Systems Engineering Towards Self-Reliance is a best systems of engineering practices during the development of any complex system in general and defence system in particular. The case studies are brought out of real systems developed successfully for the Armed Forces. It stresses on the holistic view of any system in its totality, lateral thinking by the stake holders with wider perspective for the successful system acquisition. It will enable the user, acquisition, development, inspection, manufacturing and field deploying agencies to exploit the past experience and be successful in highly demanding circumstances. The book can be useful to those young professionals dealing with the development and production of military systems.