has taken significant steps in recent times to boost domestic defence manufacturing and increase the role of the private sector to reduce dependence on imports and achieve self-reliance.

Richa Tokas
August 04, 2021
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