Towards an Empowered Acquisition Structure
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
The IDDM Policy Proposal: A Step Forward to Breed Innovation
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
Need to Expeditiously Modernise Army Air Defence
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
Military Helicopters: Expanding Capabilities & Future Developments Part II
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
Military Helicopters: Expanding Capabilities & Future Developments – Part I
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
Ships and Shipbuilding in India through a Sino-Indian Prism
The year 2022 arrived as a harried harbinger of tidings of war and woe in the Indo-Pacific — a geo-strategic region central to the security calculus of both, regional and extra-regional play... Read more
Make In India: Imperatives to promote dual use technology industries to propel defence manufacturing
The “Make in India” program was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 September 2014. Since then, from within the 25 targeted sectors, the Defence Manufacturing sector has received... Read more
Increasing the Lethality of the Infantry Soldier while Enhancing his Survivability
Indian borders have been under a state of strategic flux ever since the British moved out leaving behind unresolved boundary issues leading to five major wars. The areas under dispute with C... Read more
Industry responds to the new DPP
The Modi government had promised to cut the Gordian knot in which defence procurement and acquisitions were locked in. The major endeavour in this regard was to be a new Defence Procurement... Read more
Technology in Internal Security
Introduction Technology has been at the forefront of India’s external security management, both in the civil and military domain. Indian expertise in utilisation of satellite technology for... Read more