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thanks for all the information sir. since this is artillery thread i wanted to talk about indigenous artillery developments. Now there were succesful products like 105mm IFG/LFG developed by DRDO and inducted into Army in large numbers. But when it comes to higher calibre, It was mainly imported one...

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thanks for the info prasad. any update on Nirbhay?

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more details on manned mission. TOI ISRO chief spokesperson S Satish told TOI on Monday that the government has earmarked Rs 95 crore this year towards pre-project funding activity, which essentially involves initiating more studies relating to a human space flight. "We are awaiting formal Cabi...

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there is one thing our Military can do. since requirement is generally large for forces, they can split the number for import and for indigenously developed ones. Like AF is going ahead with 22 attack helicopter requirement even though HAL LCH is under development. Army also can easily split the re...

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Like AF is going ahead with 22 attack helicopter requirement even though HAL LCH is under development IIRC, the IAF reduced their numbers to 22 from ~80 because the HAL has promised the LCH... Though Gen Kapoor did not get into specifics, sources said the Army was going in for 140 ultra-light howit...

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My dream is to put an Indian into space: Madhavan Nair Pallava Bagla: You are hoping to have Indians orbiting the earth in low earth orbits. Can we talk a little bit about that sir? Madhavan Nair: Well, I think the first step is we should develop the capability to have the human going in the earth ...

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more details url The Cabinet must still sign off on the plan, but that is expected to be a formality now that the Planning Commission has approved it, S. Satish, a spokesman for ISRO, told The Times. ISRO's ambitious plans were given a significant boost last week when the government increased its bu...

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IAF's maritime assets to come under Southern Air Command THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The responsibilities of the Southern Air Command (SAC), the youngest of the IAF Commands, is set to go up by quite a few notches. From April 1 this year, all maritime assets of the Indian Air Force will be placed under the...

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Pvt shipyards eye defence contracts Companies like ABG Shipyard, Bharati and Pipavav are tying up with international engineering companies like Rolls Royce, Wartsila Diesel and Yanmer Marine, among others, to get a share of the Rs 8,000-crore defence pie for ships. ABG Shipyard and Bharati Shipyard...

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one more update : MRSAM is just a land based variant of the same system developed for the Navy. Range should be similar, around 70 odd km. Radar will be the longer range variant of the Elta EL/M-2084 Multi Mission Radar . Mission S/W, TEL etc will be developed by India using the standard Tatra/ AL ...

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This is important for Typhoon because the whole system - in the air-to-air regime - is influenced by air-combat simulations in which a fighter-to-fighter engagement could involve multiple MRAAM shots, followed by a supersonic turn to evade the adversary's fire and extend the F-pole - the distance b...

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I would also like to find out more about this Unified Modular Launch Vehicle. What are the specs on it? I take it that the premise is to have various stages, boosters, and modules that can be mixed and matched for mission flexibility and customization. This sounds like a nice idea, like the aforeme...

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Anybody have any links to info on UMLV? Never even heard of it. It was mentioned in planning comission report. its also mentioned in this budget report http://www.isro.org/Accounts/OutcomeBudget2008-2009.pdf India Approves Rs 1,798 crore For ISRO's Semi-Cryogenic Engine Development "The semi-c...

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Tanks can never lose their relevance, at least not in the near future. Read Brig Richard Simpkin's series on Tanks, mechanised infantry and anti armour. He is taken to be a leading tank warfare and tank design expert. The only threat to the tank is the rotary wing revolution, but it is still develo...

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the tech specs were defined by the Indians by a large extent for the MKI, and there the inputs obvioulsy came from DRDO/IAF. But the point is that the original deal went through in such a short time that I doubt that even the IAF had a full idea of what all could be put in that plaform when it was ...

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Impressive to see Predator/Reaper single handedly taking on Taliban in NWFP. But what is the possibility of using Taliban using Stinger types or even RPGs against them. Even if UAVs operate during night, Taliban/many paki terrorists are said to use NVGs and who knows may be even Thermal imaging came...

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On Su30MKI, the story is more complex (and fascinating) than any ACM being responsible. The credit for the whole deal should substantially go to PV Narasimha Rao, in the dying periods of his PM-ship. the story goes like this - the Soviet MIC was in doldrums, the Irkut plant was in Boris Yeltsin's n...

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RFI for Thermal Imager Based Night Sight for Commaders in T-72/90

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I think one of the immediate things that DRDO/RCI should take-up is a cheap seeker/guidance for Nag.. Either IIR or LaserGuidance that will enable Nag to be launched effectively against medium sized bunkers, command posts, radar sites etc from Rustom.. similar to the Hellfires raining on Paki's the...

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I find it odd that Jaguars will get 2052s while upgraded mirages and Mig-29s will have mech scanned arrays. Must have to do with French and Russian conditions.... if british can allow foreign radars on their birds then why not french. also if HAL can integrate 2032 with Harrier,Jaguar then doing it...

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What I was pointing out was for the Jaguar radars. What do you think would be the actual reason for the IAF wanting such an advanced radar on the Jaguar?It can't be for AA capabilities. It must be more in tune with very high resolution mapping (SAR), surface moving target detection and tracking and...

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i see... so is the army doomed to have to wait another year for enough money to induct the smerches they so desperately need? no we don't shortage of funds as such. Govt can fund as much as needed but the problem is always red-tape, bureaucracy and inefficinecy in the whole process. BTW Army has in...

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I'm not talking about joint development of a Soyuz type capsule, I'm talking about joint development of a scramjet launcher vehicle. I think that both India and Russia would benefit from jointly developing a hypersonic transport type of vehicle. This technology could eventually be adapted to space ...

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Why can't India go in for a joint development program with another country, like with BrahMos? What about a 3-country project for developing intercontinental hypersonic transport? (HST) If we do it with Russia and another partner, then Russia won't be so willing to pull another Gorshkov maneuver. R...

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the army seems to have the lion's share again. let's hope they spend the money on the artillery they so badly need. one thing i don't get is : while i understand that the army is the one arm that is perennially at war, wouldn't such a huge imbalance in allocation alienate the air force and the navy...

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merlin saab, which engines ? do you have a particular model in mind ? I'm not sure the knocked about fuselage can handle that amount of power, the An-32 is already one overpowered beast with double the power of the an-26 it shares everything else with. and the a/c has horrendous noise levels and vi...

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getting 12,000 crore from Govt is going to be real tough considering we didn't spend that much for some of the most important Defence R&D programs. besides priority will be given to funding Mk-III and Satellite programs and whatever small increases will be devoted towards unmanned exploration, s...

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are those 18 Su-30ks completely repalced with newer MKIs?

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i think thats 4kgs per hour.

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There is no mmw or SAR or any other type of seeker.. SCAN is just an algorithm.. I did not specifically ask if there was a dual seeker bcoz the question was kind of pre-empted.. When I asked "whether there is a new seeker or SAR" - Brahmos guys tried their best to explain that it was not ...

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Few pages back I quoted: Have you used rocksim or even built, launched and recovered a model rocket? The above assumption is completely wrong. There is a max velocity at engine burnout and the booster is still coasting. It is imprudent to discard the booster at max velocity, one should discard that...

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MoD gives go-ahead to light utility helicopter project India's defence ministry has cleared Hindustan Aeronautics' proposal to manufacture 187 light utility helicopters, paving the way for the company to begin a design phase and possibly sound out potential foreign partners. "We will now start...

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Lets knit up a program with other interested parties who will have the expertise and the need for such a platform. Brazil, Sweden, Isreal, maybe even an Unkil company which will need a competitor to LM ( how about Boeing?), Europeans (they dont have a manned 5th gen fighter program, if the Russians...

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Then wot do the Air defense stuff onboard ships do while this loitering cruise missile with a propeller power rushing towards ship? Are they simply keep having a watch while this loitering missile takes a clean hit? not to mention its warhead (32 kg) and its speed are small and low to damage warshi...

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Rafael, BEL plan weapon systems JV. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd, the Israeli armaments major, is to form a joint venture company with Bharat Electronics Ltd to manufacture several of the company's air-to-air and air-to-surface weapon systems. Negotiations about the establishment of the vent...

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Russians selected Mi-28 for 22 attack helicopter bid. wonder why not Ka-52. Ka-226 is in light helicopter requirement. url Speaking at the Aero India 2009 show, he added that his company, in conjunction with Russia's state-controlled arms exporter, Rosoboronexport, was participating in a number of t...

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Rafael has started delivery of SPYDERs to IAF, dunno how can they do it so quickly, they are also in Armys QRSAM Bid. url Rafael is optimistic about expanding its cooperating with local defense and industry establishments in India, following the supply of the first Spyder air defense systems to the ...

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this guy named vishals said he saw phalcon in blore
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may be phalcon did came for some tests and went back for final touch up. it probably would also have some HAL communications for compatibility.

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Russia transfers production technology, not design knowledge: DRDO BANGALORE - Indian scientists and engineers face problems with the upgrade and maintenance of Russian weaponry and equipment in service with the defense forces because the designs and other details are not transferred at the time of...

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Israel may have overtaken Russia as largest defence supplier Requesting anonymity, a senior official in the defence ministry said that Russia has been the biggest supplier to India's defence sector for decades. But it may have lost out to Israel, which seems to have cornered a larger share of India...

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