Low-Cost Capital Acquisition in DAP 2026: Accelerating Indigenous Defence Innovation Through Agile Procurement

The Ministry of Defence’s proposal to introduce a Low-Cost Capital Acquisition route under the draft Defence Acquisition Procedure 2026 marks a significant evolution in India’s procurement architecture.The focus of this mechanism is squarely on indigenous, innovative and relatively low-cost technologies that often struggle to cross the “valley of death” between prototype and full-scale
The Ministry of Defence’s proposal to introduce a Low-Cost Capital Acquisition route under the draft Defence Acquisition Procedure 2026 marks a significant evolution in India’s procurement architecture.The focus of this mechanism is squarely on indigenous, innovative and relatively low-cost technologies that often struggle to cross the “valley of death” between prototype and full-scale
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