Bharat Rakshak

Barath

I'm not sure that RR for NGMV is confirmed, despite wiki. It would be logical, though. CODAG with RR providing both

Barath

just curious.. the tata c295 is also screw driver tech ? Order is for 56. 16 will be imported. 8 will be assembled from CKD, 8 from SKD kits. Remaining 24 will have some level of indigenization attempted. Expect it to be low. Obviously there was a scope for much more than 56 orders, so there is a p...

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John wrote: Where as for Diesel we have MTU (used by patrol vessels and scorpene), Pielstick, MAN Diesel (P-17a).

Pielstick is owned by MAN Diesel, BTW.
Also cummins does diesels for some auxiliaries and generators for some warships

Barath

https://mobile.twitter.com/RealAirPower ... 9728295937

Unclear about reliability/veracity, but if true, might be a way out of the VSHORAD RFP issues with Igla-s.
Rheinmetall was apparently blacklistedwhen the 2010 rfp controversies took place

Barath

. Personally, I feel IAF should join TEDBF/ORCA program... They should order around 4 squadrons and may use them primarily for shore based Anti-Ship roles replacing Jaguar IM and Su30s..... If you think that Tejas Mk2 with 6.5T payload undercuts the case for 114 MRFA, imagine how TEDBF/ORCA with ~9...

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@ramana Why should IN play the role of mini IAF ashore ? While there can be a surge situation (eg Ladakh where navy Mig29K flew over the Himalayas; India had ~41 Mig 29K but only 1 carrier for a max of ~26 planes usable by carrier), planning a permanent mission for IN that is same as IAF removes rol...

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The KF 21 ROADMAP would be interesting in this context of iterative improvements... https://i0.wp.com/www.aviacionline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/KF-X-roadmap.jpg?ssl=1 AFAIK, these are vendor proposals which have not got official sanction yet. The real block 1 is A2A and real block 2 is A2G wi...

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ORCA was an IAF boondoggle to sink the TEDBF. So IN and higher-ups realized fast and decoupled it. The reason is the nation cannot afford three fighter plane programs for IAF: Tejas Mk2. AMCA and ORCA. Makes more sense to order 114 TEDBFm (2x 57) for IN and rotate the squadrons on carriers and stat...

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There are *some* skills that might be gained by our military airspace controllers gaining experience in civilian ATC monitoring, but little else. Plus, civilian ATC is in many ways fundamentally different from AEW&CS ops. Not sure how useful this will be. To be fair, during the Fall of Kabul, I...

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Why should we have 2 diff types of 155mm guns? You're right. Ultra light M-777 Extra range towed ATAGS by Tata /BF Self propelled K-9 Public sector towed bofors sucessor Dhanush M46 cheap and limited upgrade Sharang Before we beat up on Athos, Vehicle borne bharat forge guns or any other. Did we sa...

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Pratyush wrote:Is he confident of the timeline for the domestic sourced engine for the post Mk2 efforts?

We are discussing AMCA Mk2 JV engine and the formal tie up has not even been signed. Hold your horses. HVT isn't the engine designer or project manager.

Barath

https://alert5.com/2022/02/27/exercise-cobra-warrior-22-canceled/ The UK govt cancelled Cobra warrior 2022 due to ukraine situation. https://m.economictimes.com/news/defence/op-ganga-in-full-swing-iafs-c-17s-bring-indian-nationals-back-home-from-war-torn-ukraine/videoshow/89968982.cms The C-17s evac...

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https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/drdo-and-safran-to-develop-engine-for-indigenous-stealth-fighter/article65090271.ece Has a few titbits on AMCA. Not very surprising or new. But still good . "It will be a 25 tonne aircraft with internal carriage of 1,500 kg of payload and 5,500 kg external...

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> ? The IPR rights should stay with India. "and an AMCA Mk2 with an advanced, more powerful engine planned to be jointly developed, Dr. Deodhare added. Once the agreement is concluded with France, development of the aircraft as well as the engine will progress parallelly to meet the timelines, ...

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Diesel engines don't make bubbles. They take air from atmosphere when on surface or at periscope depth (through schnorkel tube). Further underwater, they use secondary power - batteries . And may augment this with AIP. This results in quite a few operational differences with nuclear subs - cost, ra...

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https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/drdo-and-safran-to-develop-engine-for-indigenous-stealth-fighter/article65090271.ece DRDO and Safran to develop engine for indigenous stealth fighter [AMCA mk2 engine]. Mk1 is GE 414 engine Details on AMCA config and progress . It will be a 25 tonne aircraft wi...

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DRDO and Safran to develop engine for indigenous stealth fighter https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/drdo-and-safran-to-develop-engine-for-indigenous-stealth-fighter/article65090271.ece The [Kaveri] project, which ran for 30 years with an expenditure of ₹2,035.56 crore, before being shelved, saw...

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What could be such a unachievable technologies for SSK. When South Korea have been able to crack it with German shishumar submarines; the ToT for which we also have. I thought releasing diesel fumes out without making bubbles sound was main difference between nuclear vs diesel. We are already makin...

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Also, sanctions should be incoming to Russia now and caatsa waivers will be tougher with us wanting to be harsh to Russia

The long predicted war seems to have happened faster than the aquisition

Barath

I think we should concentrate on pushing Tejas n trainer and forget about NLCA for the time being I agree on the Concentrating on Trainer, but I do not quite agree on NLCA. I believe we need to continue on both Trainer and NLCA. Continuing Testing and development on NLCA gives invaluable experience...

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@Rakesh : Could you edit in the blueskies podcasts onto page 1 please ? They are a tremendous resource as they feature detailed interviews with Test pilots and other influential folks involved in the program https://blueskiespodcast.com/episodes on multiple platforms https://blueskiespodcast.com/tra...

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https://twitter.com/delhidefence/status/1491005416486367233 ---> Unveiled at the Aero India 2021 for the first time - the indigenously developed CATS-Warrior (Combat Air Teaming System) currently undergoing detailed wind tunnel tests. Sources indicated, the project is on schedule, expected to be rea...

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Also a good reference for Indian maritime claims https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/LIS150-SCS-Supplement.pdf P 55 on Indian claims UNCLOS and corresponding baselines..for Andaman, Nicobar and Lakshwadeep deposited at https://www.un.org/Depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/STATEFILES/IND.h...

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Paanwaalah had some news for us... FMBT design has been All of that is all very well, but what is this tank supposed to do ? Where are the requirements? T90 has its place, Arjun has got its orders (Mk1, 1A), FRCV will replace T-72 and light tanks. Is this FMBT supposed to be Arjun MKII for another ...

Barath

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/second-brahmos-order-from-philippines-in-the-pipeline/article38350176.ece Second BrahMos order from Philippines in the pipeline 31 Jan 2022 Hindu [Philippines Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana had stated in December 2019 that the PA was looking to procure two ...

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https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/second-brahmos-order-from-philippines-in-the-pipeline/article38350176.ece Second BrahMos order from Philippines in the pipeline 31 Jan 2022 Hindu [Philippines Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana had stated in December 2019 that the PA was looking to procure two ...

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. Another order of MH-60R helicopters + Predator drones would be nice as well. The 24 Romeos the IN has ordered is not enough for all the surface combatants + Vikrant & Vikramaditya. They were never supposed to be enough. 123 NMRH was part of the plan, along with the 24 urgent stopgap G2G buy. ...

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https://twitter.com/ReviewVayu/status/1485863072502009858?s=20 ---> Northrop Grumman has delivered the 51st U.S. Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye production aircraft, AA-52. This aircraft is equipped with the Delta System/Software Configuration (DSSC) Build 3, . https://www.quora.com/Can-the-E-2D-Hawkeye...

Barath

It would have been possible for our designers to add a 10 k tons hull plug in front of the island. With a length of 30 meters and the beam of ship. The longer ship you proposed would be longer than the dry docks it was constructed in, or available. In fact, CSL is just now in process of constructin...

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... The failure was due to a new, non-absestos lining insisted by IN. Post incident the lining was replaced by conventional absestos and issue was rectified. Agree with Aditya. But the IN had justification. The original boilers were specified with asbestos insulation. Since asbestos is not good for...

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Indranil wrote:ISRO looking to change truss-rod intertank structure in cryogenic stage to common bulkhead intertank structure.

For reference/link
https://publications.drdo.gov.in/ojs/in ... 17239/7692

Barath

The Russian missiles boats of the Caspian sea flotilla that fired cruise missiles against ISIS would be the smallest sized ships ..Those were from 2 seperate classes. One was under 500 tons. The other was about 900 tons. An example closer home : The 245 ton Osa class missile boats used in 1971 were...

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I was just wondering what is the smallest displacement of boats that we need to have 3-4 Brahmos Anti-Ship missiles with very basic protection. This would be similar to type-22 chineese boat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_22_missile_boat Osa class missile boats were essentially succeeded by cor...

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.. if the Frigate/Destroyer captain suspects an SSK is that close to his ship he would use Active Sonar to locate it, not to mention deploy any ASW helicopters aboard to do the same... Acknowledge, but of course ASW isn't necessarily a 1v1 game - even without choppers onboard or towed array/variabl...

Barath

Yes the 2017 Tejas inclusion in flypast was an exception. I had forgotten about it. But that single engine rule seems to have been applied at all other times. Pretty sure the IAF would not have excluded their darling M2k for 30+ years without that rule in place. 3 x Tejas flying past in 2017 Republ...

Barath

Athos was being procured as a part of which program? Army’s Field Artillery Rationalisation Plan, which had been drawn up in 1999 leading to a competive RFP for towed howitzers in 2013 that was awarded in 2019 when Athos+OFB won it over Nexter +L&T The process for acquiring 155mm/52-cal towed h...

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Thakur_B wrote:Para SF with new standard camouflage on Army day.

This camouflage uniform totally sucks. I can see them standing right there..... All five of them

Barath

Also need to replenish Harpoon stocks, as and when they are used by the IN's P-8Is. Harpoons are for use on P8i but also for INS Shankush and INS Shalki post upgrade (through torpedo tube), and also, I suspect India's maritime strike Jaguars also. ie the IAF and not just IN https://www.hindustantim...

Barath

ramana wrote:So Barath, The IN carrier aircraft problem

The post on 1st Jan in this thread has the details

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7308&start=1880#p2528914

Barath

https://twitter.com/RAFIndia_/status/1481160103935942656?s=20 Rafale M at INS Hansa Another Example Pics of Rafale M (with distinctive catapult bar) undergoing STOBAR Tests at ID Hansa Reportedly, Day 1 demonstration/trials witnessed the following events: 1. Clean Takeoff (empty store/ payload) 2. A...

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