About the This book is a compendium of papers presented and circulated in the International Seminar on Defence Acquisition organized by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses on July 12-14- 2011. It contains 29 chapters organized in nine key 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.