Mahindra Satyam And SAAB To Collaborate On Indian Military Programs

November 4, 2009 by Matthew Potter · 1 Comment
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Countries, Events, IT, India, Mahindra Satyam, S&T, SAAB, development program, logistics, production program 

The Indian IT company Mahindra Satyam has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SAAB to establish a working relationship in India. The agreement means that Satyam will help SAAB develop and market products in India and perhaps to customers outside of that South Asian country. India has recently been looking at changing their laws in order to allow more of these kind of deals.

The first program the two companies will work on will be a Battle Management System (BMS) for India’s ground forces. This will be a SAAB developed and previously deployed system. Satyam will aid in any required changes and provide support to the product. The two companies have set up a joint Center to help market their products and help develop new ones.

This MOU also allows easier penetration of the Indian military and market as the assistance of a domestic company allows more flexibility in the awarding of contracts and work. India and its companies will gain by being exposed to products and the abilities they gain by developing systems and deploying them.

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U.S. And India’s Weapon Buying Relationship Moves Forward

July 21, 2009 by Matthew Potter · 1 Comment
Filed under: Boeing, Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Countries, Events, India, Military Aviation, Proposal, development program, production program 

As part of her diplomatic mission to India Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed a new agreement between the countries that will facilitate sales of U.S. weapons. This “end user monitoring” will make it possible for the U.S. to make sure that the Indian government does not sell its technology to a third party or misuse it for their economic gain. This type of agreement is fairly common among countries and allows sales to be made with some confidence.

India has embarked on a major upgrade to its military through acquisition of foriegn sourced weapons. This is a change from the past when the South Asian country tried to develop its own advanced weapons and relied on the U.K. and Russia. The decision to buy American, European and advanced Israeli technology allows India to leap forward in capability. As part of these contracts significant offsets are required of the selling companies through investment in the Indian economy.

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