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Parrikar calls for defence exports worth $1 billion


DRDO chief wants bigger R&D budget, 436 more scientists

This year, Parrikar fired a warning to the DRDO’s “cluster heads”, the seven director generals who direct R&D in the organisation’s seven technology verticals.

He said the cluster heads should “avoid duplication, or overlapping of activities by laboratories for greater economic efficiency”.

Parrikar went on: “Cluster in-charge has a very important role to play. They should not think, ‘This is my last two years, why should we speed up development’”.
Speaking before Parrikar, the DRDO chief, Dr S Christopher had asked the defence ministry to quickly approve the hiring of 436 more scientists, which the DRDO had requested. Noting that DRDO’s strength had remained stagnant since 2001, he said, “A top-heavy organisation with a narrow base is not appropriate.”

Christopher pointed out that the annual DRDO budget of five to six per cent of the defence allocation was inadequate for developing new equipment for the forces, when China was spending 20 per cent of its budget on R&D. He said that India’s military had so far ordered Rs 1,79,071 crore worth of equipment developed by the DRDO.
In a shot across the bows of the air force and the army, Parrikar pointed to the navy’s success in establishing a “close interface” with the DRDO. He called for a similar level of interface between the DRDO and the army and air force.
Read more: http://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2015/09/parrikar-calls-for-defence-exports.html

Bonus: Testing of AIP on the cards.
 

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Had we Indians being following the natural growth curve, there would have been about 25000+ weapons designers in DRDO by today. We have about 7500 today.

The generali kernali all suck budgets for their favourite country. Sometime I wonder why these gernali karnali did not go over to those western countries formally.
 

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http://indianexpress.com/article/ci...drdos-daksh-now-has-cbrn-detection-mechanism/

Faster, lighter, DRDO’s Daksh now has CBRN detection mechanism
Written by Sushant Kulkarni | Pune | Published:September 26, 2015 12:55 am

The new Daksh

Armed Forces and other security agencies in the country will now have enhanced hazard detection capabilities as the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO’s) indigenous robot Daksh has not just become lighter, faster and rugged, but has also been equipped with Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) hazard detection mechanisms.

Daksh, which has been developed by DRDO’s Pune-based lab Research and Development Establishment, Engineers (R&DE) located in Vishrantwadi, is primarily designed to detect and recover Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). It was inducted in the Indian Army around 2011.

A senior DRDO scientist said, “When Daksh was inducted into the Army, they already had imported Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs). The performance of Daksh has been at par with the imported ones. In some aspects, it is even better. As per our information, as many of 40 IEDs have been neutralised in the insurgency-affected areas in the North-East India with the help of Daksh so far. But from the beginning, we were aware of the limitations of this robot. One of the most important was the speed, another was its weight.”

As per the information given by scientists from the R&DE, the newer version of Daksh is made of aluminium alloy as against the older version, which was made of steel. “The use of new material has not just reduced the weight but has also made it more rugged. Use of custom-made motors has increased the speed by three times as compared to the older version,” said Mridukant Pathak, a scientist with the R&DE.

The new Daksh has been integrated with DRDO’s Unmanned Areal Vehicle (UAV) Netra, and the integrated system is being called CBRN Remotely Operated Platform (ROP). “In case of a radiation hazard, the radiation detection unit fitted on Netra can be flown to the affected area. Netra model being used for this platform has an increased range of four kilometres and double the flying time. The new-age warfare will be way different from the conventional one and we need to have capabilities to detect CBRN attacks. Now that these capabilities are indigenous, we do not have depend on foreign suppliers,” said another DRDO scientist.

“This system will not just be useful for the armed forces, but also the paramilitary forces operating in areas where the nature of conflict is different. There will be demand for this new version of Daksh from the security agencies. The manufacturing of these units will be done by Pune-based Bharat Electronics Ltd and three private companies on the Transfer of Technology (ToT) basis,” said Alok Mukherjee, assistant director of the R&DE.

Jamal Khan, the Commandant of the Institute of IED Management of the Central Reserved Police Force (CRPF) located in Talegaon near Pune said, “The faster, lighter version of the devise will definitely have an added advantage. The enhanced capabilities will certainly be useful in the backdrop of changing nature of warfare in insurgency affected areas, especially with increased threat of dirty bombs, which use radioactive material.”
 

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Jamal Khan, the Commandant of the Institute of IED Management of the Central Reserved Police Force (CRPF) located in Talegaon near Pune said, “The faster, lighter version of the devise will definitely have an added advantage. The enhanced capabilities will certainly be useful in the backdrop of changing nature of warfare in insurgency affected areas, especially with increased threat of dirty bombs, which use radioactive material.”
When does insurgents have the capability to acquire such radioactive materials ?
 

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We need work more on attack robat which could be use in counter attack against infiltrating terrorist which will also save move breave man life
 

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@Abhijat that capability would be very useful in ports & airports. Remember this report recently.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...rnational-airport-in-delhi/article7259484.ece

This talks about nobody being injured but I remember the staff being interviewed on TV and they mentioned that a few of the baggage handling staff did get injured. This time it was iodine isotopes for medical purposes but can easily be cobalt-60 loaded from Islamabad.

@sabari they are also doing that. Last reported the Daksh itself can carry a machine gun and grenade launchers. But this one is called Gun Mounted Robot - GMR. I guess a version of Daksh itself.

@sabari check this thread out

http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/threads/daksh-robot-to-get-more-teeth.31866/#post-1082464
 
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KENDRAPARA: The state government has announced fishing will be restricted in the Bay of Bengal along the Odisha coast from September 29 to October 1 as the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) will test missiles from the testing centres at Abdul Kalam Island and Chandipur. "All marine fishermen are instructed not to venture into the sea from 9am to 1pm on these three days. Fishing has been banned during these hours 30 km into the sea from the coast," said additional fisheries officer (marine), Kujang, Biraja Prasan Mohapatra. The fisheries department has registered a total of 16,848 fishing vessels, including 1,755 trawlers. "During the ban, all the vessels will be barred from venturing into the sea," added the fisheries officer. "We have already held meetings with traditional marine fishermen and convinced them not to fish," added the officer. The Jagatsinghpur district administration is cooperating with the fisheries department, marine police, port officials, coast guard and fishery organizations in this regard, said, additional district magistrate at Paradip R K Sahoo. The authorities have warned the fishermen not to venture into the sea during the tests as large parts of missiles will fall into the sea and its nearby areas. Missile parts may also fall on the beach, forests and in nearby villages during the tests, said the fisheries officer. Villagers are not allowed to collect any parts of the missiles. The authorities have declared 55 km towards the south of missile test ranges in Chandipur and Abdul Kalam Island (Earlier Wheeler Island) as prohibited areas. It is the responsibility of the DRDO to retrieve all the missile remnants.
3-day fishing restriction in Bay for missile tests

Kaun sa mijjile test kar rahe hai bhai ? :notsure:
 

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DRDO to Focus on Cutting Edge All-
Weather Weapons


DEHRADUN: The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) should focus on designing all-weather weapons that can operate in day and night conditions, said Lt Gen A B Shivane, director general, mechanized forces, at a workshop held in Dehradun on Thursday.Lt Gen Shivane, chief guest of the workshop on "Night Vision Empowering Technologies", organized by the Instrument Research and Development Establishment, (IRDE), said that the forces require automatic weapon functioning in all weather, day and night situation, and asked the DRDO to focus on designing and development of the equipment that are on par with contemporary global systems.
IRDE, director, SS Negi said that the workshop focused on cutting edge technological products designed and developed for the Indian Army.

"There were four specialized lectures by the experts in the field of Thermal Imagers, Laser Stabilization, Image Intensifier Tube and fire control system. The interaction of the experts and end users (army officers) was very useful in future planning," said
Negi. were four specialized lectures by the experts in the field of Thermal Imagers, Laser Stabilization, Image Intensifier Tube and fire control system. The interaction of the experts and end users (army officers) was very useful in future planning," said Negi.
 

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Bengaluru, Dec 14: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday witnessed a significant event that boosted the Make in India mandate of his government in Bengaluru. Parrikar was at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd's ( HAL) Engine Division on Old Madras Road for the inaugural run of the core 25 kN indigenous aero engine. Hailed as a landmark event for the aerospace industry and the Make in India movement, the Hindustan Turbo Fan Engine (HTFE-25) maiden run promises a bright era for India's home-grown aeronautical projects. HAL says the engine can be used for basic, intermediate and advanced trainer aircraft. "The engine can also be used on business jets and five tone class aircraft in single engine configuration and on aircraft of up to nine tonne class in the twin engine configuration," says an HAL official. HAL aims to produce indigenously designed and developed aero engines within a time frame of six years beginning 2013. "In the first phase of the programme, the design of the full engine and manufacture and testing of the technology demonstrator of the core engine are covered. In the subsequent phases the manufacture and testing of the full engine will follow," says the official. HAL's Bengaluru-based Aero Engine Research & Design Centre (AERDC), HAL, had taken up the design and development of the 25 kN thrust class turbofan engine for basic military trainer aircraft. In future, HAL hopes to design and development Hindustan Turbo Shaft Engine (HTSE-1200) for helicopters of 3.5 tonne class in the single engine configuration (for LUH) and for 5 to 8 ton class in twin engine configuration (for ALH and LCH).
Parrikar witnesses maiden run of HAL’s 25 kN aero engine
 

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India Is Putting Part of Its Nuclear-Missile Maker Up For Sale

India wants to embrace more shareholder scrutiny for the sake of national security.

The country is seeking to divest 20 percent of each state-owned defense company -- including nuclear-missile maker Bharat Dynamics Ltd. -- to boost their efficiency, Defence Production Secretary A. K. Gupta said. India also plans to cut its 75 percent shareholding in Bharat Electronics Ltd., he said.

"We’re going ahead with the disinvestment so that we can have more transparency and accountability," Gupta, one of the defense ministry’s top bureaucrats, said in an interview in New Delhi. He was referring to Bharat Dynamics and didn’t give any timelines.

India’s goal is an ambitious $150 billion modernization of its sometimes poorly equipped armed forces, including more local production to curb a flood of costly imports. One of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s challenges is to improve state defense companies, which account for the bulk of domestic weapons output but are strained and lack the most modern technology.

Bharat Dynamics, based in the southern city of Hyderabad, is over four decades old and manufactures India’s strategic missiles such as the nuclear-capable Agni and Prithvi series. Its net income climbed 21 percent to 4.2 billion rupees ($62 million) in the 12 months ended March 2015 from a year earlier.


The government is also moving ahead with a long-pending proposal to sell a 10 percent stake in Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., India’s biggest defense contractor, Gupta said.

The other government-controlled defense enterprises in Asia’s No. 3 economy are BEML Ltd., Mazagon Dock Ltd., Goa Shipyard Ltd., Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd., Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd. and Hindustan Shipyard Ltd. The state controls about 54 percent of BEML, while the other companies are government owned.

Investor Interest
Modi’s policy changes to encourage domestic output include fewer curbs on foreign investment in defense, looser export controls and less red tape. His government has set a goal of boosting arms exports 20-fold in a decade to $3 billion. India is currently one of the world’s top importers.

The changes have stirred investor interest. Bharat Electronics, whose products include naval systems, has surged 135 percent since the premier took office in May 2014. The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex index rose 1.3 percent over the same period. BEML, which makes everything from missile launchers to armored vehicles, advanced 81 percent.

Zen Technologies Ltd., which sells training simulators to the armed forces, surged 764 percent. Astra Microwave Products Ltd., a maker of communications products, advanced 33 percent.

"Divestment will provide capital for growth and enough transparency to drive efficiencies, though structural changes will be required for the state-run defense companies to be more attractive for investors," said Anurag Garg, a director of defense at Strategy&, a consulting group of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Inefficiency
Globally, defense and aerospace companies have about twice as many orders as revenue, Garg said. That can stretch to 10 times revenue at Indian state-run defense businesses, an indication of lagging performance that has affected the armed forces, he said.

Government-managed defense contractors will face greater private-sector competition in the future, the defense ministry’s Gupta said.

They thus "need to ensure optimal utilization of their resources in view of the fast obsolescence of their products, in order to remain financially viable," he said.


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ker-to-woo-investors-as-india-revamps-defense
 

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Only things that are worth looking at in your replies are the fun smilies.

You can buy foreign mal for eons but they will not let you replace a single subsystem with local ones unless a SU-30 MKI like MOU is drawn up, which will never happen with western hardware.

And you will be frozen as a sucking client forever. A joke to be called regional power!!!

But the armor and gun barrel tech of Arjun were ported to T-90 when the Russians declined to give TOT with the aim of slowing local production here and force IA to buy directly buy from Russia. So the gun barrel tech and armor of T-90s in IA gleaned out from Arjun program free of cost,.Only DPSUs will allow that . Any private entity will not allow it.

And still the T-90 imported by our beloved armed forces with crooked trials is non functional for prolonger operations in desert, for which the IA is unashamedly asking DRDO to fix AC!!!! Why because russsians and all other foreign MNCs have declined to fit it. It still has no AC and its electronics will pack up in desert heat.

but the much criticized Arjun is a functional tank in desert. Our beloved IA is sabotaging the whole project by not ordering 500 arjun mk1s at one go , Because IA knows if they do the logistics will stablize and batch improvement will take place and there will be no scope for importing another MBT from russia however faulty , and unsuitable for our desert terrain.

thats why they have ordered just 124 Arjun MBTs and given a long list of 80 changes for arjun mk2. But Sweedish airforce did not dangle a carrot on a stick atttached to SAAB's head and run till gripen NG is reached, gripen As were made and bought them in hundreds in each versions A, B, C, D and now NG.

And despite seeing the worth of arjun mk2 IA is only ordering the same magic number of just 124. Why because if a 500 plus guaranteed order is given then lot of subsystems will be taken up for localization including engines and which will lead to stabilization of production and further lowering of cost eliminating scope for further MBT imports.

If at all IAF was serious about its falling fleet number it need not have run the ten year long cicus called MMRCA, the Su-30 MKI production was stabilizing fast, they could have asked HAL to set up additional Su-30 MKI production line and asked the GOI to buy any available ASEA radar on the market and make it truly multirole. this would have eliminated the need for 8 billion worth just 38 rafales .

Our MMRCA backing chairmarshals in beloved IAf went on pretending there is no plan B for MMRCA, till manohar parrikar flatly announced that ASEA equipped super sukhoi upgraded Su-30 MKI will be the plan B and stopped the gravy train called MMRCA.

Manohar Parrikar took care to order 36 rafales immediately to arrest depleting fleet strength of IAF and provided a plan B for monumental MMRCA forex waste by giving them Plan B.

Many people said the same thing on many forums , we dont need MMRCA in 200 numbers and additional su-30 fighters with upgrades and tejas will do the job. Every one toeing this line was called a clown who doesn't understand airwar. But finally when manohar Parrikar said that "savings " from 126 MMRCA fighters will be better utilzed in adding more tejas everybody was quite.

bulk of our armed forces men sweat it out in the borders under most punishing conditions and are ready to put their life on line trusting whatever equippment GOI gives them.But it is the higher decision making bodies of central govts , both in armed forces and MOD ,that play all these games of there is no substitute for imports and get the import gravy train running, by slyly inculcating in every indian mind that we are racially inferior to the west and even chinese when it comes to defence production,

In the same way the Oborgs developed for tejas are now going to be implemented on SU 30 MKI.Also it was the much hated HAL which won the IAF contract to fit brahmos on Su-30 MKI beating the russian firm .

Impressed with the avionics fit of Su-30 MKI russian airforce is ordering around 64 sets of mission computers and radar computers to their SU-30 SM fleet.Most of the avionics development effort on Su-30 MI and jaguar Darin upgrade were seeded in tejas program.

ALso the first 500 flights of tejas carried over five years which validated control laws for fly by wire tech-Relaxed Static Stability fighters will form a common database to all ou future RSS fly by wire efforts, even SAAB has to outsource this tech to US firm after a few prototypes crashed in their Gripen test flight program.

Also the composite tech developed for tejas is now being used on SU-30 MKI fuselage parts leading to significant weight savings and RCS reductions.

So even when they drag on ,much hated indigenous programs leave a trail of tech that will enrich all equipments of indian armed forces, For people grating on INSAS being faulty , can never answer why all the contenders failed in indian multi cal rifle trials.

4 of the 5 MMRCA multi billion dollar birds failed the Leh high altitude trials which is crucial for IAF, but tejas in mk1 itself has passed them with ease.

Clnging on to irrlevant and old CAG reports along with dubious opinions of DDM "eggspurts" and annonymous "defence forces officials " to beat the drum that local efforts are waste of money is far from reality.


However I love those smilies, Please add a lot when you reply.
Well said, these prestitutes are curse to us
He said tejas is not operational but Gripen is
:hail::hail:
Omg what a bull crap
So according to him we should buy a jet plane who is falling like a kite even though it is operational, instead of a homegrown fighter which is about half of the price and highly customizable which doesn't have a single crash since it's birth
 
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