Defence Industry Quotes

France has been maintaining a very special relationship with India on defence matters.

We need to just study what other countries have done. There are examples of a strong partnership between the defence establishment and the private industry.

A nation with a strong defence industry will not only be more secure. It will also reap rich economic benefits - it can boost investment, expand manufacturing, support enterprise, raise the technology level and increase economic growth in the country.

India has the capability to create a fairly extensive defence manufacturing capability in many areas, and as a country and as an industry, we have matured in terms of technology and capability to make this happen.

India is the second biggest defence procurer in the world after the U.S.

Bofors was a steelmaker that became a forgings company and then went on to build guns. Companies like Krupp and Thyssen were in steel and forgings before entering defence. There are similar examples in the U.K.; it is a natural progression.

Our commitment to defence goes beyond this. It's a long-term commitment to make SA the home for Australian defence. It's a commitment to providing the right infrastructure and the right people.

There is something different between defence deal and deal in defence.

One of the marked characteristics of the U.K. security industry as compared with defence is the lack of company scale. This can put our firms at a competitive disadvantage when it comes to big contracts.

New Zealand's taken some very significant decisions in relation to defence in the last two years.

We are looking for rebuilding Hungarian defence Industry with India's participation.