{"id":35069,"date":"2018-10-31T15:05:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T09:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=35069"},"modified":"2018-10-31T15:05:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T09:35:58","slug":"u-s-defence-firms-want-grip-on-technology-in-make-in-india-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/u-s-defence-firms-want-grip-on-technology-in-make-in-india-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. defence firms want grip on technology in Make-in-India plan:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.in\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwi5xo6k4bLWAhUBM48KHeWwCv8QqOcBCCUwAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2FIndustry%2Fus-defence-firms-want-grip-on-technology-in-make-in-india-plan%2Farticle19715826.ece&amp;usg=AFQjCNGCfK_FIG2hj_m5_8tg_TSL5A-fqA\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. defence firms want grip on technology in Make-in-India plan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Context: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The issue of technology transfer in arms deals<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What are the major defence firms in the fray to join the Make-in-India initiative?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lockheed Martin and Boeing are among the companies bidding for contracts.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What are the concerns raised? <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Foreign arms manufacturers concerned over legal liabilities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want stronger assurances that they won\u2019t have to part with proprietary technology<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They shouldn\u2019t be held liable for defects in products manufactured in collaboration with local partners in India<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Foreign companies seek a guarantee to allow them to retain control over sensitive technology<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is the urgency from the Indian side?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India is running short of combat jets.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hundreds of aircraft, Soviet-era MiG planes are to retire<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a delay in India\u2019s own three-decade-long effort to produce a domestic jet<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is Strategic Partnership model?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the defence ministry\u2019s new Strategic Partnership model under which foreign original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can hold up to a 49% stake in a joint venture with an Indian private firm which will hold the majority of shares.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is India\u2019s position on Technology transfer?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India is insisting on the transfer of technology so that critical military equipment is designed and manufactured in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What was the outcome of previous arms deals?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without full technology transfer in previous arms deals, India\u2019s state-run defence factories have largely been left to assemble knock-down kits; including for tanks and aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. defence firms want grip on technology in Make-in-India plan: Context: The issue of technology transfer in arms deals What are the major defence firms in the fray to join the Make-in-India initiative? Lockheed Martin and Boeing are among the companies bidding for contracts. What are the concerns raised? Foreign arms manufacturers concerned over legal&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/u-s-defence-firms-want-grip-on-technology-in-make-in-india-plan\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">U.S. defence firms want grip on technology in Make-in-India plan:<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704911324},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}