India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 04 Oct 2014 20:40

Its simple. Take the best, highest resolution camera and put one on a Geostationary at and another of the exact same type on a low earth orbiting (LEO) sat 400 km up. You may recognize faces in the LEO sat pics but that's not going to happen with the Geostat pictures taken from 36,000 km up

srin · Post by **srin** » 04 Oct 2014 23:23

Actually, you can see exactly what the satellite sees using Google Earth: keep zooming out till the eye altitude is 36000 km. The earth is quite a small object. And zoom into 550 km - it is much much closer.

You can also see Mars on Google Earth and at 73000km, Mars is a very very small spec. The camera has good resolution, and so ISRO has enlarged it to a large extent and snipped out the space which is most of the image.

Karan M · Post by **Karan M** » 05 Oct 2014 00:15

http://www.business-standard.com/articl ... 824_1.html

Cyber attack on defence research lab thwarted: Quick Heal

The Quick Heal analysis of the attack showed that it was being executed through a server in Vietnam but that the server address and other details could have been a fake registration

Press Trust Of India | New Delhi
October 2, 2014 Last Updated at 21:37 IST

An attempt to steal sensitive data from Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), the research lab of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), through cyber attack was detected and blocked in September, security software maker Quick Heal has said in its report.

"We have been closely tracking an attack campaign named as 'Sinon' specifically aimed at the DMRL, research laboratory of the DRDO," said Quick Heal Chief Technology Officer Sanjay Katkar, sharing contents of the report.

The report said that the attack termed as 'Sinon Campaign' was detected on September 5, 2014 and was carried out through a genuine looking email - spear-phishing email - with an infected attachment designed to exploit an old vulnerability in Windows operating system.

"The threat was immediately found and blocked by our end point security solution active in DRML's computer thus making it completely harmless. We took a couple of weeks' time to understand that the threat blocked was actually an invasive effort to penetrate and steal our defence intelligence," Katkar said.

He did not share the damage that the attack could have done in stealing information from the lab located in Hyderabad but said the thwarted attack was "capable of copying sensitive data and sending it to the attackers server, and the attackers would also have full control over the machine from its Control & Command centre."

The Quick Heal analysis of the attack showed that it was being executed through a server in Vietnam but that the server address and other details could have been a fake registration.

The location of original attacker was not shared in the report.

The attack was executed through a genuine looking e-mail and once the spear-phishing email was opened, it opened a fake document. The fake document downloaded a malicious code. "While the document would completely misguide the victim, the malware would create another huge avg.dll file of 28MB size to misguide anti-virus or any other debugging software. This file once installed looks like a genuine antivirus software," the report said.

Earlier this year the Indian Infosec Consortium found that about 3,000 Internet connections in Delhi were compromised probably for snooping from foreign locations.

The list included names of Defence Ministry at South Block and the Chief of Naval Staff in C-Wing at South Block.

Government's cyber security arm Computer Emergency Response Team-India (CERT-In) reported 62,189 cyber security incidents in first five months of the current calendar year.

The attacks have been observed to be originating from the cyber space of a number of countries including the US, Europe, Brazil, Turkey, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Algeria and the UAE, but could not be established.

Hobbes · Post by **Hobbes** » 05 Oct 2014 08:20

^^^^
Seems to be a standard phishing attack that the AV software trapped. My take on this is that it is a bit of grandstanding by the vendor to show that they "stopped a hacking attempt".

kit · Post by **kit** » 05 Oct 2014 11:35

shiv wrote:Its simple. Take the best, highest resolution camera and put one on a Geostationary at and another of the exact same type on a low earth orbiting (LEO) sat 400 km up. You may recognize faces in the LEO sat pics but that's not going to happen with the Geostat pictures taken from 36,000 km up

Actually you can have a photo imaging satellite all the way up in Geo orbit .. Welcome to DARPAs MOIRE

http://www.wired.com/2013/12/giant-folding-satellite/

Thakur_B · Post by **Thakur_B** » 07 Oct 2014 15:50

~~What could the acronym ABGIW stand for ? It's related to some sort of gun in development at ARDE.~~
Edit: It's related to air bursting grenade.

Also, back in July, ARDE called in a tender for assembly of an electromagnetic gun/rail gun. Prototype coming soon, I guess ?

Karan M · Post by **Karan M** » 07 Oct 2014 16:56

Hobbes ji, I wouldnt/dont mind the vendor bragging as long as its an Indian vendor who could stop it and learns from it. The fact that they have specific attacks for our specific labs is worrisome.

Karan M · Post by **Karan M** » 07 Oct 2014 16:57

Gentlemen, AR on 2013-14 is out at mod.nic.in site.
Huge strides in local R&D in electronics (radar, EW), torpedos and the like.

member_28108 · Post by **member_28108** » 07 Oct 2014 17:39

In the annual report see the picture of Rustom II

merlin · Post by **merlin** » 07 Oct 2014 17:41

Someone please link it here directly

member_28108 · Post by **member_28108** » 07 Oct 2014 17:48

Rustom II
(So it isn't a toy plane done in the backyard as some armchair warriors are saying

)

member_28108 · Post by **member_28108** » 07 Oct 2014 17:52

Varunastra

sivab · Post by **sivab** » 07 Oct 2014 18:56

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=110341

DIPP on a Overdrive to Boost Manufacturing 33 Pending Applications Approved

Giving a big boost to “Make In India”, the Licensing Committee chaired by Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion has last week cleared 19 proposals for grant of Industrial License. These included applications for defence production from major players like, M/s Reliance Aerospace Technologies Limited, M/s Bharat Forge Limited, M/s Mahindra Telephonic Integrated Systems Limited, M/s Punj Lloyd Industries Limited, M/s Mahindra Aero Structure Pvt Limited, M/s Tata Advanced Materials Limited. Many of these proposals were pending in Government for last several years. It has been possible to approve these cases as consequence of the simplification of FDI policy vide Press Note 7 which has raised the FDI cap in defence from 26% to 49% and permitted portfolio investments upto 24% of the total equity of the investee / joint venture company under automatic route and doing away with requirement of 51% equity ownership by a single Indian investor/company.

In case of another additional 14 pending defence applications, applicants were informed that licenses were not required anymore as a vast number of defence items have been delicensed. Vide Press Note 3(2014), Defence Products list for industrial licensing have been issued, wherein large number of parts/components, castings/ forgings etc. have been excluded from preview of industrial licensing. Similarly dual use item, having military as well as civilian application (unless classified as defence items) do not now require Industrial License from defence angle. This has enabled domestic and international companies to undertake manufacturing without going through a lengthy process. The applicant company now only needs to file an Industrial Entrepreneur Memorandum (IEM) for these items and implement his project through the automatic route.

It is expected that clearance of these 33 applications and the deregulation of Defence product List excluding a large number of components from purview of industrial licensing will provide a major impetus to advanced manufacturing in Defence sector.

The Committee also discussed the possibility of removal of stipulation of annual capacity in the Industrial License as also to permit of sale of licensed items to other entities under the control of MHA, State Governments, PSUs and other valid defence licensed companies without requiring approval of DoDP. It was agreed that the above stipulation would be relaxed subject to submission of bi-annual returns by the unit. The DIPP would be shortly notifying the above decision by issue of a Press Note.

Government has taken a series of measures to improve the Ease of Doing Business in India. The emphasis has been on simplification and rationalization of the existing rules and introduction of information technology to make governance more efficient, effective, simple and user friendly. The measures include 24X7 availability of online filing of Industrial License(IL) and Industrial Entrepreneur Memorandum(IEM) applications, increasing initial validity period of Industrial License to three years, streamlining the processing of applications for grant of extension of validity of Industrial License, treating partial commencement of production as commencement of production for all the items included in the license, adoption of highly contemporary industrial classification code NIC 2008 in place of NIC 1987 and doing away with the requirement of affidavit from the applicants of Defence Industrial License, with the issue of the Defence Security Manual.

Victor · Post by **Victor** » 07 Oct 2014 19:16

prasannasimha wrote:

Rustom II
(So it isn't a toy plane done in the backyard as some armchair warriors are saying )

Yes, it is a deadly UAV that has already completed engine start and tarmac roll test a year ago. It should fly any time now. In the meantime, to see how far ahead we are in UAV development, google Iran, Turkey, South Africa, Brazil UAV.

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 07 Oct 2014 19:18

prasannasimha wrote:

Rustom II
(So it isn't a toy plane done in the backyard as some armchair warriors are saying )

Unless I am mistaken that red plane in the background looks like a Partenavia P68. That is a hint about where this Rustom is.

member_28108 · Post by **member_28108** » 07 Oct 2014 19:27

Victor wrote:
prasannasimha wrote:

Rustom II
(So it isn't a toy plane done in the backyard as some armchair warriors are saying )
Yes, it is a deadly UAV that has already completed engine start and tarmac roll test a year ago. It should fly any time now. In the meantime, to see how far ahead we are in UAV development, google Iran, Turkey, South Africa, Brazil UAV.

Also see their sensors- that is important.

sivab · Post by **sivab** » 07 Oct 2014 21:25

MoD Annual report 2014

http://mod.nic.in/writereaddata/AnnualR ... 14-ENG.pdf

Thakur_B · Post by **Thakur_B** » 07 Oct 2014 22:02

Victor wrote:In the meantime, to see how far ahead we are in UAV development, google Iran, Turkey, South Africa, Brazil UAV.

If only you knew how to follow your own advice of using google.

Turkey: Anka UAV, unarmed, between Rustom 1 and 2 about the same stage of development as Rustom 1 ( which will be armed).

Brazil: Buys Israeli, like us. Their falcao uav is only in initial stages.

Iran: Makes RC planes with fake payloads and simple data links that won't provide slightest decription or jamming capabilities. That's a low for BRF, taking Iran's program at face value while nitpicking domestic programs

South Africa: Genuine pioneers a long time back, fast losing their edge. Seeker 400 is comparable to Rustom 1 in payload and endurance.

Furthermore as far as UAV payloads are considered, a whole gamut of payloads for Rustom family is being developed from SAR, ISTAR, MPR, COMINT, ELINT to FoPen radars.

Karan M · Post by **Karan M** » 07 Oct 2014 22:15

Looks like responding to the garbage post/ers brought the reality to light.

Karan M · Post by **Karan M** » 07 Oct 2014 22:17

sivab wrote:MoD Annual report 2014

http://mod.nic.in/writereaddata/AnnualR ... 14-ENG.pdf

Thanks for getting the link.

kmkraoind · Post by **kmkraoind** » 07 Oct 2014 22:29

Just a noob question. Since we have a reliable INS and Glonass as backup, is it feasible for India to develop Krasnopol or Excaliber 155 mm guided shell within a year or two, if govt gives a go ahead.

Ranjani Brow · Post by **Ranjani Brow** » 07 Oct 2014 22:34

kmkraoind wrote:Just a noob question. Since we have a reliable INS and Glonass as backup, is it feasible for India to develop Krasnopol or Excaliber 155 mm guided shell within a year or two, if govt gives a go ahead.

Ctrl+F @http://mod.nic.in/writereaddata/AnnualR ... 14-ENG.pdf

Action has been initiated for Advanced Artillery Guided Shell Systems with research assistance from IIT kanpur and Future Combat System i.e. FICV with DRDO, Defence PSUs and Indian Industry technology partners

kmkraoind · Post by **kmkraoind** » 07 Oct 2014 22:42

Thanks hecky garu. (page 68, 7.13).

Surya · Post by **Surya** » 08 Oct 2014 00:05

Is the first time they have a performance chart at end ? dont recollect it before

Nikhil T · Post by **Nikhil T** » 08 Oct 2014 03:05

Govt clears 33 pending defence projects; move to benefit indigenous defence manufacturing

NEW DELHI: Government has cleared 33 pending defence projects, including those of Reliance Aerospace, Bharat Forge, Mahindra Telephonic Integrated Systems and Tata Advanced Materials, a move that is expected to boost advanced manufacturing and attract huge investments.

The Licensing Committee, chaired by Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), has cleared these long pending applications last week and granted industrial licences to them, an official statement said.

The 33 projects include 14 cases whose applicants have been informed that licences were not required anymore as a vast number of defence items have been delicensed, it added.

"It has been possible to approve these cases as a consequence of the simplification of FDI policy," the release said, adding that the development would give a big boost to 'Make In India' campaign which seeks to make the country a hub for global manufacturing.

The Narendra Modi-led government has liberalised the FDI policy in the defence sector by hiking the cap from 26 per cent to 49 per cent.

India imports up to 70 per cent of its military hardware. "It is expected that clearance of these 33 applications and the deregulation of defence product list excluding a large number of components from purview of industrial licensing will provide a major impetus to advanced manufacturing in defence sector," the statement said.

According to sources, the decision is expected to result in investments of billions of dollars.

The Licensing Committee also discussed the possibility of removal of stipulation of annual capacity in the industrial licence as also to permit sale of licensed items to other entities under the control of Home Ministry, state governments, PSUs and other defence licensed companies without requiring approval of the Department of Defence Production.

"It was agreed that the above stipulation would be relaxed subject to submission of bi-annual returns by the unit. The DIPP would be shortly notifying the above decision by issue of a Press Note," the release said.

Victor · Post by **Victor** » 08 Oct 2014 05:50

Thakur_B wrote:
If only you knew how to follow your own advice of using google.

Turkey: Anka UAV, unarmed, between Rustom 1 and 2 about the same stage of development as Rustom 1 ( which will be armed).

Right, right. And I will get a date with Rani Mukherji any day now. Been hearing that for a decade and I personally lay odds that R1 will not be armed because of its size. The R2 may be but let it fly first. The Turkish Anka is not only flying but it is being showcased in Farnborough. Why would the fools do that?

Brazil: Buys Israeli, like us. Their falcao uav is only in initial stages.

Well, I guess. Brazil doesn't live in a dangerous neighborhood like we do. They are busy making airliners for the world's airlines.

Iran: Makes RC planes with fake payloads and simple data links that won't provide slightest decription or jamming capabilities.

Right, they're all about show. That's why the Iranian S-129 toys have shown up over Syria and Gaza, to entertain the troops.

That's a low for BRF, taking Iran's program at face value while nitpicking domestic programs

Ah, the patriotic card. While we are on this topic, please don't paint the whole of India in your "domestic" brush. India is capable of far more than the DPSUs have shown, of that I am totally convinced. If you really believe that Rustom 1 & 2 are the best that India can do, we are in deep sh!t.

South Africa: Genuine pioneers a long time back, fast losing their edge. Seeker 400 is comparable to Rustom 1 in payload and endurance.

Really? Why is it that the Saudis have gone to South Africa for their UAV requirement when we could have supplied the same?

Furthermore as far as UAV payloads are considered, a whole gamut of payloads for Rustom family is being developed from SAR, ISTAR, MPR, COMINT, ELINT to FoPen radars.

The problem is the "is being developed", "will be (fill in the blank)" and the river of alphabet soup. None of this does anything for us other than show how adept we are at empty boasting.

If we really want to show concern for India's capability in UAVs, we have to first face up to the fact that we are far behind and nowhere near utilizing our full capabilities. Have you ever thought about who benefits by sweeping these failures under the carpet? It's not us for sure.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 08 Oct 2014 06:27

Saurav Jha has a number of tweets on the MOD report.

pankajs · Post by **pankajs** » 08 Oct 2014 13:53

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ind ... 688141.cms

Ishapore factory develops Indian variant of AK-47

KOLKATA: Rifle Factory, Ishapore, one of the oldest ordnance factories in the country, has successfully designed an assault rifle on the lines of the AK-47.

Sources in the Ordnance Factory Board said the prototype of this weapon had successfully cleared field trials by the Army, the Indian Air Force and the Sashastra Seema Bal.

The Ishapore factory will soon start production of 50,000 units of this rifle in the first phase.

For over a decade now, the Ordnance Factory Board has been attempting to develop an indigenous assault rifle on the lines of the AK-47. Initially, there was some embarrassment after an ordnance factory displayed an indigenous replica of the AK-47 at a defence expo in Delhi. This didn't go unnoticed and Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the world's most sold and used assault rifle that goes by his name, threatened to file a copyright violation suit against the Indian ordnance factory.

"Since then, our designers have been attempting to develop an assault rifle, using the AK-47 as a model but without replicating any of its mechanism. Three ordnance factories tried to develop their own variants. These were Rifle Factory of Ishapore, the Small Arms Factory of Kanpur and the Ordnance Factory of Tiruchirapalli. The Ishapore factory has a long history of developing and making rifles. During the World Wars, this factory produced .303 bolt-action rifles for the Allied forces. After the 1962 Sino-India conflict, the factory developed and built the 7.62mm self-loading semi-automatic rifle. This rifle was called the Ishapore Rifle and it went on to become the mainstay for the Indian security forces for several decades. In the 90's, the factory started manufacturing the 5.56mm Insas rifles that are still the primary personal weapon of the Indian infantryman," an official said.

The three factories at Ishapore, Kanpur and Tiruchirapalli built prototypes that underwent tests for the first time earlier this year. Minor defects were detected in all three variants. While the one developed by the Ishapore factory was declared fit in all other aspects, it failed to operate successfully in mud. An assault rifle has to be effective in all conditions, even when fired from under slush.

"This defect was rectified subsequently and when the final round of tests was conducted, the Ishapore variant was declared the best. This is an improved version of any assault rifle and the designers borrowed several facets from the 5.56mm Insas, which was also developed at Ishapore, while making this rifle. With the Insas going out of production, facilities at the Ishapore factory were lying idle. The new order will sustain the factory for the times to come," the official added.

The latest effort borrows from AK-47 and INSAS. Why then call it a clone of AK-47 instead of INSAS version X? Or is this DDMitis?

Pratyush · Post by **Pratyush** » 08 Oct 2014 14:06

Is this a NATO 7.62 or an eastern 7.62. It is not clear from the article.

chackojoseph · Post by **chackojoseph** » 08 Oct 2014 19:16

A7 was AK-47 clone of OFB.

member_28640 · Post by **member_28640** » 08 Oct 2014 19:40

shiv wrote:
prasannasimha wrote:

Rustom II
(So it isn't a toy plane done in the backyard as some armchair warriors are saying )
Unless I am mistaken that red plane in the background looks like a Partenavia P68. That is a hint about where this Rustom is.

And also see the truck behind the Partenavia P68. Rustom is well in Hindustan

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 08 Oct 2014 19:46

GopiN wrote: And also see the truck behind the Partenavia P68. Rustom is well in Hindustan

Of course. But in Hosur, TN I think, not Bangalore.

member_28640 · Post by **member_28640** » 08 Oct 2014 19:52

shiv wrote: Of course. But in Hosur, TN I think, not Bangalore.

Saar, did some research thanks to you and yes saar you are right Namma Hosur it is,
And also I managed to get a picture of the RUSTOM 2 manufacturing from Taneja aviation FB page
(PS: Depressing to see that it has only 21 likes, BRFites please request you all to like the page)
https://www.facebook.com/taalhosur/phot ... =1&theater

Thakur_B · Post by **Thakur_B** » 09 Oct 2014 07:37

Victor wrote:Right, right. And I will get a date with Rani Mukherji any day now. Been hearing that for a decade and I personally lay odds that R1 will not be armed because of its size. The R2 may be but let it fly first. The Turkish Anka is not only flying but it is being showcased in Farnborough. Why would the fools do that?

Yes, because being showcased in Farnborough instead of SDRE defexpo puts it 10 years ahead in development cycle /s
PS: You might still hook up with Rani-ji if she is into.. ahem, ripe fruits, if I must say

PPS: South African Seeker 400 UAV is about the same size, payload and endurance as Rustom -1 and it is in the process of being armed.
PPPS: A certain UAV has been dropping mm wave guided PGMs. Can't be Israeli, they are unarmed.

Like the lightweight PGM under development here in RCI at the moment. This PGM has already been test-fired from an unmanned aerial vehicle

http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/sauravjha/2 ... marat.html
PPPPS: You are wrong about Rustom 1 being unarmed.

As revealed by Dr K. Tamilmani, Director-General Aeronautical systems, DRDO, to Geek at Large, Rustom-I is likely to be India's first armed UAV and work is underway to integrate the Helina (which is the air-launched version of the Nag anti-tank missile) with it

http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/sauravjha/2 ... india.html

Well, I guess. Brazil doesn't live in a dangerous neighborhood like we do. They are busy making airliners for the world's airlines.

So you accept that they aren't ahead of us in UAV tech. I'll take that as a yes

Right, they're all about show. That's why the Iranian S-129 toys have shown up over Syria and Gaza, to entertain the troops.

Gaza ? Can I borrow some of the stuff you are smoking victor? Either that or you are the most avid subscriber of FARS reports

I suppose flying an RC plane with COTS RF video links is your definition of a UAV. Your ilk would be the first to flay the designers if anything similar was attempted in the country.
PS: Nishant UAV, still in development, back in Kargil was definitely comforting Indian soldiers.

Ah, the patriotic card.

Oh no sir, I didn't call you unpatriotic, but I am going ahead and calling you a biased man who believes FARS reports.

If you really believe that Rustom 1 & 2 are the best that India can do, we are in deep sh!t.

If you really believe that the rest of the world, barring EU, US, Israel and China, is that far ahead of Rustom 1 and 2 in UAV tech, then you are mistaken, you preference of thick faeces blanket or not

Really? Why is it that the Saudis have gone to South Africa for their UAV requirement when we could have supplied the same?

Read before you quote victor, oh I am sorry, we wouldn't be having this conversation if you did. Riyadh doesn't just want to buy UAVs from south africa, they want them to help them make their own. They want armed UAVs which no one is selling them right now (Turkish Anka +A armed uav is still in design stage). As former pioneers in military technology, now left without a substantial market, South Africans are known to help any country with their program, ideology be damned.
PS: Their Rustom-1 equivalent, Seeker 400 flew this year. Rustom-1 on the other hand is on the last phase of development, yet in your world India is yet to catch up with the saffers.

Furthermore as far as UAV payloads are considered, a whole gamut of payloads for Rustom family is being developed from SAR, ISTAR, MPR, COMINT, ELINT to FoPen radars.
The problem is the "is being developed", "will be (fill in the blank)" and the river of alphabet soup. None of this does anything for us other than show how adept we are at empty boasting.

Many of those payloads already exist in prototype stage. They will be taken to test once Rustom 2 flies. DRDO just needs to paint the Islamic Republic of Iran's flag on their products to convince you

The user, on the other hand is fairly convinced.
Rustom-1, originally supposed to be a tech demo, is being armed and brought into service on the impetus by the user. Just FYI, DPSUs (HAL and BEL combo) had to beat private sector (L&T, Mahindra, Tata) for Rustom contracts, so yeah, private sector still has a lot of catching up to do on ground, than in your head Victor.

vipins · Post by **vipins** » 15 Oct 2014 11:41

India working on supersonic missile aircraft

To a query, he said it should be launched within a year. Earlier the plan was to launch it before December 2014. But even if it happens within a year, it was to India's advantage as no other country has done it before, he told reporters.

"When you are talking about hyperplane, you are talking about increasing the speed. Our idea is to use hydrogen-based fuel for Mark25, which will be 25 times faster than sound. Speed will be about 25,000 km per hour. That type of hyperplane we are conceiving...," he said.

On future defence programmes, he said the Indian Space Research Organisation and DRDO were working on developing Hypersonic technology using Helium III as fuel through Fusion technology.

Helium III energy is available on the Moon and studies have proved that it can be be generated by fusion and not Fission technology, he said.

"By fission we are able to generate energy. For the future energy, you have to go for fusion technology. When you do fusion technology with Helium III you are able to get enormous power. But Helium III is not available readily. You have to mine it from the Moon, bring it and then purify it," he said.

member_23370 · Post by **member_23370** » 15 Oct 2014 11:59

The DDM has done a good number on that article. Mark 25 !!!

csaurabh · Post by **csaurabh** » 15 Oct 2014 14:31

Mach 25? What are they smoking. Mach 25 would take it into orbit!

Also, mining helium 3 from the moon for fusion powered aircraft... yeah that article is a load of BS..

Karan M · Post by **Karan M** » 17 Oct 2014 02:26

NSG has inducted DRDO/Idea Forge's Nethra

On the occasion, of NSG raising day the Home Minister witnessed an impressive display of NSG anti-terrorism mock drills including wide use of slithering operations, deployment of DRDO developed UAV ‘Netra’ and a security drill by the recently inducted Belgian Shepherd dog.

- See more at: http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews. ... cBWUH.dpuf

Karan M · Post by **Karan M** » 17 Oct 2014 02:30

These are next for Indian Army and security forces.

5 home-grown MAVs ready for production | ADE-NAL combo to transfer ToT to HAL

http://tarmak007.blogspot.in/2014/09/5- ... ction.html

Bangalore: Indian security agencies including the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF) and the National Security Guards (NSG) are likely to have small wings of micro and mini air vehicles (MAVs) under their commands soon.

Developed jointly by the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) and the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), these unmanned desi MAVs will soon get on to a mass production mode at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) facilities. HAL is expected to sign an MoU with ADE and NAL on transfer of technology (ToT) to manufacture custom-built MAVs.

Under a 2008 programme sanctioned with an initial seed money of Rs 20 crore, the ADE-NAL combo developed three micro air vehicles namely Black Kite, Golden Hawk and Pushpak. The team also developed two mini air vehicles, Indian Eagle (previously Imperial Eagle) and Sly Bird (see box). In the last six years, these MAVs underwent development trials demonstrating their capabilities. Each MAV, including the ground support systems, is expected to cost between Rs 5-10 lakhs depending upon their configuration.

THE MAV CLUB: MAVs -- Golden Hawk, Black Kite and Pushpak -- are in the 300 mm class. They weigh about 300 to 450 gms and have an endurance of 20 to 30 minutes. At about 20 knots cruise speed it has a range of 1 km and can climb to a ceiling altitude of 100 metres. They carry a fixed daylight camera.

Indian Eagle and Slybird are slightly bigger MAVs and weigh about 3.5 kgs with an endurance of 50 to 60 minutes. At about 20 knots cruise speed it has a range of 10 km and can climb to a ceiling altitude of 300 metres. They carry gimbal-mounted daylight or infra-red camera.

These MAVs are hand-launched and possess fully autonomous cruise abilities using waypoint navigation. They are recovered by soft belly-landing and the entire mission is monitored using Toughbook-based Ground Control Station, where image exploitation algorithms are processed in real-time.

Good stuff because they will replace the need to import these systems from abroad which come with a huge markup. IA/BSF/CRPF/NSG and even ground security units of IAF/IN - plus units like MARCOS/Garud have a huge demand for these items.

Karan M · Post by **Karan M** » 17 Oct 2014 02:34

Next on the UV cards -

- More bomb disposal robots from DRDO (the initial batch was inducted IIRC)
- Additional UGVs - slithering robots/tossable systems
- Advanced autonomous units for Army (NBC/Recce -the BMP based program) and the UV for Navy (w/additional sensors and sonars).