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Managing India-US Defence Partnership Across Transition
Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

A New Leader on the Stage
Trump’s second Presidency of the US (2.0) is just a few days away. The change seems potentially disruptive, for which the world is bracing up. Interestingly, Newsweek, on 14 September 2024, published a list of ....

January 03, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Article , Donald Trump , COMCASA , DTTI , 2+2 Dialogue , Defence industry , BECA , Defence Exports , Emerging technologies , Military Exercises , Defence Trade , India- US Defence Partners , RDP , SOSA , Foundational Agreements iCET
An Analytical Review of India’s Defence Exports
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

This work analyses the recent statement of the Defence Minister wherein, on 04 Oct 2024, while speaking at the 7th Annual General Meeting of the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM), the Minister stated the Govt is committed to make defence....

November 12, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Indian defence industry , Defence Exports , RM at 7th AGM of SIDM
India- Africa Defence Engagement: Towards New Avenues
Ruchita Beri, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

India and African countries have long standing ties in the defence realm. Traditionally, training and capacity building, deployment of Indian troops for United Nations Peacekeeping (UNPK) missions have been the main pillars of the India Africa defenc....

August 29, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , India , China , Rajnath Singh , Africa , Indian Navy , Narendra Modi , Maritime cooperation , Defence Exports , ITEC , Defence Security
Defence Technology Ecosystem for Aatmanirbhar Bharat

This report is an outcome of a study conducted by the Vivekananda International Foundation to find out the causes of shortfall in performance and work out recommendations for further reforms in the defence sector. This study was conducted in four com....

July 26, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Make in India , Defence technology , Defence Exports , Ecosystem , Aatmanirbhar Bahrat , Defence R&D , MoD Organisations
Defence Exports – An Adjunct to India’s Foreign Policy
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

The Term
In general, the term ‘defence exports’ imply transfer of lethal weaponry and warlike equipment to another country under various parameters of mutual understanding and terms of exchange. Export of defence hardware is an adjunc....

June 07, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Defence technology , Defence modernisation , Defence Exports , iDEX , Positive Indigenisation List , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Defence diplomacy , Akash air defence system , BrahMos cruise missile , Pinaka Multiple Launch Rocket System , Tejas Light Combat Aircraft
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest (1-15 April 2024), Issue 35

In this Issue

I. Defence and Security

  1. New Generation Ballistic Missile Agni-Prime Flight-Tested
  2. Indigenous Man Portable Anti-tank Guided Missile Weapon System
  3. <....

    May 01, 2024 AI , Defence Exports , Science & Technology , AUKUS , critical minerals , EVs , Chandrayaan-3 , ASML , ChatGPT , OpenAI , SK Hynix , Chandrayaan-4 , E-Waste , Exoskeleton Technology , Li-ion Batteries , Quantum Mechanics , Quantum Science , Space-Tech , Synthetic Aperture Radar , Neutronic Molecules , nuclear-powered submarines
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest, 1-15April 2023, Issue 11

In this Issue

Defence and Security
  1. Defence Exports Reaches an All-Time High of Rs. 15,920 crore in FY 2022-23
  2. India’s Defence Industrial Corridors (DICs)
  3. May 04, 2023 DRDO , Cyber Security , STEM , space technology , AI , Defence Exports , Biotechnology , ISRO , Science & Technology , EV , NASA , Drones , semiconductor , PLI , Quantum Technology , TRAI , HAL , Startup , IN-SPACe , NISAR , Micron , Advanced Wireless , Artemis II , Chips , DEWA , DICs , Geosciences , GSFC , IC , SEMI , Space Policy , Space Tourism
India’s Defence Exports: Onwards to a Goal that Seemed Impossible
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Start point - disbelief
When the Draft Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy (DPEPP) issued on 03 Aug 2020 by the MoD had stated upfront a goal of achieving defence exports target of Rupees 35000 Crores as a part of the overall def....

April 28, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Defence Exports , Atmanirbhar Bharat , Make-in India
VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 01-15 April 2023

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Defence Exports: Challenges, Opportunities and Imperatives
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Premise
This work is based on the premise that the current level of defence exports in India is well short of its stipulated targets and there is a need for revamping the same.
Layout
The analysis is laid out as under:- ....

October 06, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Defence Exports , DPEPP 2020 , India’s export targets , Export promotion , boosting defence exports
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