https://journals.ardascience.com/index.php/dss/issue/feed 2025-05-21T19:17:16+02:00 For Editorial and Production bdurakovic@ardascience.com Open Journal Systems <p>ISSN 2744-1741</p> <p>The journal's scope encompasses relevant defense and security topics from all five domains, including air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace, from an economic, political, legal, social, natural, environmental, engineering, and technological standpoint. Modeling, simulation, methodology, management, and theory are all part of an engineering and technological perspective. All layers of cyberspace are welcome, including geographic components, physical network components, logical network components, cyber persona components, and persona components. Homeland Security topics from all areas are welcome. For more information on the scope, please visit the following <a href="https://journals.ardascience.com/index.php/dss/about">link&gt;&gt;</a></p> https://journals.ardascience.com/index.php/dss/article/view/286 2025-05-21T19:17:16+02:00 Rohit Mohite rohitm_iom@met.edu Ravi Chaurasiya rehem282015@gmail.com Sandeep Sharma sandysharma1986@gmail.com Sandesh Akre sandesha_iom@met.edu

<p>The integration of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), particularly start-ups, into India's defense sector is emerging as a transformative force in modernizing the country's military capabilities. As India pivots towards self-reliance through initiatives like Atmanirbhar Bharat and the Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO), start-ups are becoming critical innovation drivers in defense manufacturing, supply chains, and technological advancement. This paper investigates the current and potential convergence of start-ups and MSMEs with Indian defense needs, analyzing policy frameworks, innovation hubs, funding ecosystems, and dual-use technologies. A mixed-methods approach comprising policy analysis, case studies (e.g., Tonbo Imaging, IdeaForge), and primary interviews with defense ecosystem stakeholders is employed. The findings suggest a positive correlation between MSME innovation intensity and their integration into strategic defense functions. However, structural bottlenecks such as procurement delays, intellectual property risks, and lack of sustained funding restrict their scaling. The study proposes a techno-policy roadmap to deepen civil-military-industrial integration through innovation clusters, regulatory sandboxing, and joint development programs. The outcomes offer a blueprint for leveraging entrepreneurial vigor to meet national security imperatives while fostering indigenous defense technology capabilities.</p>

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