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NEST, THE MILITARY AND DeFEXPO PAGE 4 OFFICARIALTN ER MEDIAOF P MOD SP’s AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION DEFEXPO 2020 PUBLISHER OF DEFEXPOOF M 20O DDAILY MEET US AT A-BASED BUYER ONLY) HALL 3, STALL: Q47 I Vol: 10 DEFEXPO 2020 Special 55.00 (IND ` www.spsmai.com maiONLY FORTNIGHTly ON MILITARY AEROSPACE INTERNAL SECURITY Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at ‘Def-Connect’ under iDEX in New Delhi India’s First CDS – What Should be the Priorities PAGE 14 Indian Defence Industry Profile: Dr Vivek Lall, Page 6 Lockheed Martin PAGE 10 FROM THE MILITARY AEROSPACE CORPORATE EDITOr’s DESK 3 Updates 15 Developments 18 News 19 SECURITY BREACHES 22 Viewpoint 16 Umanned 21 DELENG/2010/34651 spOTLIGHT NEST, ThE MiliTary aN d dEfExpo PAGE 4 OFFICARIALTN ER MEDIAOF P MOD SP’s AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION Defexpo 2020 AILY PUBLISHER OF DEFEXPOOF M 20OD DDAILY MEEt US at A-BASED BUYER ONLY) Hall 3, Stall: Q47 I Vol: 10 Defexpo 2020 Special 55.00 (IND ` www.spsmai.com maiONLY FORTNIGHTLY ON Military aerospace internal security Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at ‘Def-Connect’ under iDex in New Delhi Cover: In order for India to possess a technologically india’s First cds – What advanced and self-sufficient defence industry, should be the priorities PAGE 14 a lot will depend on maintaining a conducive eco-system for all stakeholders and a robust indian framework for effective implementation of defence industry profile: dr Vivek lall, page 6 lockheed Martin PAGE 10 reforms. 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SP PHOTOGRA www.spguidepublications.com 2 SP’S MAI Defexpo 2020 special www.spsmai.com From the EDITOr’S DesK The key to growth is sustained and evolved indigenisation programmes t is that time of the year when all roads for the Defence Indus- mix, as its Secretary, to facilitate restructuring of military commands try - domestic and international, lead to Lucknow, the venue for for optimal utilisation of resources by bringing about jointness in the upcoming DefExpo 20 – a major biennial international event operations, including through establishment of joint/theatre com- Iorganised by the Defence Exhibition Organisation of the Ministry of mands. Also, General Manoj Mukund Naravane has taken over as the Defence (MoD). It is being held from February 5 to 8 this year, for the next Chief of the Army Staff. In the course of his distinguished career, first time in Lucknow, the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP). he had commanded the Eastern Command and the Army Training Christened as DefExpo 2020, the theme of the 11th edition of the Command before his last appointment as the Vice-Chief of Army event is ‘India: The Emerging Defence Manufacturing Hub’ and the Staff. While covering the expectations from these appointments in focus is on ‘Digital Transformation of Defence’. this issue, SP’s M.A.I. wishes the new CDS and the new COAS a highly The Government plans to make India a $5 trillion-dollar econ- successful tenure. omy by 2025 and aims to double and then treble its aerospace and SP Guide Publications is proud to share that 7 articles by our defence focused exports in the next five years to $ 26 billion by 2025. journalists, in four categories, have been shortlisted for finals in the Such economic growth requires foundational pillars of a matching upcoming Aerospace Media Awards - Asia. These are the most pres- defence capability energised by a strong indigenous defence indus- tigious awards in Aerospace Media and the number of nominations trial base. The key to growth is sustained and evolved indigenisation for finals received by us are amongst the highest by a publishing com- programmes. pany, which includes global leaders and heavyweights. Details of the With the overall aim to boost defence manufacturing and achieve nominations can be seen on pages 12 and 13 inside. self-reliance and strategic autonomy, the idea behind organising an Wishing all our readers a Happy New Year, we invite you all to event of this magnitude at this level is to showcase and promote the DefExpo 2020 in Lucknow. Do come and pay us a visit at Hall 3 defence manufacturing capabilities of Indian companies - Defence Stall Q47. Public Sector as well as the Private sector to the world community while also inviting global OEMs to participate in the modernisation of Indian armed forces either directly or in strategic partnership with an Indian partner. It will also highlight emergence of the state of UP as an attractive destination for investment in the defence sector and act as a platform for alliances and joint ventures with the leading aero- space and defence majors in the global defence industry. Choice of Lucknow as the venue for DefExpo 2020 is significant as the MoD has already announced plans for the establishment of the UP Defence Industry Corridor for manufacturing military hardware. Now that General Bipin Rawat has taken over as India’s first Chief of Defence Staff, discussion on what is his mandate and what should be his priorities are rife. Rules of Business notified by the Government continue to include ‘defence of India’ and ‘defence policy’ in charter of the Defence Secretary. CDS will act as the Principal Military Adviser to Raksha Mantri on tri-Services matters but Service Chiefs will con- tinue to advise RM on matters of respective Services. CDS will head Jayant Baranwal the Department of Military Affairs (DMA), having military and civilian Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Defexpo 2020 special SP’S MAI 3 MILITARY Viewpoint NEST, the Military and DefExpo LT GENERAL P.C. KATOCH (RETD) ccording to media reports, the Ministry of External Af- especially in China. fairs (MEA) has established a new ministerial division The MoD issues the ‘Technology Perspective & Capability Road termed ‘NEST’ denoting New, Emerging and Strategic Map’ (TPCR) from time to time spanning a 15 year period; the last two Technologies.