Editor-in-Chief’s Note The author, having been at the core of the endeavour to structure the new Defence Procurement Procedure – 2016 (DPP – 2016), has utilised his experience to ampli... Read more

The 9th edition of Defexpo India held at Naqueri Quitol in Quepem Taluka of South Goa from 28th to 31st March 2016 was unique in many ways as enumerated beneath:- The Defexpo coincided with... Read more

Editor-in-Chief’s Note The article identifies India’s utilisation of various natural and renewable resources in percentage terms and identifies the major sources of dependence for its energy... Read more

Editor-in-Chief’s Note Brig Suni Gokhale’s article examines the functioning of Ordnance Factories (OF) to arrive at the causes for shortcomings that have not been attended too adequately, in... Read more

Editor-in-Chief’s Note Col Vikram Taneja’s article focuses on the weaker areas in the defence acquisition framework. He sub-divides the acquisition process into four phases: Initiation, Plan... Read more

Editor-in- Chief’s Note Amol Gokhale’s article debates the issues that come to the fore with the proposed new category of products for defence procurement, ‘Indigenously Designed, Deve... Read more

Editor–in–Chief’s Note The inventory of the Army Air Defence Artillery reflects the most dated list of weapon held by any of the combat arms of the Indian Army. The current status calls for... Read more

Editor-in-Chief’s Note  In Part I the author had dwelt upon developments in helicopter technology and the evolution of various models, especially in the US and Russian helicopter indus... Read more

Editor-in-Chief’s Note: Lt Gen BS Pawar’s article is being presented in two parts. In Part I, the discourse is about helicopter development having trailed the pace of aircraft technolo... Read more