The global defence industry is undergoing a major transformation, with manufacturers increasingly looking toward advanced manufacturing, resilient supply chains, co-development, and engineering capabilities beyond traditional defence markets.
Eurosatory 2026 in Paris highlighted this shift, while India continues to strengthen its position as an important destination for defence manufacturing, engineering, R&D, co-development, and Global Capability Centres.
For global defence companies, India offers opportunities across aerospace and defence manufacturing, software, cybersecurity, advanced engineering, supply-chain diversification, and export-oriented production. At the same time, companies entering the Indian market need to carefully assess defence regulations, technology-transfer requirements, offset obligations, testing infrastructure, intellectual-property considerations, and local supply-chain capabilities.
India's growing private-sector defence ecosystem and expanding international partnerships are creating new possibilities for global OEMs and specialised suppliers. The opportunity, however, requires a long-term approach rather than a simple market-entry strategy.
The key question for international defence companies is no longer whether India should form part of their global strategy, but how they can build the right operating model to participate effectively in India's evolving defence ecosystem.
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