On Friday, defence minister Manohar Parrikar set off on his maiden visit to the US, which is India’s biggest arms supplier. Beginning tomorrow, a high-powered business delegation of Indian d... Read more

EDITORIAL FOREWORD The SOP lays down the procedures for Military stores export for items listed at Appendix II and other than in the Appendix, and for purposes such as exhibition, testing an... Read more

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EDITORIAL FOREWORD The document provides a comprehensive listing of defence items that require an industrial licence. Defence items require compulsory licensing under the IDR Act 1951. On op... Read more

EDITORIAL FOREWORD The laboratory for testing of defence equipment and components at Bangalore carries out its checks in conformity with JSS 55555 and other stipulated requirements. The tech... Read more

EDITORIAL FOREWORD Defence contracts in India have often been mired in controversies; yet, we have had no guidelines being offered in successive versions of DPP that have a set of guidelines... Read more

EDITORIAL FOREWORD The guidelines for export of SCOMET items concisely provide the various details required by all enterprises for smooth execution of export contracts where the items of exp... Read more

EDITORIAL FOREWORD The inconsistencies in our Exchange Rate Variation, as spelt out in DPP 2013 had been a major bone of contention for private sector enterprises in the Indian Defence Indus... Read more