DRDO, PSU and Private Defence Sector News

[tharun]

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Could this be the new engine for Tejas? Need answers from Gas Turbine experts

May be....because most engines in kaveri class like ge f414 & snecma m88 have same air mass flow.

 

[NeXoft007]

5000 Pinaka rocket units per annum will be made in Bhusawal Ordinance Factory, around 250km away from Chanda Ordinance Factory where 1000 Pinaka rocket units are made per annum.

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That blue attic building looks new at Bhusawal Ordinance Factory, possibly where Pinaka MBRLs will be made.

 

[Zero-Sum-Game]

man, isn't this bit sensitive information? i mean we are infested with paki trolls and chini trolls and isnt this giving them free info?
i understand this is available in public domain but we are serving this out on hot platter . atleast they should work for it.

i dont mean to question your service to this forum and certainly i am not looking to troll you or offend you.

 

[NeXoft007]

man, isn't this bit sensitive information? i mean we are infested with paki trolls and chini trolls and isnt this giving them free info?
i understand this is available in public domain but we are serving this out on hot platter . atleast they should work for it.

i dont mean to question your service to this forum and certainly i am not looking to troll you or offend you.

Neh, this info would have been released anyway.

 

[Flame Thrower]

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Can't find a suitable thread to post it, so fuck this shit. If our Thermonuclear device with 200 kT yield weighs 270kg, and net weight of 340kg when integrated inside Mk. 5 warhead (shown in the pic below), then it makes full sense that we already have megaton yield warhead.
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Agni 3 have 3.5 tons payload/ throwweight actually. So, we do have megaton yield warhead and ability to cover 5000 km with 1.8 ton payload. Now these revelations makes Agni V's actual capabilities questionable.
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Bhai can you confirm and provide the source of Agni 2 & 3 missiles range vs payload graph.

I don't doubt our scientists ability but 18000km range for Agni 3 seems to be way too hard to belive.

Thanks

 

[NeXoft007]

Bhai can you confirm and provide the source of Agni 2 & 3 missiles range vs payload graph.

I don't doubt our scientists ability but 18000km range for Agni 3 seems to be way too hard to belive.

Thanks

Neh, 18000km range is for 400kg payload if we use the 340kg Thermonuclear warhead with 200kT yield.

 

[NeXoft007]

Anyways, you want the source? READ ALL the 4 articles of Arun S Vishwakarma
http://www.indiandefencereview.com/author/arunsvishwakarma/

 

[NeXoft007]

India's ICBM dream dates back way back to 1972, under Project Valiant. It was a proposed 3 stage Liquid-fuelled missile having 8000km range. The missile had four rocket motors clustered in 1st stage and each rocket motor producing 30 tons of thrust (total 120 ton thrust). The rocket motor was even successfully tested in 10th May, 1974, which was just 8 days before India's first nuclear test. The whole missile was speculated to weight 85 tons. Unfortunately, the project was canceled because of poor progress, lack of critical technologies and money.

 

[tharun]

5000 Pinaka rocket units per annum will be made in Bhusawal Ordinance Factory, around 250km away from Chanda Ordinance Factory where 1000 Pinaka rocket units are made per annum. View attachment 18327
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That blue attic building looks new at Bhusawal Ordinance Factory, possibly where Pinaka MBRLs will be made.
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Only 5000 per annum will that be enough?
How many vehicles in each battery and regiment?
How many missiles are in ready to fire mode?

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Ordinace factory Chanda has some really gud contribution during Kargil War ..

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Bureaucratic system of administering scientists must change

"We have to change our current bureaucratic system of administering scientific and technical departments, particularly if we have to inspire young scientists to participate enthusiastically in the task of building India into a scientific and technological powerhouse", stated Dr Manmohan Singh, Hon'ble Prime Minister of India stressing on the need to attract and retain high quality scientific manpower in Defence R&D. He was speaking after giving away DRDO Awards for the year 2011 to select scientists, industries, distinguished persons from the academia and DRDO labs in a function organized at Kothari Auditorium, DRDO Bhawan, New Delhi in the presence of Hon'ble Defence Minister, Shri A K Antony and galaxy of dignitaries. The DRDO awards are given every year to honour individual Scientists/Teams for their outstanding contribution in furthering DRDO's efforts for self-reliance in developing cutting edge defence technologies.


In his address the Hon'ble Prime Minister congratulated the scientists and said "It gives me immense pleasure to be amidst the scientific fraternity of the Defence Research and Development Organization once again to honour distinguished scientists and technologists who have made outstanding contributions to defence research and development. I extend to the awardees my heartiest congratulations. The nation is grateful to you for your dedication and committed service to our national causes. Ever since its establishment in 1958, DRDO has made significant contributions in putting India on the path of achieving self-reliance in critical defence technologies." Raising concern over the current security scenario he said "As we look around us, a net deterioration in the international strategic and security environment becomes so obvious. Political uncertainties in our immediate and extended neighbourhood, civil strife and turmoil in the Middle East, terrorism and threats to cyber security present complex challenges that require both conventional as well as technological responses". Emphasising the need to strengthen the indigenous industries, he stated, "In the longer term, we have to build our domestic defence industry, in the public as well as in the private sectors, to a level where it can compete with global players not only in terms of developing state of the art technologies but also on commercial parameters and customer satisfaction". He concluded his speech by saying "I am very confident DRDO will continue to serve the nation with excellence in year that lies ahead".


Earlier, in his welcome address, Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister and Secretary, Deptt. Of Defence R & D presented glimpse of DRDO's recent achievements ranging from crowning success of Agni 5 long range ballistic missile within few months of successful launch of Agni 4 to Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, Main Battle Tank Arjun MkII, Rocket launcher system Pinaka, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, heavy weight torpedo VARUNASTRA, Submarine Escape Suite and productionisation of DMR steel and Titanium sponge. Reiterating DRDO's commitment to its mandate of providing cutting edge defence technologies of world class standards to serve the operational requirements of the Indian Armed Forces and achieve higher level of self reliance in defence technologies, Dr Saraswat stated "the percentage of indigenous systems through the Acquisition route has significantly increased from the earlier 30% to almost 60%, thanks mainly to DRDO developed weapons & platforms". He underlined the importance of augmenting production capabilities stating, "There are problems related to capacity & capability build up viz. Requirement of Exclusive assembly line for DRDO systems, augmentation & modernisation of existing production infrastructure, induction of trained skilled manpower in DPSUs & OFB – all of which are critical to enable DRDO systems to be produced in required numbers, with requisite quality". "Yet another area of concern is the need for Policy decisions on more JVs with DRDO" Citing example of Brahmos as an outstanding example joint venture which has seen remarkable success, he said "We feel the need for such mechanisms to be evolved for DRDO JVs so that an efficient workable system can be put in place to enable quick returns in technology areas with complementary work share".


Unveiling the future roadmap, he stated, "Our major goals for the year ahead include flight test of Interceptor missile for targets of 5000 km Range class, First flight of Nirbhay- our sub-sonic cruise missile, and First flight of AEW&C system in India with all systems integrated. In the 12th Plan, we will launch a number of major programs which will mark a paradigm change in force preparedness including SRSAM for Tri Services, Pravira- for protection of Critical Infrastructure, Micro-Nano satellites with Launch-on-Demand capability and G-SAT6 based Communication system." Highlighting DRDO's contribution to society through civilian applications of spin-off from technologies developed for armed forces, Dr Saraswat stated, "Under the Technology Transfer program, about 40 MoUs have been signed and business development for another 20 technologies is in the advanced stage of Commercialization. Citing example of bio-digester technology developed for safe disposal of human waste in extreme cold climate of high altitude regions of mighty Himalayas, he said, "The acceptance of DRDO developed bio-digesters for the Railways, in turn has resulted in the Min. of Environment requesting DRDO assistance and the first set of bio digesters was installed in the Dhamra coast, with plans to extend the installation to 2.4 lakh Gram Panchayats in phases"The awards ceremony concluded with vote of thanks from Lt Gen Anoop Malhotra, Chief Controller R&D (RM&I).


This year the Life Time Achievement Award has been conferred on Prof P Rama Rao in recognition of his exceptional contribution to multi-fold array of technology and management initiatives that led to transformation of several institutions seeded by him into frontline centres of excellence. Instruments Research & Development Establishment (IRDE), Dehradun has been awarded Silicon Trophy for the best systems laboratory of DRDO. Titanium Trophy has been awarded to Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL), Mysore for developing food packaging technologies for armed forces. Shri A K Chakrabarti of DRDL, Hyderabad, Dr K Sekhar, CC R&D, DRDO HQrs and Dr K Tamilmani of CEMILAC, Bangaluru have been conferred upon the coveted Technology Leadership Award in recognition of their technological contribution and leadership qualities. The Academic Excellence Awards have been given to Prof V G Idichandy of IIT Chennai with his team and Dr P Seetharamian of Andhra University, Chennai. The Technology Absorption Award has been conferred on M/s Graphite India Ltd, Bangaluru and M/s Fluoro Carbon Seals, Chennai, who are the DRDO's Industrial partners.The event was witnessed by Shri V Narayanasamy, Minister of state PMO, Shri Shivshankar Menon, National Security Adviser, Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, Chief of Air Staff, Shri Shashi Kant Sharma, Defence Secretary and other luminaries.

 

[TheHurtLocker]

^^^
Kunal Sir, it's from 2012 I believe.
They have been able do many of the above and in a short span of 5 years. Impressive to say the least.

 

[tharun]

Nammo european ammunition manufacturer opened sales office in new delhi.

 

[Adioz]

Only 5000 per annum will that be enough?
How many vehicles in each battery and regiment?
How many missiles are in ready to fire mode?

12 X 18 rockets ready to fire (in tubes) per regiment = 216
2 regiments operational (432 rockets in tubes).
10 to be operational by 2022 (2160 rockets in tubes). [All Mk-1 Pinakas]
22 to be operational by 2027 (4752 rockets in tubes). [12 Pinaka Mk-2 added]

They might need to double production by 2022. We should be fine until then. BTW what is the shelf life of a rocket? If I remember correctly, it was 10 years.

Hopefully, we will have an indigenous Smerch-class MRLS in testing by 2027.

 

[tharun]

12 X 18 rockets ready to fire (in tubes) per regiment = 216
2 regiments operational (432 rockets in tubes).
10 to be operational by 2022 (2160 rockets in tubes). [All Mk-1 Pinakas]
22 to be operational by 2027 (4752 rockets in tubes). [12 Pinaka Mk-2 added]

They might need to double production by 2022. We should be fine until then. BTW what is the shelf life of a rocket? If I remember correctly, it was 10 years.

Hopefully, we will have an indigenous Smerch-class MRLS in testing by 2027.

As per wiki 3 regiments means 54 vehicles.
If we have 22 regiments then we need 4752 rockets per single use.
That mean we need to ramp up production to new heights.

 

[ezsasa]

As per wiki 3 regiments means 54 vehicles.
If we have 22 regiments then we need 4752 rockets per single use.
That mean we need to ramp up production to new heights.

Ramping up production rate from 1000 to 5000 itself is taking almost 5 years, still production may not start till 2019.

Have patience sirji.....

 

[Aghore_King]

12 X 18 rockets ready to fire (in tubes) per regiment = 216
2 regiments operational (432 rockets in tubes).
10 to be operational by 2022 (2160 rockets in tubes). [All Mk-1 Pinakas]
22 to be operational by 2027 (4752 rockets in tubes). [12 Pinaka Mk-2 added]

They might need to double production by 2022. We should be fine until then. BTW what is the shelf life of a rocket? If I remember correctly, it was 10 years.

Hopefully, we will have an indigenous Smerch-class MRLS in testing by 2027.

Could you please tell how smerch is superior to Pinaka??

 

[Zero-Sum-Game]

its a long range rocket system with 90 km + range
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BM-30_Smerch

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Haven`t their is rocket tested on pinaka has range of 80kms ..

Hopefully, we will have an indigenous Smerch-class MRLS in testing by 2027.

 

[Adioz]

Could you please tell how smerch is superior to Pinaka??

its a long range rocket system with 90 km + range
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BM-30_Smerch

Haven`t their is rocket tested on pinaka has range of 80kms ..

@Kunal Biswas sir is right, Pinaka Mk-2 has already been tested at 80-85 km range earlier this year.

When I said Smerch-class, I meant a MRLS with a 300X7000 mm rocket with a 250 kg payload i.e. the Pinaka 2 (Not Pinaka Mk-II). Pinaka-2 is slated to have a range of ~120 km. Current Pinaka has 215X5000 mm rockets with a payload of 100 kg and a range of 40 km (Mk-I) and 90 km (Mk-II).