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Emerging Technology,Indian Armed Forces,Indian Army,Indian Navy,Military Budget

25 Jun 2021

Over the past few decades, the technology development cycle has undergone drastic changes.2 However, the importance of in-house R&D within the military is yet to be properly addressed, due to the somewhat ill-founded premise that the army as an organisation is mandated “just to fight and win wars” as the “defence of the nation” and counter- narratives within research are often viewed parochially. [...] In response, the US has tried to re-energise the R&D ecosystem by taking steps such as the appointment of the Under Secretary of Defence (Research and Engineering), to make the organisation leaner and increase interactions with academia and industry. [...] Defence-related R&D has been pinned as the decisive factor for national security and as an accelerator of other sectors of the economy.15 The Military-Industrial Commission (VPK) under the president coordinates the operations of the defence-industrial complex and implements the innovation strategy of the defence sector.16 To realise its innovation goals, in 2012, Russia established the Fond Perspe. [...] The primary task of such centres should be to identify a) technology and products that the private and public sectors must develop to meet the needs of the services; and b) future wars and the applicable technology to meet country-specific needs. [...] Four years ago, the Indian Army had set up the Army Design Bureau (ADB), aimed at being the “facilitator for research and development efforts and initiation of Procurements of Weapons and Equipment required by the Indian Army.”55 Of the Technology Research Centre (TRC) and the Simulator Development Division (SDD) as part of the ADB, the latter has played a noteworthy and pivotal role in developing.
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