DRDO, PSU and Private Defence Sector News

[Love Charger]

PLA combined Arms Brigades hold 18-27 122mm Howitzers depending upon the type of brigade ( Light/heavy/medium) and also hold 6 122mm MBRLs for heavy and medium CABGs. These units provide fire support to the brigade group. At the Group army level there is an Independent artillery Brigade which holds 64-72 155mm Howitzers as well as 36 Heavy MBRLs ( 300mm)

Indian composition of arty ?

 

[tribendra bisoi..]

Communication system where there is no network

 

[Aniruddha Mulay]

crazy vid from Ukraine , loitering switch blade uav diving into a guy standing besides a van.

we gonna need a 1000 of these for next war.

Some 200+ orders have been placed in the last few years

 

[johnj]

nah. We dont need to have the entire supply for four months stocked. Have the supply for a month, and if war starts, send industries into overdrive producction.

what if industries trade union consider a strike ?

 

[SwordOfDarkness]

what if industries trade union consider a strike ?

Defence service workers barred from strike

Ordinance notifies prison term, fines for commencing or inciting strikes declared as illegal.

www.thehindu.com

Most will be easily replaced.

 

[Chinmoy]

Now which Uniform is this !!!!!! A New Pattern...

NDRF

 

[Indx TechStyle]

A great find!! Man India was so clean and so simple back then! Sometimes technology can be a curse.

It is socialist bullshit what made Indian urban landscape look like a dumpyard. Technology is still saving the day.

 

[SKC]

Crossposting

Indian Economy: News and Discussion

Not really. US is still miles ahead of India when it comes to freight. India is only catching up. India is catching up while the US is unable to build anything new .. We are about half the capacity of US freight .. Ill make a bet that after edfc and wdfc are completed we will surpass the US...

defenceforumindia.com

India’s defence exports hit ₹13,000-cr mark, highest ever

India’s defence exports reached their highest level in 2021-22, with the figure hitting ₹13,000-crore mark, a senior defence ministry official said on Friday, an outcome of the government’s policies to boost the export of military hardware to friendly foreign countries.

Additional secretary defence production Sanjay Jaju said 70% contribution to the exports during the financial year 2021-22 came from the private sector while the public sector accounted for the remaining 30%. His comments came during a briefing on a forthcoming defence ministry seminar on Artificial Intelligence in Defence on July 11.


Defence minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the seminar at which 75 newly-developed AI products and technologies with applications in defence will be launched as part of the celebrations to mark 75 years of India’s Independence, and to promote ‘Aatmanirbharta’ (self-reliance) in the defence manufacturing sector, defence secretary Ajay Kumar said.


India’s defence exports recorded nearly a six-fold increase between 2017 and 2021, shooting up from ₹1,520 crore to ₹8,435 crore during that period, according to defence ministry data.

Military hardware being exported by India include missiles, the advanced light helicopter, offshore patrol vessels, personal protective gear, surveillance systems and a variety of radars, officials said.


In January, India’s BrahMos Aerospace and the Philippines signed a deal worth almost $375 million for the Philippine Marines to acquire three batteries of the BrahMos cruise missile, a shot in the arm for New Delhi’s efforts to emerge as an exporter of major defence hardware.


The military hardware that holds export potential includes the light combat aircraft, Astra beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, Akash surface-to-air missile system, tanks, sonars and radars, as previously reported by HT.


“India has a good strategy and action plan in place, backed by forward-looking policies, to ensure self-reliance in defence, and boost the country’s status as a net exporter of weapons in the coming years,” said military affairs expert Lieutenant General Vinod Bhatia (retd).

In December 2020, the Union Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave its go-ahead to the sale of Akash missile systems to friendly foreign countries. It also created a high-powered panel for swifter approvals to export of military hardware. India has set a target of clocking defence exports worth $5 billion by 2024.


In sharpened focus on getting a toehold in foreign markets, the government granted close to a thousand export authorisations last year, nearly four times the number approved five years before that, and cut down the time for such approvals by a third between 2017 and 2021.


Also, India has imposed a phased import ban on 310 different weapons and systems during the last two years. These weapons and platforms will be indigenised in phases over the next five to six years.

In April, the defence ministry said it had exceeded its target for indigenous defence purchases in 2021-22 indicating a major boost to the country’s push towards self-reliance.


The defence ministry earmarked 64% of the capital acquisition budget for the domestic industry in 2021-22 but it was able to “overachieve this target” and local military purchases accounted for 65.5% of the capital budget, according to data from the defence ministry.


The total capital expenditure for 2021-22 stood at ₹1,14,910 crore, of which ₹75,140 crore was spent on local weapons and systems.

India’s defence exports hit ₹13,000-cr mark, highest ever

India’s defence exports recorded nearly a six-fold increase between 2017 and 2021, shooting up from ₹1,520 crore to ₹8,435 crore during that period, according to defence ministry data

www.hindustantimes.com

What are all Defence products being exported?? Any detailed list?

 

[Dark Sorrow]

What are all Defence products being exported?? Any detailed list?

1. Artillery Shells
2. Tank Rounds
3. Small Arms Ammunition
4. Explosive
5. Propellants
6. Barrel for Artillery guns
7. Barrel for small arms
8. Naval vessels
9. Fuselage or sub-assemblies of fuselage for fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft
10. Avionics and Electronics
11. Chemicals
12. PPE and clothing
13. Contract R&D, know-how and Patents
14. Test Kits

 

[SwordOfDarkness]

1. Artillery Shells
2. Tank Rounds
3. Small Arms Ammunition
4. Explosive
5. Propellants
6. Barrel for Artillery guns
7. Barrel for small arms
8. Naval vessels
9. Fuselage or sub-assemblies of fuselage for fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft
10. Avionics and Electronics
11. Chemicals
12. PPE and clothing
13. Contract R&D, know-how and Patents
14. Test Kits

Brahmos also IG will be included.

 

[Dark Sorrow]

Brahmos also IG will be included.

Brahmos order is yet to be completed and India is yet to receive payment.
Hence I didn't include it in the list.

 

[SKC]

Brahmos order is yet to be completed and India is yet to receive payment.
Hence I didn't include it in the list.

What is the timeline for completing the order?

 

[ladder]

NDRF

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Sab ko 'camo' chahiye......next forest and customs.....excise?

 

[asaffronladoftherisingsun]

 

[Blademaster]

Wow. It's a shot across the bow against GE and signal that IAF will be interested in buying Tejas Mk2 in at least 500 units. I say 500 units because lifespan of a single engine combat plane requires 2.5 engines per unit.

 

[Vamsi]

Wow. It's a shot across the bow against GE and signal that IAF will be interested in buying Tejas Mk2 in at least 500 units. I say 500 units because lifespan of a single engine combat plane requires 2.5 engines per unit.

those 1000 engines will be for both AMCA & Tejas-Mk2

 

[Blademaster]

AMCA has not even come off the drawing stage yet and GoI has not made any commitment to buy any AMCA planes beyond the technology demonstrator stage. And GoI is committed to buying 1000 Safran engines. That gives you a clue as to which platform the engines will be used for.

 

[abingdonboy]

 

[johnj]

those 1000 engines will be for both AMCA & Tejas-Mk2

add teddy also.

 

[abingdonboy]

Wow. It's a shot across the bow against GE and signal that IAF will be interested in buying Tejas Mk2 in at least 500 units. I say 500 units because lifespan of a single engine combat plane requires 2.5 engines per unit.

Eh, how often do these things come to fruition? Weren’t they meant to ink a JV/SPV agreement for 110-125KN engines in June?

certainly seems to be things going on in the background especially if GE are meant to be in the fray again (unilaterally)