Defence Production

The challenge lies in demonstrating to potential importers that India, currently the world’s largest arms importer, has the capacity to manufacture and export the equipment required by their armed forces.

• Amit Cowshish
• April 09, 2018
• IDSA Comments

The Draft Defence Production Policy 2018, which aims to promote the Make in India initiative in the defence sector and create a world-class arms manufacturing base, faces a number of challenges, which, if left unaddressed, may limit its usefulness.

• Laxman Kumar Behera
• April 04, 2018
• IDSA Comments

The promises contained in the recently released draft are so intertwined that a comprehensive action plan would be required to implement all of them almost simultaneously for achieving the policy objective.

• Amit Cowshish
• April 02, 2018
• IDSA Comments

The benchmark price could be different from the initial cost estimate because, in many cases, the negotiation stage is reached several years after in-principle approval.

• Amit Cowshish
• November 20, 2017
• IDSA Comments

Sector-specific micro parameters that have a bearing on the ease of doing business need to be identified and quantified.

• Amit Cowshish
• October 05, 2017
• IDSA Comments

Foreign collaborations optimised for profit, risk-sharing and a common goal of achieving technological superiority could well enable India to break into the global market in select areas.

• Kevin A. Desouza
• July 31, 2017
• Issue Brief

It would be a bold gesture if MoD decides to categorise all development projects under Make-II. This will send a strong message to the industry and to the nation about MoD’s earnestness to promote private sector participation.

• Amit Cowshish
• July 14, 2017
• IDSA Comments

It behooves both HAL and ADA to work in synergy to meet the target of 16 aircraft per annum and ensure the successful and prompt completion of the Tejas Mk.1A project.

• Sanjay Badri-Maharaj
• July 12, 2017
• IDSA Comments

Why the objective sought to be achieved through the strategic partnership scheme could not be attained by resorting to an existing provision in DPP 2016?

• Amit Cowshish
• June 22, 2017
• IDSA Comments

The SP model, if implemented well, is likely to have a number of benefits for both the private sector and the larger Indian defence industry.

• Laxman Kumar Behera
• June 02, 2017
• IDSA Comments