Aerospace Diary

Neelam Mathews June 15 2015 As part of the "Make in India" initiative, Tata Advanced Systems links up with Airbus to produce C-295 transports in country. Airbus said every one of its programs includes parts from India Defense manufacturing in India is undergoing a transition from a traditional buyer-supplier relationship to a more open and transparent one. Easing of licensing policy, an increase in foreign direct investment from 26 to 49 percent and a forecast that envisions a 10-fold increase in exports (presently at a miniscule 0.3 percent) are drivers propelling a defense sector currently riding high on the “Make in India” program. The initiative was launched and promoted widely by new Prime Minister Narendra Modi. An attempt to boost GDP, Make in India sees aerospace and defense (among other industries) as its focus to enhance skill development and build an efficient manufacturing infrastructure. Transparent policies and speedy implementation are also...

Neelam Mathews April 27, 2013 As the MoD plays hide and seek with its suppliers on the amendments to the DPP 2011 released only to the press-with no sign of a deadline for validity nor any details - it is becoming increasingly clear this exercise was another weak attempt to prove the squeaky clean image of our defense minister who is also earning the title of "Mr No-Do." We at AerospaceDiary, have just learnt that a letter sent this month by the Department of Defense Production to DIPP to clarify the list of Dual items that will not require license to manufacture have been pulled out of the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Goods Technologies signed by around 33 countries, to which India is not signatory to. The Wassenaar clauses on Technology and Software (as reported earlier by AerospaceDiary) will, however, not be applicable to India's dual products list. "This means that  software will not come under industrial license....