TY - BOOK AU - Behera,Laxman Kumar AU - Kaushal,Vinay ED - Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, IDSA TI - Defence acquisition: international best practices PY - 2013/// CY - New Delhi PB - Pentagon Press KW - arms procurement KW - armed forces KW - defence contracts KW - India KW - defence industrial base KW - offsets KW - arms trade KW - arms production KW - arms industry N1 - SIP1305; This book is a compendium of papers presented and circulated in the International Seminar on Defence acquisition organised by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses on July 12-14, 2011. It contains 29 chapters organised in nine key themes: technical requirement and capability definition; technical and commercial evaluation challenges; optimal procedural framework; contract implementation and project management; logistics management; offsets; defence industrial and R&D base; oversight, organisational structure; and human resource in defence acquisition. Written by the practitioners, industry leaders and subject experts, the book brings out the best international practices in defence acquisition UR - http://www.idsa.in/sites/default/files/book_DefAcq.pdf ER -