India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
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https://x.com/alpha_defense/status/1775876240601387134 ---> JUST IN: ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ soon to start the ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ DRDO's ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ข. The system will be tested on a ๐๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ-๐ด๐ฌ๐ฌ aircraft and then from a ๐-๐ฏ๐ต aircraft.
Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
^^^
IA not interested!
Time to arm paramilitaries, CPRF and local police. That combined will be more volume than IA requirements.
IA not interested!
Time to arm paramilitaries, CPRF and local police. That combined will be more volume than IA requirements.
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https://idrw.org/lt-touts-record-breaki ... velopment/
L&T develops light tank for Indian Army after encountering Chinese light tanks along the LAC.
While the development speed is good, I am disappointed on how reactive the Indian Armed Forces are to emerging threats.
L&T develops light tank for Indian Army after encountering Chinese light tanks along the LAC.
While the development speed is good, I am disappointed on how reactive the Indian Armed Forces are to emerging threats.
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^^ Agree. Before encountering actual Chinese light tanks, couldn't the Indian army envision on its own the need for a light tank in the mountains? They actually had to face the Chinese tanks before realizing they also need one?
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^^ Its worse than that. We actually do have experience on the effectiveness of light tanks in Ladakh in 1962!!. Our AMX light tanks were very effective against the Chinese in Chushul
Our Generals don't learn lessons even from our own experiences! The artillery procurement disaster even after their effectiveness was brilliantly demonstrated in Kargil 20+ years ago, is another example
War is too important to be left to our Generals
Our Generals don't learn lessons even from our own experiences! The artillery procurement disaster even after their effectiveness was brilliantly demonstrated in Kargil 20+ years ago, is another example
War is too important to be left to our Generals
Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
The governmentโs intent to restructure and rejig Indiaโs premier defence research monolith, the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is now evident. A nine-member committee that was appointed to assess and revamp the DRDO operations has already submitted its report. The committee was tasked with generating recommendations to review and redefine the departmentโs role and align it with Indiaโs futuristic technological requirements in the defence domain. Lt Gen Subrata Saha (retd), who previously served as Deputy Chief of Army Staff, who had also initiated several reforms within the military as well as outside after superannuation and someone who is closely associated with the development and progress of the Indian defence industry was one of the members of the committee. In this conversation with Editor-in-Chief Nitin Gokhale, Editor-in-Chief of BharatShakti Gen Saha has made several suggestions. He said, โDRDO has to reform itself and move with times as these reforms will take DRDO to the next level to place in the broader defence R&D ecosystemโ. Watch this interview for more insights into the reforms initiated for DRDO and the Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA) restructuring.
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Dated but relevant article;
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news ... aric-bombs
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news ... aric-bombs
India's state-run Munitions India Limited (MIL) will start the mass production and supply of 1,000 lb thermobaric bombs from 2023, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said at the Aero India 2023 show, which concluded on 17 February.
An official from the DRDO's High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) told Janes that the technology transfer to produce the 1,000 lb thermobaric bomb has been transferred to the MIL, which is also an agency under the DRDO. An initial order of 500 units from the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be delivered by the end of 2023, he said.
HEMRL started the development of the 1,000 lb thermobaric bomb in 2018. The munition has been qualified in flight tests, including a demonstration of its blast capability, an HEMRL official said.
The weapon uses a British 1,000 lb general-purpose (GP) bomb casing design and has 10-inch (Russian) and 14-inch (NATO) lug spacing to be carried on fighter aircraft, including the IAF's Su-30MKI.
With the use of the existing casing design, HEMRL maintained the same weapons mass properties, which enabled fast-tracked development. The munition also features โmetalised enhanced blast explosive' filling, which is based on the polymer-bonded explosive class of energetic composition with enhanced energetics.
The bomb is effective against soft and medium-hard targets in an open or confined environment. It is credited with a higher blast impulse (more than 30%) and long-duration thermal effects (>1,600ยบ C, >400 ms) in comparison with an identical class of conventional high-explosive munitions. The munition has a shelf life of 20 years.