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Not sure if this on the DRDO Partnerships is the right place for this ...

India revealing secrets of its predator-like Rustom drone to boost military

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To me, here IAF simply seems to be hedging its bets about ability of HAL to meet the delivery timeline. If IAF is hedging bets by relying on MMRCA (which would eventually be built by HAL) how does IAF expect HAL to perform better at churning out Rafales any more reliably? And asking for augmenting ...

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Singha wrote:maybe to keep the magazine below decks compact and permit mounting of small ships like the tarantul class which had two in the back.

I can confirm this.

krishnan wrote:as per some youtube video they are manually fed

If you mean manually reloaded whilst at sea, yes.
If you mean manually fed whilst firing, no.

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what is his bird

Valkyrie

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RIL bags strategic military aviation tie-up with Boeing Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has bagged a strategic military aviation tie-up with the leading US aerospace company, Boeing, in the field of offsets. That means Boeing will be sourcing 30% of its components worth hundreds of crores of rupe...

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NAL has announced a Micro-UAV Design competition.
The scenario makes for an interesting read...

MICAV - 2013 NATIONAL LEVEL COMPETITION MISSION STATEMENT DOCUMENT

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All aviation fuel, ATF, is purified kerosene. is it possible that the fuel used on the BrahMos is same/similar to the one used by the mother a/c? in that case, is it feasible that the BrahMos is loaded on a wet pylon, but its fuel tank is empty. the mother a/c then takes off with the empty BrahMos ...

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related to the BrahMos, can anyone share the liquid fuel used in the missile?
I wanted to know whether the fuel used by the missile is similar (or same) as ATF class fuels?

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Hiten wrote:No Brigadier by that name, in the list, who won a PVC in'62

no I am referring to Brig. Hoshiyar Singh of the Jat Regiment
Refer to the links below:
1962 War: The Chinese invasion - III
The Se La Debacle of 1962

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Hi all, I have a personal request and I wanted to know if anyone can help me. My mausaji is son of Brig. Hoshiyar Singh who won the PVC in 1962. On 27th Nov 2012, there is a function being held in his village in remembrance of his supreme sacrifice 50 years ago. My mausaji wanted to know if there is...

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it was a defeat by the Politicans when TSPA was winning and not a miltary defeat has anyone had the chance to read this book called "Jackboot" ? its about the German Army across the past 3-4 centuries. in Germany too, the General Staff made sure that what they projected was that the Germa...

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kelesis wrote:It failed during the trails to due to lower climb rates, turn rates, acceleration and perhaps problems at Leh

cosider this, ... if the issues that you casually mentioned were not important, LCA could have been FOCed in its Mk.1 form itself.

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Bharat Forge begins trial production for aerospace components Forgings major Bharat Forge Ltd (BFL) has begun trial production of forgings in titanium and specialty steels for application in the aerospace industry. “Products are being identified and we will begin trial production for some aircraft ...

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Putting this news here as it may be a precursor of things to come...

Mahindra's may buy Beechcraft

Mahindra's seem to have a focus on their Aviation growth.
I wonder what other Indian conglomerates are planning...

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Unless it is mandatory to have the ADS built & repaired at MDL, there are other places in India where we could do this. Maybe MDL thanks to its location in Bombay is facing space constraints. Pipava Shipyard is one such yard that boasts of such capabilities ... http://www.pipavavshipyard.com/dry...

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SNaik wrote:how is the construction of the "Carrier" dry dock (270 by 45) in Mumbai Naval Dockyard going?

http://frontierindia.net/indiandefence/ ... rd-mumbai/

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One quick question that I wanted to ask regarding the ejection procedure....
Q. Is the pressure of the gas generated by the rocket motors of the Ejection Seat also used/useful in pushing out the canopy (due to +ve pressure buildup within the cockpit as a result of the rocket exhaust)?

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Has anyone heard of this company:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bladon_Jets

They manufacture Micro-Jets which Jaguar planned to use in their cars.
What are the chances that TATAs would get this tech?

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Deliberated between #1 & #5, Opted out of #1 because it still seems to indicate an "undecided" thought process. Wait for what ? that implies that eventually I might consider giving up the hard-fought gains of the martyrs. that is NOT an option, not when you are ahead of the game. Like ...

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Hiten wrote:post updated with this picture

thanks a lot, my dad did his watch-keeping on this lady ... will bring back fond memories for him

cheers & kudos

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K4 tubes on arihant are sized for 2.4m nice ... at 2.4m, the "fat" tube would contain ~ 45% more volume for the same length of the tube. this means that the SLBM could be made ~45% shorter any yet contain the same volume of fuel. @ 2.3m width, the volume increase per unit lenght it still ...

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I dont think any DE submarine can carry BrahMos and retain its manoeuverability.

The recent news about the miniturization of BrahMos into the B-3 variant would make it smaller and more manageable. Is there a possibility that B-3 could also do double duty on our SSKs?

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Tiger Singh wrote: is it Arihant ??

nope, check out its dimensions.

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A nice picture showing the shockwaves being generated on the surfaces of an F/A-18 as it does a low-pass.

F/A 18C generating a shockwave

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L&T and Samsung-Techwin Team up for Artillery Gun Programme

A proposal to develop the 155mm/52 calibre tracked, self propelled artillery, with L&T as the lead partner, had been submitted last year to the Ministry of Defence.

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Philip wrote:Untimely death of Cmde.KSK Prasad (retd)

A rude shock for me. Cmde. Prasad was my dad's c/o at one time and his son and I trained together at SCC.
Sad to read of this unfortunate news.

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I just read on another forum that Rustom MALE version has had a test flight.
Any other confirmations?

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Aditya G wrote:clone of Naval version of Prithv

can we use this to imply that the Naval version of Prithvi can have a range of 700km+?

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Kartik wrote:HAL seems to want to keep all the major work to itself

on a lighter vein, perhaps we should read Sir Humphrey's notes on the DAA in "Yes Minister"

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Kersi D wrote:Would it not burn the flight deck ?

Won't the nozzles be pointing upwards during take-off? Pointing in the same direction as the elevators.

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suryag wrote:nukavarapu ji Marut was a twin engined bird

yes but Marut was also considered underpowered, so would a single engine be able to keep the a/c airborne?

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A fighter trainer is basically a aerobatic plane i don't think so. neither Deepak, nor the PC7 fall into the aerobatic category. I agree that the performance requirements and TWR would be higher, but nowhere close to an aerobatic a/c. neither would the design and capabilities of the wing (senior ma...

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there is a world of difference between the NM5 and the PT7 or any fighter-trainer. could you point me to some place where I could glean this "world" of difference? I am not proposing that we use NM5 as-is. It could be modified, strengthened perhaps for more rigrous flying but most importa...

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the only one to ever visit this memorial This statement is factually incorrect, Cmde SN Singh in fact had innaugrated the memorial http://article.wn.com/view/1999/12/22/Unveiling_of_INS_Khukri_replica_buoys_old_memories/ I distinctly remember this coz Cmde SN Singh is a family friend. In fact my da...

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...the Mahindras have the NM5 Mahindra Press Release: NM5 per Wiki, its to cost somewhere in the region of 1.2-1.5 crores. for 75 a/c the overall figure might be much lesser than the 1850 crores for the PT7. is this a feasibility? of course, the NM5 would need to be modfied for a 2-seater instead of...

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Anyways LSP7/8 story is Quote: Sources close to idrw.org have told there was delay in integration of some new sub systems in the aircrafts which lead to delays. Also since this aircrafts will be up for user trials HAL wanted LSP-7/8 aircraft to be fully as per plan and as per customer request . Apa...

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a part of the German axis after the WWII Finland was a German Ally during WWII. In fact they used to have a blue swastika as the insignia painted on their aircraft. All this was meant to counter the Russians ... with whom they have fought many wars. Mannerheim was the Finnish General (of German des...

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C-130J Demo 'Paris 2011' *In Cockpit*
... hauling the hercules around !
this is the first time i have seen a transport aircraft do a knife-edge. It is a treat to watch

btw, do our c-130s also come equipped with HUDs ?

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Singha wrote:replace the Mig27 and Bisons (take away 2 bananas)

Sir, won't that be eating into the Tejas1+2 pie then?

OT....This is sounding more like a Desserts Menu

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chackojoseph wrote:I predict 1200 Arjuns (124 Mk 1). estimate is that it will reach MK 5.

Ample helpings of "Ghee 'n Shakkar" in thy mouth Sire

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