| ID | 182630 |
| Title Proper | Examining India’s defence innovation performance |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Behera, Laxman Kumar |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | India has expended a great deal of energy and resources to set up a vast defence economy to innovate state-of-the-art weapon systems. However, the performance of the defence economy has been largely suboptimal. An examination of the causes of poor performance exhibits a number of shortcomings related to India’s both ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ innovation capacities. Lack of strong support from higher political leadership, meager research and development (R&D) and procurement budgets, inefficiency of the main R&D and manufacturing players, poor management of human resources and a weak acquisition system, among others, leave India’s defence innovation in a poor state. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Strategic Studies Vol. 44, No.6; Dec 2021: p.830-853 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Strategic Studies Vol: 44 No 6 |
| Key Words | DRDO ; Research and Development ; Indian Defence Industry ; Defence Innovation ; DPSUs |