Brigadier Bhupesh Kumar Jain

RECAPTALIZING DEFENCEPERSPECTIVES & PRIORITIES

JOINT WORKING GROUPS‣ DEFENCE POLICY GROUP (DPG) AND DEFENC EPRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT GROUP (DPPG).‣ MILITARY COOPERATION GROUP (MCG) - (HQINTEGRATED DEFENCE SERVICES AND HQ U.S PACIFICCOMMAND).‣ DISASTER RELIEF WORKING GROUP (DRWG) - (HQINTEGRATED DEFENCE SERVICES AND HQ U.S PACIFICCOMMAND).‣ ARMY TO ARMY EXECUTIVE STEERING GROUP (ESG) –(INDIAN ARMY AND U.S ARMY PACIFIC (USARPAC).‣ NAVY TO NAVY EXECUTIVE STEERING GROUP (ESG).‣ AIR FORCE TO AIR FORCE EXECUTIVE STEERINGGROUP (ESG).‣ INDO-US ANNUAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS(FMS) MEETINGS.

INDO – U.S JOINT TRAINING‣ ARMY TO ARMY, EXERCISE YUDH ABHYAS SERIES.‣ ARMY TO MARINES, EXERCISE SHATRUJEET SERIES.‣ SPECIAL FORCES, EXERCISE VAJRA PRAHAR SERIE.S‣ NAVY TO NAVY, EXERCISE MALABAR SERIES.‣ NAVY TO NAVY EXPEDITIONARY OPERATION TABLE TOPEXERCISE, HABU NAG SERIES.‣ NAVY TO NAVY SALVAGE EXERCISE, SALVEX SERIES.‣ NAVY TO NAVY EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL EXERCISE,SPITTING COBRA SERIES.‣ NAVY TO NAVY EXERCISE, PASSEX SERIES (EXERCISE OFOPPORTUNITY).‣ AIR FORCE TO AIR FORCE, EXERCISE RED FLAG SERIES.‣ AIR FORCE TO AIR FORCE, EXERCISE COPE INDIA SERIES.

RECAPITALIZING‣ RE-CAPITALIZING DEFENCE MEANS GETTINGGREATER RETURN ON ORIGINAL CAPITALINVESTMENT. MID LIFE UPGRADES ANDOVERHAULING OF BOTH HARDWARE ANDSOFTWARE’S IS PART OF IT.‣ AT THE END OF VIETNAM WAR AVERAGE AGE OFA US AIRCRAFT WAS 9 YEARS. TODAY IT IS 25 YEARS.‣ INDIA THE AVERAGE DEFENCE BUDGET ISAPPROX LESS THAN 3% OF GDP AND THEASPIRATION OF POPULATION FOR IMPROVED LIFEMANDATES THAT INDIA MANAGES ITS SECURITYREQUIREMENT WITH LEAST AMOUNT OFRESOURCES.

CAPITAL ACQUISITIONS‣ ACQUISITIONS COVERED UNDER THE ‘BUY’DECISION. BUY WOULD MEAN AN OUTRIGHTPURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT. BASED ON THE SOURCEOF PROCUREMENT, THIS CATEGORY WOULD BECLASSIFIED AS ‘BUY (INDIAN)’ AND ‘BUY (GLOBAL)’.‘INDIAN’ WOULD MEAN INDIAN VENDORS ONLY AND‘GLOBAL’ WOULD MEAN FOREIGN AS WELL ASINDIAN VENDORS. ‘BUY INDIAN’ MUST HAVEMINIMUM 30 % INDIGENOUS CONTENT IF THESYSTEMS ARE BEING INTEGRATED BY AN INDIANVENDOR.‣ ACQUISITIONS COVERED UNDER THE ‘BUY & MAKE’DECISION. ACQUISITIONS COVERED UNDER THE‘BUY & MAKE’ DECISION WOULD MEAN PURCHASEFROM A FOREIGN VENDOR FOLLOWED BYLICENSED PRODUCTION / INDIGENOUSMANUFACTURE IN THE COUNTRY.

CAPITAL ACQUISITIONS (CONTD)‣ ACQUISITIONS COVERED UNDER THE ‘BUY & MAKE(INDIAN)’ DECISION. ACQUISITIONS COVEREDUNDER THE ‘BUY & MAKE (INDIAN)’ DECISIONWOULD MEAN PURCHASE FROM AN INDIANVENDOR INCLUDING AN INDIAN COMPANY FORMINGJOINT VENTURE / ESTABLISHING PRODUCTIONARRANGEMENT WITH OEM FOLLOWED BYLICENSED PRODUCTION / INDIGENOUSMANUFACTURE IN THE COUNTRY. ‘BUY & MAKE(INDIAN)’ MUST HAVE MINIMUM 50 %INDIGENOUS CONTENT ON COST BASIS.‣ ACQUISITIONS COVERED UNDER THE ‘MAKE’DECISION. ACQUISITIONS COVERED UNDER THE‘MAKE’ DECISION WOULD INCLUDE HIGHTECHNOLOGY COMPLEX SYSTEMS TO BEDESIGNED, DEVELOPED AND PRODUCEDINDIGENOUSLY.

UPGRADES‣ ALL CASES INVOLVING UPGRADE TO AN IN SERVICEWEAPON SYSTEM / EQUIPMENT WILL ALSO BECOVERED BY THIS PROCEDURE. SUCH CASESCOULD BE CATEGORISED UNDER ANY OF THECATEGORIES AS GIVEN IN PARA ABOVE. THECATEGORISATION MAY BE CARRIED OUTDEPENDING ON SCOPE OF THE PROPOSAL,AVAILABILITY OF TECHNOLOGY INDIGENOUSLYAND THE NEED FOR SEEKING CRITICALTECHNOLOGIES FROM FOREIGN ANNUALACQUISITION PLAN (AAP)

ANNUALACQUISITION PLAN (AAP)SERVICE WOULD BE A TWO YEAR ROLL ON PLANFOR CAPITAL ACQUISITIONS AND WOULD CONSIST‣ ANNUAL ACQUISITION PLAN(AAP) OF EACHOF THE SCHEMES FROM APPROVED FIVEYEAR SERVICES CAPITAL ACQUISITIONPLAN(SCAP). ACCORDINGLY, DRAFT AAPS WOULD BEPREPARED BY THE SHQS TAKING INTO ACCOUNTTHE CARRY OVER SCHEMES FROM THE PREVIOUSYEAR AAP, SCHEMES WHERE AON HAS BEENACCORDED BY DAC/DPB/SCAPCHC IN THECURRENT YEAR AND SCHEMES PROPOSED TO BEPLACED BEFORE DAC/ DPB/ SCAPCHC IN CURRENT/ENSUING FINANCIAL YEAR.

ANNUALACQUISITION PLAN (AAP)(CONTD)‣ PROCUREMENT OF PRODUCTS DEVELOPED BYARMY BASE WKSPS, NAVAL DOCKYARDS AND AIRFORCE REPAIR DEPOTS. PRODUCTS DEVELOPED BYARMY BASE WKSPS, NAVAL DOCKYARDS AND AIRFORCE REPAIR DEPOTS FOR ‘IN HOUSE’REQUIREMENTS CAN BE PROCURED BY THE SERVICESFROM THESE AGENCIES UNDER ‘BUY (INDIAN)’CATEGORY WITH THE APPROVAL OF SCAPCHC. THETOTAL COST OF PROPOSED QUANTITY OF EACH ITEMREQUIRED BY SERVICE HQ UNDER THISPROCUREMENT WILL BE WITHIN THE DELEGATEDPOWERS OF THE SERVICE HQ. THE COSTING OF SUCHPROPOSALS WILL BE VETTED BY THE IFA WITHRESPECTIVE SERVICE. SERVICE HQ CAN CARRY OUTUSER TRIALS FOR THE EQUIPMENT WITHOUT ISSUEOF RFP. PROCUREMENT OF THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE

LIST OF PRODUCTS ELIGIBLE FORDISCHARGE OF OFFSET OBLIGATIONS

DEFENCE PRODUCTS SMALL ARMS, MORTARS, CANNONS, GUNS,HOWITZERS, ANTI TANK WEAPONS AND THEIRAMMUNITION INCLUDING FUZE.BOMBS, TORPEDOES, ROCKETS, MISSILES, OTHEREXPLOSIVE DEVICES AND CHARGES, RELATEDEQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES SPECIALLYDESIGNED FOR MILITARY USE, EQUIPMEN TSPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR HANDLING, CONTROL,OPERATION, JAMMING AND DETECTION. ENERGETIC MATERIALS, EXPLOSIVES,PROPELLANTS AND PYROTECHNICS. TRACKED AND WHEELED ARMOURED VEHICLES,VEHICLES WITH BALLISTIC PROTECTIONDESIGNED FOR MILITARY APPLICATIONS, ARMOUREDOR PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.

DEFENCE PRODUCTS (CONTD) VESSELS OF WAR, SPECIAL NAVAL SYSTEM,EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES.AIRCRAFT, UNMANNED AIRBORNE VEHICLES, AEROENGINES AND AIR CRAFT EQUIPMENT, RELATEDEQUIPMENT SPECIALLY DESIGNED OR MODIFIEDFOR MILITARY USE, PARACHUTES AND RELATEDEQUIPMENT.ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENTSPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR MILITARY USE SUCH ASELECTRONIC COUNTER MEASURE AND COUNTERMEASURE EQUIPMENT SURVEILLANCE ANDMONITORING, DATA PROCESSING AND SIGNALING,GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT, IMAGINGEQUIPMENT AND NIGHT VISION DEVICES, SENSORS.

DEFENCE PRODUCTS (CONTD) SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT FOR MILITARYTRAINING OR FOR SIMULATING MILITARY SCENARIOS,SPECIALLY DESIGNED SIMULATORS FOR USE OFARMAMENTS AND TRAINERS.FORGINGS, CASTINGS AND OTHER UNFINISHEDPRODUCTS WHICH ARE SPECIALLY DESIGNED FORPRODUCTS FOR MILITARY APPLICATIONS ANDTROOP COMFORT EQUIPMENT. MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALSDESIGNED FOR MILITARY APPLICATIONS,SPECIALLY DESIGNED ENVIRONMENTAL TESTFACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THECERTIFICATION, QUALIFICATION, TESTING ORPRODUCTION OF THE ABOVE PRODUCTS.

PRODUCTS FOR INTERNAL SECURITYARMS AND THEIR AMMUNITION INCLUDING ALLTYPES OF CLOSE QUARTER WEAPONS. PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR SECURITYPERSONNEL INCLUDING BODY ARMOUR ANDHELMETS.VEHICLES FOR INTERNAL SECURITY PURPOSESINCLUDING ARMOURED VEHICLES, BULLET PROOFVEHICLES AND MINE PROTECTED VEHICLES.RIOT CONTROL EQUIPMENT AND PROTECTIVE ASWELL AS RIOT CONTROL VEHICLES. SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT FOR SURVEILLANCEINCLUDING HAND HELD DEVICES AND UNMANNEDAERIAL VEHICLES.

PRODUCTS FOR INTERNAL SECURITY(CONTD)EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES FOR NIGHT FIGHTINGCAPABILITY INCLUDING NIGHT VISION DEVICES. NAVIGATIONAL AND COMMUNICATIONSEQUIPMENT INCLUDING FOR SECURECOMMUNICATIONS.SPECIALIZED COUNTER TERRORISM EQUIPMENTAND GEAR, ASSAULT PLATFORMS, DETECTIONDEVICES, BREACHING GEAR, ETC. TRAINING AIDS INCLUDING SIMULATORS ANDSIMULATION EQUIPMENT.

CIVIL AEROSPACE PRODUCTSALL TYPES OF FIXED WING AS WELL AS ROTARYAIRCRAFT INCLUDING THEIR AIR FRAMES, AEROENGINES, AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS AND AVIONICS.AIRCRAFT DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SERVICES.TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONSRAW MATERIAL AND SEMI-FINISHED GOODS.FLYING TRAINING INSTITUTIONS AND TECHNICALTRAINING INSTITUTIONS (EXCLUDING CIVILINFRASTRUCTURE).

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