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https://twitter.com/TheWolfpackIN/statu ... 82433?s=20 ---> IAF's Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition & Reconnaissance (ISTAR) program (based on jet aircraft) being progressed through the DTTI initiative with the US: CAS.
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https://twitter.com/livefist/status/144 ... 24802?s=20 ---> The IAF's new chief confirms Livefist's newsbreak on India's ISTAR program being progressed through the India-US DTTI route. Our Feb piece has all the details:

India’s $3-billion ISTAR Takes Shape, MoD Clearance This Year
https://www.livefistdefence.com/indias- ... this-year/
25 Feb 2021

Turbulence Ends, India Set To Acquire U.S. ISTAR Jet, 4 More With Indian Sensors
https://www.livefistdefence.com/newsbre ... n-sensors/
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https://twitter.com/andreasmoun/status/ ... 99850?s=20 ---> Greece must equip its Rafale jets with BrahMos cruise missiles. The BrahMos missile would be a formidable weapon, which would cause panic in #Ankara in combination with the ability of Greek pilots.

https://twitter.com/DefenceNewss/status ... 91908?s=20 --->

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Rakesh wrote: https://twitter.com/andreasmoun/status/ ... 99850?s=20 ---> Greece must equip its Rafale jets with BrahMos cruise missiles. The BrahMos missile would be a formidable weapon, which would cause panic in #Ankara in combination with the ability of Greek pilots.

https://twitter.com/DefenceNewss/status ... 91908?s=20 --->
Look at it this way., if India is already sanctioned for the S400., would it matter ?!
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kit wrote: Look at it this way., if India is already sanctioned for the S400., would it matter ?!
it would matter to the countries importing this missile - they fear (or the above write up wants to put the fear) that they would get CAATStrated
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Exclusive: Industrialist Nikhil Merchant leads race for acquiring Reliance Naval
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Updated Oct 21, 2021, 8:05 PM IST
Low-profile Gujarat businessman wants to add Pipavav shipyard facility to his adjacent LNG port.
https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/cor ... 2021-10-21
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HAL delivers 200th gun bay door for Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet
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Egyptians have entered negotiations with GOI for remote controlled weapons stations to meet their Land and Naval requirements.
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https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/cor ... 2021-12-14
EXCLUSIVE: Nikhil Merchant wins race to acquire Reliance Naval
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The title of this article is a bit misleading. In essence what the writer is saying is that India's arms purchases and acquisitions serve a purpose beyond the arithmetic of the actual capability of the weapons being purchased i.e. maintaining a balance in the acquisition portfolio among vendor countries. I think Saurabh Joshi has done a good job of explaining the rationale behind India's foreign arms acquisitions and why sometimes an empirical analysis of a specific weapon system may not provide the answers as to why it was or was not chosen.

Can buying arms from Russia help India make peace?
India’s defence purchases from Russia and the US serve different purposes, said Angad Singh, project coordinator at New Delhi think-tank Observer Research Foundation’s Strategic Studies Programme.

“Fundamentally all defence purchases are aimed at maintaining the balance of power against adversaries, but I think India understands that defence ties with Russia and the US are serving different purposes beyond basic capability-based arithmetic,” Singh told Al Jazeera. “The US is an Indo-Pacific power with skin in the game against China. Russia is able to share sensitive strategic technologies. Both work to India’s advantage in different ways.”
Sure enough, both Russia and the US operated from behind the curtains as border tensions with China moved towards today’s uneasy peace.

The US military, for instance, held joint military exercises hosted by India that coincided with military commander-level talks between the Indian Army and the Chinese PLA. Russia, more directly, facilitated talks between Indian and Chinese foreign ministers that have led to the shaky quiet on the border which has stemmed further bloodshed since June 2020.

“A country like Russia with ties in Delhi and Beijing is well placed to facilitate talks,” said ORF’s Singh. “But equally, between Russia straddling the fence and the kind of military access and capabilities provided by the US — for example during the Doklam crisis in 2017 — I think policymakers in Delhi know the US is no less important.”
“It’s a matter of compulsion for India’s armed forces that if we want high-tech equipment then we also need to buy low-tech equipment, as well. In that sense India is very dependent on Russia and this dependency is a powerful factor in bilateral relations,” said Admiral Arun Prakash (retired), former Indian navy chief. Moreover, he added, “it’s undeniable that no one else will offer such items or technology” as a nuclear submarine or assistance with nuclear submarine propulsion.

This cooperation is rooted in history. After the fall of the USSR, erstwhile Soviet defence companies were on the verge of collapse and it was Indian orders to overhaul the former Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier and financing to develop the Sukhoi-30MKI and MiG-29K aircraft that breathed new life into the Russian defence industry, said Admiral Prakash. Both those aircraft have been key for the Indian forces ever since.
New Delhi is keen to ensure that Russia does not slip further into China’s orbit just as Moscow is no doubt concerned by India’s steadily deepening alignment with the US, he said. Such arms deals, he noted, offer a way for India and Russia to maintain a diversified portfolio of security partners, and keep each other from drifting too far into US and China-dominated camps.
“The impact of defence sales transcends far beyond the financial transactional aspect and the acquisition of new hardware,” Admiral Prakash told Al Jazeera.

The Indian navy is now scoping Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet carrier-borne fighter aircraft, among others, and should it go ahead with that purchase, it would become only the third operator in the Indo-Pacific region after the US Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force.

The three already operate a Boeing maritime patrol aircraft and a Lockheed Martin helicopter. They, along with Japan which operates a different version of the helicopter, have also in the last couple of years come together in regular naval exercises–the so-called Exercise Malabar which is a military manifestation of the four-nation Quad–which have served to greatly irritate China.

The common equipment and platforms that the four nations use–thanks to a level of trust in bilateral relationships–make things a lot easier when sailing under different flags for the same mission.

Such interoperability can also lead to further joint activities beyond exercises between the respective militaries in the region, “if the national leadership recognises a congruence of interests”, says Admiral Prakash.

The interest of India here is to prevent further challenges to its security from China, whether it be through its defence trade and cooperation with Russia or the US.
Russia’s strategic value remains far above that of a consignment of rifles for India, especially with reports now of a potential trilateral summit proposed by Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

And while much of the Washington establishment would “gnash their teeth” watching this continued India-Russia cooperation, they should recognize it is better than the alternative, for American interests, said Stanford’s Tarapore, adding, “Russia remains a nettlesome strategic challenge, but it would be tougher if it became beholden to China.”
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Year End Review – 2021 of Ministry of Defence.

A very very long read.

Excerpts:

Big boost to ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ with induction of MBT Arjun Mk-1A in Army, LCA (Tejas) in IAF, ALH Mk-III in Indian Navy and ICG

Women’s empowerment in Armed Forces; Permanent commission allowed to women officers in Army; Induction of women personnel into Corps of Military Police; NDA to induct women cadets; Sainik schools admit girls

Boost to border infrastructure: Around 100 bridges, roads, tunnels constructed by BRO inaugurated in 2021

India commemorates Swarnim Vijay Varsh remembering valour of Indian Armed Forces and Mukti Jodhas

OFB converted into seven new defence companies to provide autonomy, enhance efficiency & unleash new growth potential while safeguarding interests of all stakeholders

Initiative to expand Sainik Schools Infrastructure with 100 more schools to be opened in partnership with NGOs and private entities

NCC inducted one lakh more cadets in 173 border and coastal districts fulfilling the vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
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Have we seen this article before?

https://www.defenceweb.co.za/industry/i ... blacklist/

Denel finally removed from Indian blacklist
India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has finally removed Denel from its list of aerospace and defence companies it barred from doing business in India, 13 years after the defence conglomerate was first blacklisted over allegations of corruption.

The Indian MoD on 6 September said the blacklisting was lifted after a settlement agreement signed on 19 July, following a South African delegation visit to the Indian MoD between 16 and 19 July ahead of the BRICS Summit.

The MoD in a statement said, “it has been decided to remove the restrictions in dealing with procurement cases involving M/s Denel, South Africa, with immediate effect” after the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) could find no evidence of wrongdoing on Denel’s part and in line with the Settlement Agreement. “These instructions will be applicable to all the future procurement cases involving M/s Denel”.

According to India’s Economic Times, the terms of the Settlement Agreement saw Denel waive off nearly $100 million that it would have been entitled to after arbitration proceedings following Denel’s expulsion from the Indian market.

Denel was blacklisted in India in 2005 after allegations that it paid kickbacks to Vara Associates, a company based in the Isle of Man, to help secure five deals between July 1999 and April 2005, to supply the Indian Army with 1 000 anti-material rifles and over 300 000 rounds of ammunition. No irregularities were found during investigations in South Africa, the Isle of Man, Switzerland and the UK.

After eight years of investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI), Denel was expected to be cleared in 2014 but the process dragged on for four more years. Apparently, Denel’s continued blacklisting was due in part to legal cases that arose from the blacklisting.

By the time Denel was blacklisted in 2005, 400 NTW-20 anti-materiel rifles had been delivered. The contracts with India involved the supply of 700 NTW-20 rifles, knock-down kits for another 300 rifles and 398 000 rounds of ammunition.

After the Denel deal fell through, India’s Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli began manufacturing the locally developed Vidhwansak multi-calibre anti-materiel rifle, which bears many similarities to the NTW-20. Available in 14.5 mm, 12.7 mm and 20 mm calibres, it has an effective range of approximately 2 000 metres.

Denel was hoping to bid for 155 mm artillery programmes in India as the ban on Denel stopped the Indian Army’s acquisition of 155 mm artillery as well as a project to install Denel’s 155 mm gun on Indian tank chassis.

India subsequently developed the DRDO Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System, a towed 155 mm/52 calibre howitzer for the Indian Army and recently unveiled the Ordnance Factory Board Dhanush 155 mm gun. India is also taking delivery of 145 M777 howitzers from the United States and recently signed an agreement with Larsen & Toubro/Hanwha Techwin to jointly produce K9 Vajra-T self-propelled howitzers for the Army.
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Modi government to shelve multiple defence import projects to promote Make in India
https://www.aninews.in/news/national/ge ... 0110222032
10 Jan 2022
New Delhi [India], January 10 (ANI): In a major push towards Aatma Nirbhar Bharat in the military sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government is going to shelve a number of defence import projects being acquired through the Buy (Global) route.
This initiative from the government comes at a time when the Centre is coming up with the new Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy which will lay down the way ahead for strengthening defence production within the country and help in their export to friendly foreign countries.
A high-level meeting of the Defence Ministry will take place virtually on Wednesday in which all the import projects under Buy (Global) category would be reviewed and are likely to be scrapped or put on hold by the government, government sources told ANI.
Buy Global category means that defence forces can fully import the item from foreign vendors. Sources said that now first preference would be given to the acquisition of Indian Developed Designed and Manufactured (IDDM) products.
The major push for 'Make in India' is going to ensure that projects worth several thousand crores would be given to the Indian manufacturers, they said. The decision would mean that a large number of projects of the Indian Navy, Air Force and the Army would get impacted including the ones which are in a fairly advanced stage like the Kamov helicopter acquisition project of the Indian Navy.
A number of projects related to aircraft including combat platforms, guns and vessels are going to be affected by this new intuition of the government.
The initiative is coming after Prime Minister Modi took a review meeting with the Defence Ministry officials including the then Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat where it was felt that strong measures will have to be taken to ensure that country moves firmly towards Aatma Nirbhar Bharat in the defence sector.
After the meeting took place, an Additional Secretary-rank officer of the Defence Ministry wrote a note to the three Services saying that "All stakeholders may take an in-principle call that no import of defence items is going forward."
"All capital and revenue procurement proposed or currently underway to be critically reviewed. This review is to be completed by January 15," it said.
The Prime Minister has been personally reviewing the progress of Make in India in the defence sector and has from time to time asked officials in both services and the Defence Ministry to ensure that more steps are taken to promote Make in India in defence. (ANI)
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Breaking News!

Modi government to shelve multiple defence import projects to promote Make in India

Read it in full. Seems like PM Modi is personally monitoring Atmanirbharta in Defense (something I have been dearly wishing for!). An Additional Secretary in MoD's note says that "an in-principle call that no import of defense items going forward" & "all procurement projects to be critically reviewed before Jan 15". Preference given to IDDM!

Meeting where decision taken had included the late CDS Shri Bipin Rawat.

Some thoughts:

1) Jingo khush hua - fantastic move! I think the PM, RM and the late-CDS realized that there is a LOT of rot in Defence Procurement and true Atma Nirbharta must start there

2) Dalals will still try to palm off screwdriver-giri (joint ventures) as "Atmanirbharta". Hope the PM & RM put their foot down

3) Though the COI has concluded that Gen Rawat's heli-crash was a pilot-error (Controlled Descent into Terrain), I just can't help shake the suspicion - is it a coincidence that he should perish a few weeks after such an important decision was made, which would have pissed off import lobbies in India & arms majors worldwide? Gen Rawat, being the man with the know-how of the insider workings/rot in MoD, Services, media etc, would have likely been a key influencer in this decision - perhaps even the prime mover. I hope & pray that the Paramatma keeps PM Modi and other nationalists safe

4) God-forbid, if there is a shooting war with the Chinese and we suffer from some losses, all the rotten scoundrels in our system will come out of the woodwork and claim that Modi stunted our defence preparedness by "not giving our armed forces the best". In fact, many will be praying & even taking steps (along with foreign agencies) to make such a situation come to pass

5) This will be a loong war internally & externally! Too many entrenched players have to be taken on. Need at least 1 more Modi term of sustained effort to completely dismantle the dalal-ecosystem (which is largely the C-system)

6) Specific to this thread: I hope this kills off all Athos talk & forces the IA to go all-in on Dhanush, Sarang, ATAGS, ULH, Kalyani MGS etc. Repeat orders of K-9 as gap-fillers might be ok, but we should plan to indigenize that also quickly. It will not be a big deal for Baba Kalyani to make a tracked-artillery gun, even if that means he might need to have a JV with L&T or Mahindra etc
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Prem Kumar wrote:Breaking News!
We all will be dancing in joy, if the Indian Govt and the COAS can agree to stop the charade of testing the Desi products till the DRDO & the private players go out of business. The 2nd change is to ensure that the forces order the proven products in substantial numbers to stabilize the production line and to reap the cost benefits of a larger order. Piece meal orders of desi products are the order of the day so far. The day Mr. Modi turns 75, all those against him will train their guns at him to retire. So even if there is another term for NDA, let us hope and pray that we get a able PM.
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Prem Kumar, indeed jingo happy.
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I thought recently there was a decision where even Negative list of imports could be ignored.

Negative import list: MoD exempts emergency items - The Economic Times
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Probably a dalali strike attempt. Moves like the above by Modi are to precisely nip such attempts in the bud.
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Prem Kumar wrote:Breaking News!

Some thoughts:
Great summary Kumar-ji!

https://twitter.com/SJha1618/status/148 ... 78792?s=20 ---> Even when India's defence spending crosses the $100 billion mark it may be unable to deter China any more credibly than it is does now unless New Delhi changes its military investment priorities, embraces deep indigenization and evolves more relevant doctrines.

https://twitter.com/SJha1618/status/148 ... 78792?s=20 ---> Welcome move if it actually happens. Modi Govt to scrap multiple defence import projects to promote Make in India.
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Rakesh lot of cynicism form "jingo" journalists. Don't bother posting.
Gen Rawat said some where you can't be a superpower with imported weapons.

None of these jokers know him.
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ramana wrote:Rakesh lot of cynicism form "jingo" journalists. Don't bother posting.
Gen Rawat said some where you can't be a superpower with imported weapons.

None of these jokers know him.
Sorry Ramana-ji. I will not post tweets of that nature, any further.
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ramana wrote:Rakesh lot of cynicism form "jingo" journalists. Don't bother posting.
Gen Rawat said some where you can't be a superpower with imported weapons.

None of these jokers know him.
+100%. We cannot wake up someone pretending to be asleep sirji. A cursory look at how many of these worthies received lifafas or WhatsApp cell instructions will reveal the truth.

We have multiple world class systems in almost every domain or those that can be developed to those standards.

Yet there are attempts to ensure there are no orders or orders placed are sought to be attacked, whereas imports are played up in the media. It's a long pattern. I still remember day after Modi Govt cleared Tejas Mk1A via an AON, literally all the Indian media, ran coordinated attacks dismissing it as an obsolete fighter etc etc - even the language was identical. All WhatsApp cell instructions, no doubt.
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This may be the moment where wild jingo dreams of 500 tejas, 400 luh etc etc start to become reality :twisted:
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From choppers to missiles, Modi govt cuts defence foreign shopping list, favours Make in India
https://theprint.in/defence/from-choppe ... ia/803701/
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Bharadwaj wrote:This may be the moment where wild jingo dreams of 500 tejas, 400 luh etc etc start to become reality :twisted:
Have to ensure they are adequately armed with proper weapons.
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If India needs to make quantum leap in her force posture, have an asymmetrical advantage over Pakistan (& even China on the LAC) and get out of her current equilibrium to move to the next one, it can only happen with indigenous weapons/platforms. Apart from countless other benefits, it will kickstart her economy, fuel lakhs of jobs, launch a 1000 startups, collectively improve her self-confidence etc etc.

Anyone shilling for imports when adequate local options exist, whatever be his position, is a thorn in our march to superpower status.

I think Modi Ji understands this instinctively. He's also confident that we, as a people, can step up.
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https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news ... bankruptcy

Some Indian private company should buy Enstrom - it makes very small light helicopters, PA has some for training. Might be useful if we get it for throwaway prices. Now that it has filed for bankruptcy, probably. Just use their engineers and shut down the spars for PA.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/1 ... d-00010107
‘What Mr. Putin did not want’: U.S. approves $6B tank deal with Poland
The package is another piece in Poland's sweeping military modernization effort.

The State Department on Friday approved a long-awaited $6 billion deal to sell Poland 250 Abrams tanks, an announcement that comes as more U.S. troops and aircraft flood into the country in the face of a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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“What Mr. Putin did not want was a stronger NATO on his flank, and that’s exactly what he has today,” Austin said.

The eventual delivery “will also strengthen our interoperability with the Polish armed forces, boosting the credibility of our combined deterrence efforts and those of our other NATO Allies.”

The package is another piece in Poland’s sweeping military modernization effort, coming on top of a $6.5 billion deal Poland forged in 2019 to buy 32 F-35 fighter planes, and other agreements to buy mobile rocket artillery systems from the United States.
$6 billion for 250 tanks = $24 million per Abrams!!! This is insane!
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k prasad wrote:https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/1 ... d-00010107

$6 billion for 250 tanks = $24 million per Abrams!!! This is insane!
OT. It includes other equipment it is not just tanks.

https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major- ... attle-tank
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For the nth time, a DSCA notification does not constitute contracted price. It is a department of state notification that includes stuff that may not even end up in a contract or even remotely relatable to hardware cost (such as long term contractor support, local production/support partner transfer of equipment and technical support etc etc. This is stuff that has no direct US government budget line so is essentially a guess). It also estimates contractor costs which have no direct reference in GOTUS contracts and contractors aren't obligated to share their direct costs to support a foreign sale client. This is often grossly overestimated because it is directly negotiated weeks, months or even years after the basic deal is approved by the government. Same with any offsets they are trying to estimate and build into the deal. Offsets are pre-decisional and are finalized well after the basic deal is approved. They estimate based on their own set of assumptions which usually are very different from what gets negotiated in the end. But getting the package cost right is of little concern to State. They are basically just notifying Congress of the absolute max that can be included in a potential sale in terms of equipment, support, and logistics. What each element within that is expected to cost has no bearing on their approval or rejection.

For reference (easy to check) Poland's air-defense notification a couple of years ago was estimated by DSCA at $10 Billion. They signed the contract with the vendors and GOTUS for less than half that amount. DOS estimated Finland's F-35 package at $12+ Billion. Signed contract is around $9.4 Billion. There are numerous other examples. Only time they get the cost right if it is a simple deal that involves little to no contractor support, training, local offsets, negotiated deals etc etc. That's usually the case for weapon top ups for example. Or exercising a pre-definitized IDIQ contract.

If DSCA notifications were the *real* contracted cost then US defense firms would never win a competition as their competitors could simply wait for a notification to be released and just undercut them on cost since a lot of these competitive bids involve seeking GOTUS approval and notification to Congress (for example, the F-35 and F/A-18 bids to Finland were preceded by DSCA notifications months before the bid deadlines for BAFO). None of the other Western competitors to US firms have such transparent approval and notification standards where they lay out exact specifics (right down to sub-systems) so if it included the exact specifics of bids, or what was actually negotiated (if negotiations have even concluded by the time the notification is made) then that would place US firms at a severe disadvantage relative to their rivals which is not the point of this approval and notification process.
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Prem Kumar wrote:
Repeat orders of K-9 as gap-fillers might be ok, but we should plan to indigenize that also quickly.
Was Arjun Chasis based Bhim arillery being co-developed with Denel?

As Denel gets out of blacklisting maybe BHIM can be revived again?
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Manish_Sharma wrote:
Prem Kumar wrote:
Repeat orders of K-9 as gap-fillers might be ok, but we should plan to indigenize that also quickly.
Was Arjun Chasis based Bhim arillery being co-developed with Denel?

As Denel gets out of blacklisting maybe BHIM can be revived again?
Too late IMO we have K9 which are more than adequate no reason to introduce a new SPG. There are better things to focus on like the wheeled SPG req.
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Bharat Forge to acquire JS Autocast Feb 24, 2022

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The forging product supplier announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire JS Autocast Foundry India.
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Curious times on the acquisition front for India

1) Put the MQ-9B deal on the back burner just before Russia invades Ukraine
2) All of a sudden talk about Safran/France JV for the 110KN heats up again as the EAM is in Paris
3) Washington is furious and CAATSA is almost certain to return to the forefront and India won’t be able to get away with any new Russian deals
4) where does this leave the AK-203 deal? More importantly the 4 Talwars that were to have Ukrainian GT engines?


Get the feeling between 2020 and 2022 something has shifted inside Delhi and priorities have changed. KA-226 and MQ-9B seemed to be certainties now both are DOA. If only Delhi could explicitly say LUH and TAPAS are our priorities along with LCA MK.2, AMCA, IMRH etc
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KSingh wrote:C


Get the feeling between 2020 and 2022 something has shifted inside Delhi and priorities have changed. KA-226 and MQ-9B seemed to be certainties now both are DOA. If only Delhi could explicitly say LUH and TAPAS are our priorities along with LCA MK.2, AMCA, IMRH etc
Sometime Modi ji says it best when he says nothing at all!!!!
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BMP-2 is 98% indigenized by value. Only 2-3 small components are deemed 'perpetual imports'. It is a least concern item. As far as the Brahmos is concerned, both the control system and ramjet engine can be indigenized (Russian contribution).

So, that really leaves us with the 5 big ones (if I keep aside the Ukrainian An-32).
1. T-90 (70%+ indigenized including V92S2 engine)
2. Su-30 MKI (built from raw material stage, probably 65%+ now)
3. MiG-29UPG- direct import
4. Mi-17- direct import)
5. Il-76/78- direct import

On the naval side:
1. 8 x Kilo Class- direct import (HSL managed the Sindhukirti refit at the end, so that gives hope)
2. 6 x Talwar Class-direct import
3. INS Vikramaditya- direct import

Rajput Class (Kashins) will be progressively retired in this decade. And in general T-72, AK-630M etc. have all been essentially indigenized.

Now let's go beyond legacy items:
1. S-400 (1 regiment inducted as per reports) - direct import
2. Ak-203 (direct import consignment has arrived, license production will aim for 100% indigenization in 3 years)
3. 4 x Talwar class frigates (2 ex. Russia + 2 at GSL)

Various legacy Soviet-origin small arms built in India have mostly been indigenized. Some minor components are imported especially for HMGs. Not a concern. Legacy Soviet-era surface to air missiles are all being progressive replaced with indigenous systems.

Russian supplied Tunguska SPAAG and SA-16/18 MANPADS should be modernized in India by the looks of it.

However, Russki support for space warfare systems, hypersonic systems both glide and powered and marine nuclear propulsion is of importance to India. And if we go by reports, the US has declined to help India in the nuclear marine domain, putting its weight behind AUKUS instead.

Of course, Indian naval aviation does operate Mig-29Ks Ka-28s (Ka-27) and Ka-31s. All of them being direct imports. But I have a feeling they'll be progressively replaced in this decade. The IL-38 MPA pool is already being phased out.

Al-31FP used to power the Su-30MKi has been built at HAL Koraput from the raw material stage.

https://twitter.com/SJha1618/status/149 ... Pq9IQ&s=19
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MoD gives nod for Army satellite and other equipment worth Rs 8,357 crore.

The defence ministry on Tuesday gave initial approvals to military modernization projects, including a GSAT-7B satellite, light vehicles and night-vision devices for the Army, worth Rs 8,357 crore.

The Rajnath Singh-led defence acquisitions council (DAC) accorded acceptance of necessity (AoN) to all proposals under the ‘Buy (Indian IDDM)’ category, which focuses on indigenous design, development and manufacturing of weapon systems and platforms.

The AoNs included procurement of around 30,000 night-sight or image intensifiers for assault rifles at a cost of Rs 1,400 crore, 5,000 GS 4X4 light vehicles for Rs 760 crore and some light-weight air defence fire control radars.

The GSAT-7B satellite for the Army, in turn, will cost around Rs 4,600 crore. In November last year, the DAC had also given the initial nod to a Rs 2,236 crore proposal to launch the GSAT-7C satellite for IAF, which already has the GSAT-7A operational. The Navy, in turn, has had the GSAT-7 or Rukmini for several years now.

After the DAC meeting, an official said, "Acquisition of these equipment and systems will enhance operational preparedness of the armed forces by providing better visibility, enhanced mobility, improved communication and increased capability of detecting enemy aircraft."

The DAC separately also accorded a consolidated AoN for procurement of 14 items worth Rs 380 crore from iDEX (innovations for defence excellence) start-ups and MSMEs to encourage innovation.

The DAC also approved some policy initiatives in the Defence Acquisition Procedure-2020 to accelerate the pace of indigenisation, achieve self-reliance in defence and to facilitate the ease of doing business for the defence industry. "All modernisation requirements of the defence forces, for instance, will be indigenously sourced and import will be resorted to only as an exception," the official said.

"To reduce the financial burden on the defence industry, the requirement of IPBG (integrity pact bank guarantees) is to be dispensed with and EMD (earnest money deposit) will be introduced as bid security and PCIP (pre-contract integrity pact) cover up to the contract stage," he added.
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