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Also is the engine uprated to 28 MW power ? or is it the gen 1 engine with 25 MW power? Apparently, the + Version (According to SP's Naval Forces): http://www.geaviation.com/marine/engines/military/lm2500plus/ Thanks. It confirms my own sources. Any idea about those blades ? I assume that we import...

Can anyone confirm if the blades for the GE LM2500 gas turbine engine built under license by HAL, is made in India ?

Also is the engine uprated to 28 MW power ? or is it the gen 1 engine with 25 MW power?

^^^^ After operating , manufacturing and overhauling sukhois for more than decade , 50% availability !!! what they could not do for a decade , they will suddenly increase the availability by such a big margin( 75%) within a year ??? No matter how much you flog , soviet engines were not meant to beh...

Clicky - 23rd Sept 2010

Pakistan defence budget has been quietly hiked by an astonishing 25 per cent, from the budgeted figure of Rs442bn to over Rs550bn.

..at the same time India donate 20 + 5 million $ to TSP flood relief, Kerala donate 1 million $ to TSP flood relief.

shiv wrote:....If superpowerhood comes to any nation - people just say it. Until then all aspirations are pure bollocks.

dont be so mean shiv, dim sum was just about to claim aspirational superpowerhood for ching.

If USA is to be relegated to a place comparable to the one held by UK now, its going to a take a LOT longer than 20 years! :lol: US Economy is 14.56 Trillion $ (As per current price). Even if it grows by 1.5%, it adds $ 210 Billion to its economy every year. It has no geography to loose and its popu...

...Cant understand the Defence ministry trumpeting that pvt industry should take a more active role in defence , while when it comes to awarding contracts they are just baised in favour of govt entities. Defense Minister is a political appointee. Prime Minster is a political appointee and so is the...

ShivaS wrote:I have always had this lingering doubt.
What is fair price for a weapons system?

Buying it cheaper than the enemy?
Priced lower than the competition?
Having sufficient offset?
Price to make it sanction proof ?

etc.....etc...

....But this is exactly what CAG is Saying !! Other alternative is to call them " ...monkeys who can't find their own asses with their two hands..." (with apologies to vina )

... there is clearly a difference between attaining each of the above mentioned in terms of time and money and nor have all the items mentioned above, matured industry wide. I agree. There is a difference between attaining each mentioned items in terms of time and money. No one has said otherwise. ...

My Bad. I was thinking about ACTUALLY doing Research & Development for developing Active Armour.

"Partnership" that can help us buy Active Armour and integrating it with FMBT can be done in a reasonable time frame.

Stealth, Laser cannon, super cruise, 155mm Gun are all technologies that has matured enough.

EVERYTHING in this world is possible with enough Time and Money.

I don't know - but if it is not mere assembly the left hand drive (LHD) story may be more esoteric. Perhaps there is something about loading bays or something else used by the IA or IAF that were all designed for LHD vehicles and the need to maintain that persists. Just a wild guess - I don't know....

80.5% of TATRA is owned by British NRI via Vectra Ltd. & consortium partners.

Tatra Vectra Motors Limited was established in June 1998 as a manufacturing base in India. Its is unlikely they would be putting together knock down kits when India is a major Automobile manufacturing center.

chackojoseph wrote:^^^

You know, we really need to get to the bottom of that. I am surprised that BEL quotes higher than the French companies.

Why the surprise? BEL has no competetion...so why price anything down? What is the BEL share price now? INR 1727.05 must buy some.

How did people overlook this Gem? Clicky ...DRDO chief and Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister, Dr VK Saraswat, revealed...While the Arjun is a 60-tonne tank, the FMBT will be lighter… about 50 tonnes .......Amongst the capabilities being finalised for the GSQR are: active armour, which will ...

One would assume that delay in procuring 155mm Guns with range of 40 Kms will result in more procurement of “Made in India” Pinaka with a range of 38-42 kms. Moreover Pinaka production is not by PSU but by L&T / Tata. Each Pinaka costs 2.3 crores. (pretty cheap?) Associated vehicles and missiles...

http://www.metal-pages.com/news/story/38262/ Low-rhenium and rhenium-free superalloys take wing on GE engines LONDON (Metal-Pages) 13-Mar-09. Aircraft engine manufacturer GE Aviation has succeeded in reducing the content of rare metal rhenium in nickel-based alloys used in its engine parts. The new ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4693463.cms?TOI_mostread " High-ranking Pakistani officials were behind the killing of eleven French ship-building engineers in Karachi seven years ago, two French judges have ruled.....Until now al-Qaida had been blamed for the bomb attack on a bu...