DRDO, PSU and Private Defence Sector News

[arnabmit]

This thread used to be a source of news and analysis. Now it's 75% juvenile rants, rhetoric, & hyperbole, along with a few black-pilled trolls pretending to be know-it-all experts.

 

[Aniruddha Mulay]

This thread used to be a source of news and analysis. Now it's 75% juvenile rants, rhetoric, & hyperbole, along with a few black-pilled trolls pretending to be know-it-all experts.

Thats true, the forum has deteriorated beyond recognition

 

[iNorthernerOn9]

It's raining contracts for BEL...




...while L&T is still waiting for repeat orders for K9 Vajra-T & Bharat Forge for ATAGS.

 

[Aniruddha Mulay]

 

[thebakofbakchod]

Another contract for BEL, this time a smaller one from the Navy.

Bharat Electronics Limited (#BEL) receives orders worth ₹1,300 crores from #IndianNavy During the last fortnight contracts for supply of indigenously developed fire control, gun fire control, surveillance, tracking, etc have been inked with Navy.

BEL wins orders worth Rs 4,300-crore from Army & Navy | India News - Times of India

India News: Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) said on Friday that is has signed a contract worth Rs 3,000 crore for supply of integrated electronic war

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

 

[Aniruddha Mulay]

Another contract for BEL, this time a smaller one from the Navy.

BEL wins orders worth Rs 4,300-crore from Army & Navy | India News - Times of India

India News: Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) said on Friday that is has signed a contract worth Rs 3,000 crore for supply of integrated electronic war

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

So Rs.8050 crore worth of contracts awarded to BEL in the last 2 days.
1) Arudhra MPR (IAF) -> 2800 crore
2) 129 DR-118 RWR (IAF) -> 950 crore
3) Himshakti EW (IA) -> 3000 crore
4) FCR (IN) -> 1300 crore.

 

[Photon]

Correction on my earlier post, its likely that the number of MPR acquired under this contract is greater than 8.

Arudhra or Anuradha?

 

[samsaptaka]

Nowhere in the world actual guns are used for benchmarking of cartridges coz then you would be having way too many factors...short stroke guns will perform differently than delayed blowback one, same AR-15 from two manufacturers will perform differently. So ultimately it becomes more of a gun's benchmark test rather than a cartridge.

So what all ammunition manufacturers and R&D personnel use all over the world is what's know as a "Mann gun or mann set-up". You've four parts, a target for terminal ballistics. A chronograph for velocity. A pressure probe for offcourse pressure. And perhaps the most interesting; an "universal receiver gun"...
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...a single gun that can fire everything from .17 to 14.5mm.

You either (1) use this method to test ammunition or you (2) fire the ammunition form the gun you produced to check for the gun's benchmarks.

Never do you just wake up one morning and randomly select M16A4s from 50s of available rifles all over the world to use it as benchmark. It seems some local distributor has made a good fool out of them by selling surplus US M16s at 2.1lakh.

Good stuff, didn't knew about it !

In that case, I have no idea why OFB would want M16A4s

you are expecting ofb govt Babu's to know so much ? tch tch tch

 

[samsaptaka]

Can anyone explain why this clusterfk of DAC and CCS , two levels of babudom (maybe more) are reqd ? Why not just one window where all requests are cleared or rejected ? It's like passing files frome one desk to other in a sarkari babu office

 

[Blademaster]

First of all, if not ATAGS, then what?

no you misunderstood me. I want ATAGS so pls make me happy by proving that it’s really for ATAGS so I have my happy moment.

 

[Shuturmurg]

If this happens additional 20-30 billion USD a year for procurement :

 

[Haldilal]

If this happens additional 20-30 billion USD a year for procurement :

Ya'll Nibbiars That's the Kargil Comitte recommendation, Atal Bihari Vajpee government was on that path unil the MS happened, and only in 2009 the budget was increased to that level, but after that a decline in the percentage. Current PM need to sheed the Vishwaguru mode.

 

[ezsasa]

Can anyone explain why this clusterfk of DAC and CCS , two levels of babudom (maybe more) are reqd ? Why not just one window where all requests are cleared or rejected ? It's like passing files frome one desk to other in a sarkari babu office

in your office, who signs the big cheques to pay for a project. department HoD or finance department/head?

 

[NoobWannaLearn]

 

[NutCracker]

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Looks like Akash from the tail section. If not Akash, can someone id the missile correctly.
Another report says three missiles were (mis)fired. Another operator gaffe or ?

Rajasthan: 3 missiles misfire in Pokhran during army exercise; probe ordered

A case of missile misfire was reported when an Army unit was carrying out field firing practice at Pokharan ranges in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. According to Indian Army officials, the missile detonated in flight but the debris fell into the adjoining fields. Army said there was no loss of life or...

economictimes.indiatimes.com

Its BUK missile . all 3 missiles of one launcher malfunctioned. visit indian-army-news-and-discussion

 

[Aditya Ballal]

Multi Mode Hand Grenade of DRDO-EEL in use by IA in an exercise.

 

[Aniruddha Mulay]

If this happens additional 20-30 billion USD a year for procurement :

I mean the Capital Outlay that has already been allocated is not being utilized fully, unlikely this will happen.

 

[SilentlAssassin265]

Import air force wants all mrfa jets by 2030

Need LCA+MRFA on time to have 30 squadrons in 2030: IAF – Indian Defence Research Wing

idrw.org

 

[Aditya Ballal]

“Gas Turbine Engine Maintenance Repair and Overhaul of OSA AK M & Tunguska weapon system from Pinaka Aerospace”. - @Karthi

 

[SwordOfDarkness]

Why r they replacing IFV with an APC? especially when tracks r better suited fr the rough terrain and provide support to tanks. WHAP should replace the trucks carrying soldiers to the frontline not BMP2s.

Its a misconception that tracks are needed for higher mobility to support tanks.

Correct statement is, In most cases, tracks are better.

However, one scenario where wheeled>>>tracked is on roads. And in mountains, both tracks and wheels will do fine in dry/cold/snowy areas of Ladakh, but wheels will be much superior on the rodas. And in mountains, transport is very often limited to roads only.

Tracks will have significant advantage in areas like punjab/rajasthan, so there wont be large scale WHAP deployment there.