Bharat Rakshak

Vicky

https://twitter.com/sarthak_asm/status/1483354900033839112?s=20 ---> Do you have any info on IRST for Tejas Mk2? https://twitter.com/Varun55484761/status/1382917288987283459?s=20 ---> IRST sanctioned in May 2019. Induction somewhere in 2021. That was the plan, may get delayed. So in next year or tw...

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Cyrano wrote:Thats one ugly pattern, but who cares as long as it serves the purpose.
Is it for universal adoption or for specific types of terrain?

It is likely to primarily replace the general purpose primary camo type in use today the PC-DISRUPTIVE (PC-DPM). As far a terrain specific variants, unknown.

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Desi IRST design by IRDE is showing progress. Tenders indicate T+24 Months for flight and acceptance testing to begin.

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A summary of recent updates: GHAVP-1&2 IPHWR-700 : Nuclear Island construction tender window closed on 31-Dec with no extension. Will likely hear about award in a month. As usual, L&T will likely win based on experience. BHEL and Tata Projects participated too. 68% Physical progress of the C...

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More clarity on the new ACU style Disruptive Pattern camo. To be rolled out starting this month. Pattern: https://static.theprint.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Image-6.jpg?compress=true&quality=80&w=800&dpr=2.0 Source: https://theprint.in/defence/army-to-introduce-new-combat-uniform-this...

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https://twitter.com/deadtrap777/status/1476204012353458177?s=20 ---> S2, S3 and S4 in one frame. Arihant Class Strategic Strike Nuclear Submarine. Deferred images. This probably means some sort of reactor power enchancement has happened within the existing hull diameter limits to account for the hi...

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BHEL has developed a 350 kW reversible Permanent Magnet Synchronous propulsion unit which has successfully completed 2500 hours of endurance testing. ( Possibly a subscale prototype for SSK/SSN drive motor) :D This is probably the first stage of the PMSM work for SSK's and SSN's. We have seen an Eo...

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Why is then sjha1618 asking GOI to invest additional 3000 crores? To increase capacity? I hope they make enough chips to satisfy need for ground radar and tejas and others. SJha claims that production capacity is insufficient. I don't know what's the truth though. Original proposal was to setup a G...

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so we have ability to manufacture GaN Since atleast 2017 as QRSAM has a GaN radar. X-band was late and only started production in around 2020. Other bands were in production since atleast 2017. Currently X-band GaN QTRM planks are being designed for Uttam's successor. The recent press release highl...

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Indranil wrote:
Vicky wrote:Tender baba says Rudram-II will have an IIR seeker being developed under a project called DIIRS-2 by RCI
Clarification. DIIRS-2 is department is a division inside RCI. It stands for Directorate of Imaging Infrared Seeker.

My mistake trying to simplify the phrase

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Tender baba says Rudram-II will have an IIR seeker being developed under a project called DIIRS-2 by RCI

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https://twitter.com/DefenceDecode/status/1469907304732450820?s=20 ---> The DRDO LRDE's Over The Horizon (OTH) radar to be installed on the west coast of India by 2022. OTH radar systems generally exploit skywave propagation, i.e., reflection and refraction of radar signals from the ionosphere, prov...

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https://twitter.com/SJha1618/status/1470639637051834368 Looks suspiciously similar to Heron-TP but doesn't seem to be a ripoff. New one from ADE? Fuselage structure is different, presence of winglets, no top side engine intake, rear end fuselage is bendy. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGjC61nVEAEQMel?...

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Another great video by Abhishek Singh a.k.a Aviationwall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfmwWgbqO2s

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The sole survivor Gp Capt Varun Singh is the Tejas pilot who received a Shaurya Chakra this year for his recovery of the aircraft after FCS failure. Wishes for his recovery.

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The tarmak video states the gun integration clearance is still pending. Can anyone elucidate what are the challenges with integrating the gun even though the FOC design revisions were signed off long ago? Are they not confident of safety? They still mention that butt firing trials are pending but I ...

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Do liquid fuel missiles like scalp, jassm, brahmos have fuel tank filled in factory and ok for years or the tanks are filled and drained for each mission? Yes but not for every mission, their fuel is filled at factory with a defined shelf life. They need to open up the tank to inspect, clean and re...

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https://twitter.com/DefenceDecode/status/1451517415381106688?t=G3E-CO81wZebNSbSJvaJxQ&s=09 The manufacturing of the prototype of India's 5th generation fighter Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (#AMCA) has been started and Many Components of the aircraft i.e. antennas, actuators, brake mechs has ...

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. My prediction: One of the reason No45 and No18 are going to stay at Sulur is the lack of an IAF owned trainer a/c. They are currently relying on the solo ADA/HAL trainer LSP at BLR for training and assessment of pilots. The moment the first 1 or 2/few trainers that are currently in production get...

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NPCIL has again extended the tender deadline for GHAVP-1&2 Nuclear Island by 1 month. New DL is 30-Dec-2021 from the previous 18-Nov-2021. Further delays for unknown reasons. This is the last pending major tender for GHAVP-1&2. This is the 5th deadline extension. Original deadline was 27-Jul...

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Crossposting from International Aero thread Unconfirmed reports that Russia might have conducted a Kinetic ASAT test against a real satellite Kosmos-1408 (1982-092A) in the last day. https://twitter.com/Skyrocket71/status/1460226586402246667 There are reports, that Russia has conducted an Anti-satel...

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Unconfirmed reports that Russia might have conducted a Kinetic ASAT test against a real satellite Kosmos-1408 (1982-092A) in the last day. https://twitter.com/Skyrocket71/status/1460226586402246667 There are reports, that Russia has conducted an Anti-satellite (#ASAT) weapons test. Target was an ol...

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The official press release of the latest SAAW test was also a bit confusing. It mentioned electro-optical & IIR seeker in the same sentence. Electro optical configuration of the system is equipped with Imaging Infra-Red (IIR) Seeker technology enhancing the precision strike capability of the we...

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Vicky and nachiket thanks for the detailed response. I know it’s not a simple when it comes to defense psu but we have to start somewhere. I was thinking privatizing a part with good products would be easier. The company can be more profitable but looks like we are not there yet. It's unlikely to e...

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Why not transfer the drawings / know-how of Dhruv and other HAL-designed helicopters to a private consortium for exports? HCL can have 49% stake in that consortium. How is it different from HAL exporting themselves? Which they are already doing to some extent. What will a private investor bring to ...

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^^ HAL rotary division has done a fantastic job. Can this be spun off and privatized ? Why would you need to do that? What will you gain? What's the gain from privatising a decently run profitable company? Privatisation for the sake of privatisation is not sensible. All of HAL's divisions work toge...

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Serving commander rank IN officer arrested for leaking sub info. Two retired officers too. In a significant development, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a serving Indian Navy officer along with two retired ones in connection with the leakage of confidential information relate...

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Serving commander rank IN officer arrested for leaking sub info. Two retired officers too. In a significant development, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a serving Indian Navy officer along with two retired ones in connection with the leakage of confidential information related...

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Bunkums at Teetar have outed the Swift https://twitter.com/DefenceReach/status/1452230137567666183 ---> More details on the much awaited SWiFT program. Last known update is taxi trials now stand complete. A closer picture now revealed. @alpha_defense, more interesting update coming soon on this. htt...

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Thank you, Vicky, for these details. One of my family members was called out of retirement from NPCL to assist with the commissioning of the PFBR, and told me that work was going on at a fast pace for the same. He is in the mechanical engineering stream, not nuclear physics. Now I can see why this ...

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Thanks… what is the difference between PFBR and FBTR that you have mentioned? Both are fast breeder reactors used for producing Pu239. As per this: http://www.igcar.gov.in/rfg/fbtrintro.html The FBTR is a test bed, but then isn’t the PFBR as well given that it’s a prototype? Another question is as ...

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This news of AHWR is SO welcome!! I remember reading about Bhabha's vision for the 3 stage cycle in high school, more than 3 decades ago. Godspeed, BARC. This design could have started construction in 2012 itself but once the design went to AERB the regulator threw salt at the engineer's faces sayi...

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Hearing that the AHWR design is fully complete and BARC/NPCIL have applied to AERB for Construction consent for the first unit at Tarapur. As per the 2017 plan this was supposed to be complete by December 2020 but this was delayed due to slow down in experiments due to covid. One of the reasons that...

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LCA has finally come of age. Passed the Agnipariksha. 14 Aircraft of possibly 45 Sqn in a single formation flight. Elephant walk but in air. https://twitter.com/hvtiaf/status/1449033860973400070 https://twitter.com/hvtiaf/status/1449038876966744067 vfWDcsi2i50 Demonstrates availability and maintaina...

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I guess we will have to wait for the National Monetisation pipeline initiative to start running its course for many of these capital purchases to fructify. I believe this will take at least a couple of years. Post that I expect that the realisation of these assets will be faster then the trickle th...

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The coal crisis is getting ugly Coal India has asked it's subsidiaries to halt e-auction's for non-power use. I.e. no sales to steel, cement and other plants . https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/coal-india-asks-subsidiaries-not-to-conduct-e-auction-for-non-power-use-7581731.html Nifty/Market...

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It's clear from a lot of sources based commentary that there is a delay in Dhanush deliveries but nowhere is there a mention of Why? Is it a supply chain issue? I doubt any claim where the blame is solely on SAF or GCF sitting idle as it is unlikely that they are sitting idle. What sort of supply ch...

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A summary of recent orders Vicky ji, is it prudent to collate and post such info even if the pieces are in public domain I wonder. N is one areas lot of forces have ganged up against us in the past, sabotaged, took lives of our scientists etc. Reposting press articles, official reports etc. is fine...

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Tenders have been released to complete the final phase of BARC Vizag campus. Next likely efforts could include start of construction work on High Flux Research Reactor and Innovative High temperature Reactor ar Vizag. NFC Kota construction seems to be nearly complete and will be primary supplier to ...

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Coal Crisis Copying from the nuclear thread Nuclear plants are operating at near full capacity and exceeding their planned targets which is rare as purchasers prioritise cheap coal based power over nuclear if they can avoid although it is against the Central guidelines. Central guidance says Solar+...

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