This month, we cover the draft Defence Acquisition
Procedure 2026, a framework that shifts India's procurement
philosophy from "Made in India" to "Owned by
India," where the central question is no longer simply who
manufactures a platform, but who owns its underlying technology,
controls its architecture, and retains the ability to modify and
upgrade it over time. We also look at President Macron's visit
and the Rafale deal, which marks one of the largest aviation
procurements in Indian history, Prime Minister Modi's state
visit to Israel and the deeper defence-industrial cooperation both
sides are now pursuing, and a roundup of developments across the
sector.
In this edition
of Defence Dispatch, we look back at a month
marked by a new draft defence procurement framework and
two high-level diplomatic visits - President Emmanuel
Macron's visit to India and Prime Minister Narendra
Modi's visit to Israel, both of which were accompanied
by defence-related agreements
