Here is How MoD can Assist Existing India’s Defense Projects

Based on several reports released by governments in North America and Europe, it is now quite clear that Chinese firms owned by the state and communist party leaders have become significant investors in European and American start-ups that are working on leading-edge technologies with prospective military uses. The start-ups include companies that build rocket engines for spacecraft, sensors for unmanned underwater vessels, and 3D printers that make flexible screens that could be used in cockpits of aircraft. The major reason why Chinese firms are making billions of dollars of investments in such technologies is because the most important objective of all military technology programs is to provide a technological advantage to the warfighter. In many cases, the evolution of technology from a research and development (R & D) program to the battlefield involves additional development and investment at the end of a program. In India, the Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) is working on several such R & D projects. In some cases, the primary market is the defense sector, while in others the most practical path to providing technology to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) requires a parallel commercial market.Read More…