tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post3511506768350408766..comments2024-03-14T06:10:14.591-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: Offsets fetch growing interest from aerospace manufacturersBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-41534876284150268022021-06-12T04:40:49.273-07:002021-06-12T04:40:49.273-07:00dia won't become an export powerhouse if it me...dia won't become an export powerhouse if it merely copy-pastes Boeing planes and Raytheon's missiles to export from Indian soil. India will become an export powerhouse when its private sector copies the Tejas, Arjun, Akash and Arihant to the rest of the world. Our Tejas will compete with Gripens and F-16s. Our Dhruv will compete with Kamov and our Arjun will compe<a href="https://uetpcba.com/flex-and-rigid-flex-pcb-assembly" rel="nofollow">PCB</a>sshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03054164050991864376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-60563850154466424302016-02-16T02:23:14.412-08:002016-02-16T02:23:14.412-08:00Very informative post boeing supplier portal Very informative post <a href="http://ableaero.com/" rel="nofollow">boeing supplier portal <br /></a><br />Rayanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17860156432404046931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-67727680754882861652015-12-23T09:56:16.229-08:002015-12-23T09:56:16.229-08:00Raahul Kumar, I've read all of Col. Shukla'...Raahul Kumar, I've read all of Col. Shukla's articles. You should've read his latter article, per which the ALH bid failed to attract any private companies. That's because they're slyly angling to be the arms agents of the Kamovs and Sikorskys of the world by looking to assemble their expensive choppers at lands snatched from farmers and tribals.<br /><br />As I said before, the private sector must be made dependent on the DRDO, and not the Lockheeds and Rafaels of the world. It is only then that India can synergize cutting-edge research with the efficiency of productionizing and mass-manufacturing it.<br /><br /><b>India won't become an export powerhouse if it merely copy-pastes Boeing planes and Raytheon's missiles to export from Indian soil. India will become an export powerhouse when its private sector copies the Tejas, Arjun, Akash and Arihant to the rest of the world. Our Tejas will compete with Gripens and F-16s. Our Dhruv will compete with Kamov and our Arjun will compete with the Merkavas and Leclercs.</b>Abhimannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-22773433766282586552015-12-20T16:21:39.545-08:002015-12-20T16:21:39.545-08:00@Abhiman
In regards to the Tejas, there is alread...@Abhiman<br /><br />In regards to the Tejas, there is already a second line being setup by private manufacturers. HAL has already placed a tender asking for private sector bids for the ALH.<br /><br />http://www.aame.in/2015/09/hal-looks-to-private-sector-for-alh.html<br /><br />Sources in HAL said given the Centre's Make in India campaign and to save on time, outsourcing some manufacturing has happened and a few other projects are in the pipeline. The wing assembly has been outsourced to L&T, while 10 vendors will be in the fray for the centre and rear fuselage, for which tenders will be floated soon. "Outsourcing of 33 electrical panels, six mechanical assembly projects making of fin and rudder, etc is under way," they said. <br /><br />http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Team-LCA-gears-up-for-increased-orders/articleshow/50131181.cms<br /><br />So your fears, in this specific instance are overblown. We do need to be afraid of Western arms manufacturers, who have no positive purpose in mind, but the private sector is the best thing to happen to arms manufacturing in decades.<br /><br />Bharat's private sector is already competitive on a worldwide level, not just IT, but Pharma, steel, and other sectors. This is the big breakthrough that will turn an import nation into an export superpower.Raahul Kumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18144388090492230247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-82825861947212685252015-12-20T06:40:03.690-08:002015-12-20T06:40:03.690-08:00@ Unknown
Of course, you're right. I've m...@ Unknown<br /><br />Of course, you're right. I've made the correction.<br /><br />Thanks for pointing this out.Broadswordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-61857352326832898142015-12-19T10:01:58.575-08:002015-12-19T10:01:58.575-08:00These private companies are mostly doing low-level...These private companies are mostly doing low-level work for foreign arms manufacturers. While it does bring foreign exchange to India, we must be careful.<br /><br />The technology to do this work has more often than not been provided by foreign sources themselves. Tomorrow, when these private manufacturers move up the value chain to become <i><b>designers</b></i> and <i><b>system integrators,</b></i> they'll be directly pitted against DRDO, BEL and HAL.<br /><br />Nothing inherently wrong in that. But just as they source many of their technologies from abroad now, they will have to source a lot of the assorted technologies and know-how from foreign system integrators. <b>In that case, these private firms will merely become fronts of foreign arms manufacturers in India to push their wares.</b><br /><br />This should not be allowed to happen. In order to prevent this, DRDO must engage the private manufacturers starting now and make them dependent on DRDO-originated technology. They must never be weaned off DRDO-originated technology at any point in the future.<br /><br />For a start, these firms must be given contracts to manufacture parts of Dhruv, Tejas, Arjun and Arihant. As mentioned by you earlier, a private firm is already manufacturing wings for Tejas. That's a good start and must be sustained further.Abhimannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-52782188836312614502015-12-19T08:31:00.564-08:002015-12-19T08:31:00.564-08:00Ajai,
Small typo -- "an $80-100 million an...Ajai, <br /><br />Small typo -- "an $80-100 million annual market with India’s share less than $400 million... " . Should that be $ 100 Bn market with India's market share of $400 Mn?<br /><br />I do enjoy the articles. One of the better Defence blogs out there. <br /><br />Regards, <br /><br />Ashish<br /><br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00282745555532924788noreply@blogger.com