Bharat Rakshak

The Kalashnikov round is 7.62x39mm, the NATO standard is 7.62x54mm. There is no way you can fit either round into a gun-chamber designed for another. Yes, the AK very much takes the 7.62x39mm rounds... its the only round it takes in fact. Just adding a footnote to ParGha's detailed reply... Even wi...

Thanks for all that info, m_bose

To be sure, I have not understood what is the issue on the rate of fire. A higher rate of fire would mean that replenishment will have to be made faster. This would mean that ammunition must be readily available as also well stocked. Being well stocked will mean a large volume of movement in the lo...

Not really. I don't know of a single good soldier that wouldn't do exactly what i've said. The only reasons I can think of for holding down the trigger longer than 3-5 rounds would be against a human wave attack, a limited high rate of fire suppression bursts (~10 rounds/burst), or a panic burst in...

My limited exposure to DRDO - technical area beyond office - too secretive -making any kind useful exchange of information which would allow a good system to be developed effectively quickly very very difficult even if you find ways to get past the time wasting procedures ingrained in the system.Wi...

While I don't really believe in appearances, just viewing the websites or visiting the offices will tell a story. This is mistaken - websites and "offices" dont tell the story (especially when there is no marketing org for DRDO and there are hardly huge funds to upgrade the buildings and ...

From the above report: The RURs will be able to undertake defence R&D, funded by the MoD. The ministry has already announced that it will fund 80 per cent of the R&D cost by RURs into specified defence systems. Good move, IMHO... provided, of course, they are able to properly audit that the ...

Basically Doosan had a lead time of 8 months and scope cost of 8000+ crore or so while Bhel's number for Sasan was 11,500+ crore with a 2 Year. :roll: lead time. While there's certainly scope for BHEL to improve, note that Doosan Heavy is a much larger, and more vertically integrated company than B...

Yes, but are there confirmed reports of BDL making Iglas, or concrete plans for the future ?

From shyamd's link: ‘Air breathing’ system claims to reduce risk of hearing loss Some of the products used in everyday consumer lives, which have been sourced from defence technology, include readymade chapatis sold by companies such as Godrej Pillsbury and ITC Agro Tech Ltd, and instant rice an...

Does the OFB have an indigenous MANPADS/RPG weapon being developed? As far as I could google,I found that Bharat Dynamics license builds MILAN. Are long range[>> 10 kms] manpads in development? BDL builds Milans and Konkurs. RPG-wise, we do have the 84mm Carl-Gustaf. Questions: - Does BDL make Igla...

uavindia wrote:sorry... I dont think declaring figues in financial matters is a great idea.

Depending on how much you need, perhaps you could try touching some millionaire alumni... such as Vinod Dham, Pramod Haque, etc

uavindia wrote:we contacted indian army and drdo.

drdo was interested in the start, however, when it was coming to actually giving out money, nothing happened.

First of all, congratulations of your good work

If you can share it here, what is your budget estimate ?

Could someone please clarify the IP issues, esp. how HAL/DRDO got around them, in the following sample of projects ? - MiG-27 upgrade - CI-Ajeya upgrade - Tank-Ex - Uprating of T-72 powerpack to 1000HP - BLT, Rajendra, etc on T-72 chassis - BMP-related mods such as Akash/Trishul/Nag Specifically wit...

Oops... didn't realize this was the Radar thread ... let's take this to the Kaveri one

I dont think kaveri = reinventing the wheel at all, You see what is Kaveri? a engine, Dont we have talent to make one? We do, So its simple and natural a good project team led by good amount of funds can thousand percent sure finished kaveri within a decade or 15 years. That time is required for an...

A better picture would be gross foodstuffs consumption and caloric intake, not foodgrains alone. Food habits change with development, in particular the consumption of milk, meat and eggs, instead of just a larger portion of rice/dal . Youngsters today are taller and more well built, indicating grea...

In the context of above post of Kartman: The success and failure are relative as well. That is how you define success and its parameters/components used to measure the success? If functional MMR arives by 2020 and Kaveri gets thurst of 110% by 2020; then although you can claim that project was a su...

Just a side note, compared to Indian R&D budget of Rs. 5700 crores, the Chinese budget is Rs. ~75,000 Crores. Looking at OFB with turnover of Rs. 6000 crores their R&D is pathetic Rs. 6 crores budget. Even if OFB's budget is increased, it's doubtful if they'd be able to "absorb" i...

definition of failure has a perspective value. you have to define the parameters. imho, kaveri failed to be on LCA by this time is a measurable factor (time issue). having obtained only 80 to 85% of the thust required, does not mean a success (unless the intent is only to achieve that much). callin...

We need to define JV clearly. If its not going to be an indigenous effort, why spend money in such a transition. its better to do AESA-MMR. OTOH, if Elta is only just helping us only on a few of the software /hardware critical issues, then we can just pay them consulting fees., and we could proceed...