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The Defence Ministry is working on a concept of strategic partnerships with original equipment manufacturers to give a boost to indigenisation of defence-related production, Union Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre said today.He said the government wants world-class manufacturers to come to India and establish units in association with local partners.
Strategic partnerships
“We are working on a concept of strategic partnerships with the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) which will be a foreign company. We have identified four segments for it, including combat aircraft, tanks, submarines and helicopters,” Bhamre told reporters in Goa.
India looks at foreign defence manufacturers to transfer their technology, work with Indian scientists, people, train them so that in the next few years “our people will start manufacturing in the same segment,” he said.“This was an idea which has been worked on for the last few months. The idea was initiated by then Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.
Dependence on PSUs
In the months to come, we will be able to finalise strategic partnerships under this programme,” he said. On the increasing role of private partners in defence manufacturing, Bhamre recalled how armed forces were dependent on Ordinance Factory Board (OFB) and defence public sector units which were functioning under a protective environment. The minister said they were lagging in research and development (R&D).
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