India’s defence-industrial partnership with the UK

Abstract

India and the United Kingdom have described an ambitious agenda for increasing defence-industrial cooperation, but almost no such engagement has occurred in practice. This is due in large part to India’s strong protectionist policies, which are meant to defend domestic industries and encourage the development of indigenous defence capabilities. These policies include rules that restrict foreign investment in defence, regulate the ownership of intellectual-property rights and define the amount of indigenous content that must be used in defence manufacturing.