Overview
- At the SIDM event in New Delhi, Singh said Akash, BrahMos and the AkashTeer air defence control system proved their mettle during May’s Operation Sindoor, boosting India’s standing abroad.
- He urged constant preparedness for a war-like situation and said the operation should be treated as a case study to shape future security responses.
- He projected defence exports would reach Rs 30,000 crore by March 2026 after recording roughly Rs 24,000 crore last fiscal.
- He called on private industry to raise its share of defence production toward 50% within three years and to lead supply and maintenance chains and subsystem manufacturing.
- He said the government is revising the Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 and creating a level playing field to shift from assembly to technology-based manufacturing.