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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...rst-Laser-Guided-Bomb/articleshow/6780935.cms
DEHRADUN: India has developed its first Laser Guided Bomb (LGB), a weapon that can hit a target with greater accuracy, with technological support from city-based Instrument Research and Development Establishment (IRDE).
The development of technology for producing Laser Guided Bomb is part of ongoing research towards achieving self-dependency in the defence area being done in IRDE, a lab of DRDO, Scientist and Public Relation Officer of IRDE told PTI.
The LGB uses a laser designator to mark or illuminate a target. The reflected laser light from the target is then detected by the seeker which sends signals to the weapon's control surfaces to guide it towards the designated point, he said.
Bangalore-based Aeronautics Development Establishment (ADE) has developed the guidance-kit for 1000-pound LGBs and these are designed to improve the accuracy of air-to-ground bombing by IAF.
The guidance kit of LGB consists of a computer control group (CCG), guidance canards attached to the front of the warhead for providing steering commands and a wing assembly attached to the aft end to provide lift.
India had already carried out two successful flight trials of LGB for the IAF to test the effectiveness of the guidance and control systems at Chandipur integrated test range in Orissa early this year.
LGBs are manoeuvrable, free-fall weapons requiring no electronic interconnect to the aircraft and attack the target with higher accuracy and reliability.
The LGBs were first developed by USA in 1960s. Later, Russia, France and Britain also developed them.
DEHRADUN: India has developed its first Laser Guided Bomb (LGB), a weapon that can hit a target with greater accuracy, with technological support from city-based Instrument Research and Development Establishment (IRDE).
The development of technology for producing Laser Guided Bomb is part of ongoing research towards achieving self-dependency in the defence area being done in IRDE, a lab of DRDO, Scientist and Public Relation Officer of IRDE told PTI.
The LGB uses a laser designator to mark or illuminate a target. The reflected laser light from the target is then detected by the seeker which sends signals to the weapon's control surfaces to guide it towards the designated point, he said.
Bangalore-based Aeronautics Development Establishment (ADE) has developed the guidance-kit for 1000-pound LGBs and these are designed to improve the accuracy of air-to-ground bombing by IAF.
The guidance kit of LGB consists of a computer control group (CCG), guidance canards attached to the front of the warhead for providing steering commands and a wing assembly attached to the aft end to provide lift.
India had already carried out two successful flight trials of LGB for the IAF to test the effectiveness of the guidance and control systems at Chandipur integrated test range in Orissa early this year.
LGBs are manoeuvrable, free-fall weapons requiring no electronic interconnect to the aircraft and attack the target with higher accuracy and reliability.
The LGBs were first developed by USA in 1960s. Later, Russia, France and Britain also developed them.
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Eurocopter sets up India subsidiary
Eurocopter announced its wholly owned India subsidiary, Eurocopter India Private Limited on Wednesday, saying it intends to develop a countrywide MRO network. The Indian unit is Eurocopter's 25th subsidiary and will be headquartered in New Delhi with an office in Mumbai and an engineering office in Bangalore which be expanded and run in collaboration with Airbus.
A company statement said a country-wide MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) network will be developed by the subsidiary, building on Eurocopter’s existing local assets and partnerships within India. "This includes its agreements with Pawan Hans Helicopter Ltd. â€" the world’s largest civil operator of AS365 Dauphins â€" for an in-country MRO operation to service this twin-engine helicopter type, along with the installation of an AS365 full-flight simulator for flight crew training," said the statement.
It quoted Eurocopter India CEO Marie-Agnes Veve as saying, "Eurocopter is the world’s first major helicopter manufacturer to establish a subsidiary in India, which underscores our objective of being a key player in this very important marketplace.
"
Eurocopter has 23 existing civil and government customers in India ranging from 'support
of offshore oil and gas drilling to VIP, corporate and passenger transportation'. There are 66 existing Eurocopter aircraft in operation in India and the company is aiming at a 50 per cent market-share by 2015, up from the existing 30 per cent, something which Veve admits is challenging, considering that Textron's Bell has 50 per cent of the market share right now.
For this, they hope to sell 20 to 25 aircraft per year, aiming at 75 per cent of the sales to civilian customers, besides government purchases.
Eurocopter India plans to offer services like maintenance and support by offering responsive, cost-effective solutions for spares management, technical documentation, warranty claims and training for current and future operators’ needs and is also looking at expanding its
industrial cooperation with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), which has produced 600 of the company’s Lama (Cheetah) and Alouette III (Chetak) helicopters under license. HAL manufactures around 100 shipsets of airframe components per year for the AS550/AS350 helicopters and is part of the Eurocopter global supply chain, according to the statement.
Joseph Saporito, Eurocopter’s Executive Vice President – Commercial Helicopters, said in the statement, "The Indian helicopter sector has been growing at an annual rate of 20 percent, and our ambition is to become this country’s no. 1 supplier for the civilian, government and para-public markets â€" which is the case for Eurocopter in the rest of the world. The Eurocopter India subsidiary is part of our company’s continuing investment in staff, resources and services to achieve this objective."
In his interaction with the press, Saporita said Eurocopter has a three-year backlog of orders and has seen a 40 per cent increase in its workforce over the last five years.
Eurocopter announced its wholly owned India subsidiary, Eurocopter India Private Limited on Wednesday, saying it intends to develop a countrywide MRO network. The Indian unit is Eurocopter's 25th subsidiary and will be headquartered in New Delhi with an office in Mumbai and an engineering office in Bangalore which be expanded and run in collaboration with Airbus.
A company statement said a country-wide MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) network will be developed by the subsidiary, building on Eurocopter’s existing local assets and partnerships within India. "This includes its agreements with Pawan Hans Helicopter Ltd. â€" the world’s largest civil operator of AS365 Dauphins â€" for an in-country MRO operation to service this twin-engine helicopter type, along with the installation of an AS365 full-flight simulator for flight crew training," said the statement.
It quoted Eurocopter India CEO Marie-Agnes Veve as saying, "Eurocopter is the world’s first major helicopter manufacturer to establish a subsidiary in India, which underscores our objective of being a key player in this very important marketplace.
"
Eurocopter has 23 existing civil and government customers in India ranging from 'support
of offshore oil and gas drilling to VIP, corporate and passenger transportation'. There are 66 existing Eurocopter aircraft in operation in India and the company is aiming at a 50 per cent market-share by 2015, up from the existing 30 per cent, something which Veve admits is challenging, considering that Textron's Bell has 50 per cent of the market share right now.
For this, they hope to sell 20 to 25 aircraft per year, aiming at 75 per cent of the sales to civilian customers, besides government purchases.
Eurocopter India plans to offer services like maintenance and support by offering responsive, cost-effective solutions for spares management, technical documentation, warranty claims and training for current and future operators’ needs and is also looking at expanding its
industrial cooperation with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), which has produced 600 of the company’s Lama (Cheetah) and Alouette III (Chetak) helicopters under license. HAL manufactures around 100 shipsets of airframe components per year for the AS550/AS350 helicopters and is part of the Eurocopter global supply chain, according to the statement.
Joseph Saporito, Eurocopter’s Executive Vice President – Commercial Helicopters, said in the statement, "The Indian helicopter sector has been growing at an annual rate of 20 percent, and our ambition is to become this country’s no. 1 supplier for the civilian, government and para-public markets â€" which is the case for Eurocopter in the rest of the world. The Eurocopter India subsidiary is part of our company’s continuing investment in staff, resources and services to achieve this objective."
In his interaction with the press, Saporita said Eurocopter has a three-year backlog of orders and has seen a 40 per cent increase in its workforce over the last five years.
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No pressure to match China's military might: DRDO chief
There is no pressure on Defence Research and Development Organisation to match China's military might, its Director General V K Saraswat said here tonight. "There is no pressure. Neither in the past nor right now, there has been nothing of that kind. There is no pressure to have parity and rather
the pressure is to excel in our own technologies," Saraswat, who is also Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, told a news conference. Saraswat, who was responding to a question, said India has never been in any "number game" with anyone.Addressing the conference at Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory here, the top scientist said that
DRDO was developing technologies which would give the country a technological-edge.
"We need to have technologies that will improve our capability in terms of precision, load on target, mobility, in terms of taking on surprise attack, improve our surveillance capability...," he said.
He said that DRDO had identified three major activities for 2010-11 which pertained to cyber space, space security and low intensity conflict.He said 2010-11 had been declared as the year of collaboration with academicia, industry and the countries willing to partner and collaborate with DRDO.
He spelt out how small innovative technologies can be of great help to the forces fighting terrorism and naxalism.
"Our laboratory at Pune is developing a technology in which a vehicle will be fitted with sensors to detect an area laid with mines. We should be able to perfect it within next 18 months," he said.
On cyber security, he said though defence of the country had its independent network and was not vulnerable like the nation's banking system or rail reservation system would be, they were working to build technologies and hardware which will secure these vulnerable networks from any attack.
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=13654
There is no pressure on Defence Research and Development Organisation to match China's military might, its Director General V K Saraswat said here tonight. "There is no pressure. Neither in the past nor right now, there has been nothing of that kind. There is no pressure to have parity and rather
the pressure is to excel in our own technologies," Saraswat, who is also Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, told a news conference. Saraswat, who was responding to a question, said India has never been in any "number game" with anyone.Addressing the conference at Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory here, the top scientist said that
DRDO was developing technologies which would give the country a technological-edge.
"We need to have technologies that will improve our capability in terms of precision, load on target, mobility, in terms of taking on surprise attack, improve our surveillance capability...," he said.
He said that DRDO had identified three major activities for 2010-11 which pertained to cyber space, space security and low intensity conflict.He said 2010-11 had been declared as the year of collaboration with academicia, industry and the countries willing to partner and collaborate with DRDO.
He spelt out how small innovative technologies can be of great help to the forces fighting terrorism and naxalism.
"Our laboratory at Pune is developing a technology in which a vehicle will be fitted with sensors to detect an area laid with mines. We should be able to perfect it within next 18 months," he said.
On cyber security, he said though defence of the country had its independent network and was not vulnerable like the nation's banking system or rail reservation system would be, they were working to build technologies and hardware which will secure these vulnerable networks from any attack.
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DRDO to roll out own fifth-generation fighter
While the indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas, is expected to receive operational clearance in the next two months and its induction into the IAF is scheduled for next year, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has embarked upon a project to develop its own fifth-generation fighter aircraft.The proposed DRDO aircraft would be in the medium-weight (20-tonne) category and different from the joint Indo-Russian fifth-generation fighter that is on the cards, which is in the heavier 30-tonne category like the Su-30.
"The seed project for the new aircraft has started and is expected to be complete in about 18 months," P.S. Subramanyam, Director, Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), and head of the Tejas project, told The Tribune here today. The seed project would define the technical and operational requirements and lay out the broad concepts for developing the aircraft.
"Our proposed fighter would be a twin-engined aircraft in the category of the MiG-29," Subramanyam said.
On the status of the Tejas project, Subramanyam said the aircraft trials for launching R-73 short-range anti-aircraft missiles and 1000 lbs bombs have been successful. "The 10 prototypes and pre-production variants have undertaken 1,450 sorties, which include about 200 with weapons," he said.
The IAF has projected a total requirement for about 120 Tejas and 16 two-seater trainer variants for equipping seven squadrons, while the Navy wants 57 aircraft of this typeThe ADA is also looking at integrating the Israeli Python air-to-air missile with the Tejas to meet the IAF requirements, while the Navy wants it to examine the possibility of the Israeli Derby missiles that it already uses on the Sea Harrier. The Tejas' avionics system, Subramanyam said, was open-ended so that weapon systems could be changed over seamlessly.
Of the 200-odd Tejas to be produced, each of which would cost Rs 200 crore, about 100 would be powered by the American General Electric 414 engine. Subramanyam said that a new project had been taken up for the development of the Kaveri engine in collaboration with French firm SNECMA that would meet the revised weight and flight parameters of the Tejas.
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=13653
While the indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas, is expected to receive operational clearance in the next two months and its induction into the IAF is scheduled for next year, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has embarked upon a project to develop its own fifth-generation fighter aircraft.The proposed DRDO aircraft would be in the medium-weight (20-tonne) category and different from the joint Indo-Russian fifth-generation fighter that is on the cards, which is in the heavier 30-tonne category like the Su-30.
"The seed project for the new aircraft has started and is expected to be complete in about 18 months," P.S. Subramanyam, Director, Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), and head of the Tejas project, told The Tribune here today. The seed project would define the technical and operational requirements and lay out the broad concepts for developing the aircraft.
"Our proposed fighter would be a twin-engined aircraft in the category of the MiG-29," Subramanyam said.
On the status of the Tejas project, Subramanyam said the aircraft trials for launching R-73 short-range anti-aircraft missiles and 1000 lbs bombs have been successful. "The 10 prototypes and pre-production variants have undertaken 1,450 sorties, which include about 200 with weapons," he said.
The IAF has projected a total requirement for about 120 Tejas and 16 two-seater trainer variants for equipping seven squadrons, while the Navy wants 57 aircraft of this typeThe ADA is also looking at integrating the Israeli Python air-to-air missile with the Tejas to meet the IAF requirements, while the Navy wants it to examine the possibility of the Israeli Derby missiles that it already uses on the Sea Harrier. The Tejas' avionics system, Subramanyam said, was open-ended so that weapon systems could be changed over seamlessly.
Of the 200-odd Tejas to be produced, each of which would cost Rs 200 crore, about 100 would be powered by the American General Electric 414 engine. Subramanyam said that a new project had been taken up for the development of the Kaveri engine in collaboration with French firm SNECMA that would meet the revised weight and flight parameters of the Tejas.
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DRDO Developing Two Variants of Military Aerostats for Armed Forces
Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is developing two variants of military aerostats for the Indian Armed Forces. This was revealed by Dr. Prahlada, Chief Controller of Research and Development, DRDO according to news paper reports.
* First type of the aerostat will carry military payloads up to an altitude of 1,000 meters and the second type up to a height of 5,000 meters.
* Already a 1,000-metre aerostat was afloat and its functions were demonstrated to both the Army and Air Force.
* Aerostats would be used for surveillance, jamming of electronic systems, intelligence data gathering and for communication relay.
http://www.india-defence.com/reports-4696
Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is developing two variants of military aerostats for the Indian Armed Forces. This was revealed by Dr. Prahlada, Chief Controller of Research and Development, DRDO according to news paper reports.
* First type of the aerostat will carry military payloads up to an altitude of 1,000 meters and the second type up to a height of 5,000 meters.
* Already a 1,000-metre aerostat was afloat and its functions were demonstrated to both the Army and Air Force.
* Aerostats would be used for surveillance, jamming of electronic systems, intelligence data gathering and for communication relay.
http://www.india-defence.com/reports-4696
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DRDO Develops Integrated Life Support Systems for Fighter Jet Pilots
2010-11-03 Indian defence scientists have developed an integrated life support system (ILSS) for fighter aircraft pilots, joining a select band of advanced nations having this technology. "An ILSS for fighter aircraft is a state-of-the-art technology that enables a fighter pilot to venture to the limits of the aircraft capability in terms of flight altitudes and G-forces," DRDO said in a statement here today.
"This technology had till now been the hallmark of the few highly advanced countries," it said. "Now Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory (DEBEL) Bangalore, under DRDO, has taken a lead in this technology that, to start with, will go into Tejas aircraft.
"The engineering model of ILSS prototype has been rolled out from DEBEL by Dr W Selvamurthy of DRDO. The ILSS has been handed over to Dr P S Subramanyam, Tejas Programme Director, Aeronautical Development Agency, for fitment and further trials. The ILSS, can later be customised to the needs of other Indian aircraft capable of long duration flights such as MiG-29, SU-30 and Mirage-2000, DRDO said.
ILSS essentially performs the tasks of protecting the pilots against the extremes of altitudes, severe G forces imposed during aerial combats and also provide breathing 100 per cent oxygen in the case of ejection from aircraft. The On-board Oxygen Generation System (OBOGS) keeps the oxygen status of pilots always to the sea level condition despite being at high altitudes.
It enables the aircraft to undertake long endurance task, free from the burdens of recharging oxygen. The Demand Oxygen Regulator ensures that oxygen is delivered as per requirement at various altitudes and also during anti-G straining manoeuvres (AGSM) that the pilot undertakes during combat operations.
An anti-G valve renders adequate G-suit inflation pressure to prevent G-induced loss of consciousness. There is a unique electronic control unit that ensures proper OBOGS functioning with changing altitudes, monitoring the ILSS and also activates the back-up system in the case of any failure. It is a unique technology that takes care of both single and dual pilot operations, the statement said.
2010-11-03 Indian defence scientists have developed an integrated life support system (ILSS) for fighter aircraft pilots, joining a select band of advanced nations having this technology. "An ILSS for fighter aircraft is a state-of-the-art technology that enables a fighter pilot to venture to the limits of the aircraft capability in terms of flight altitudes and G-forces," DRDO said in a statement here today.
"This technology had till now been the hallmark of the few highly advanced countries," it said. "Now Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory (DEBEL) Bangalore, under DRDO, has taken a lead in this technology that, to start with, will go into Tejas aircraft.
"The engineering model of ILSS prototype has been rolled out from DEBEL by Dr W Selvamurthy of DRDO. The ILSS has been handed over to Dr P S Subramanyam, Tejas Programme Director, Aeronautical Development Agency, for fitment and further trials. The ILSS, can later be customised to the needs of other Indian aircraft capable of long duration flights such as MiG-29, SU-30 and Mirage-2000, DRDO said.
ILSS essentially performs the tasks of protecting the pilots against the extremes of altitudes, severe G forces imposed during aerial combats and also provide breathing 100 per cent oxygen in the case of ejection from aircraft. The On-board Oxygen Generation System (OBOGS) keeps the oxygen status of pilots always to the sea level condition despite being at high altitudes.
It enables the aircraft to undertake long endurance task, free from the burdens of recharging oxygen. The Demand Oxygen Regulator ensures that oxygen is delivered as per requirement at various altitudes and also during anti-G straining manoeuvres (AGSM) that the pilot undertakes during combat operations.
An anti-G valve renders adequate G-suit inflation pressure to prevent G-induced loss of consciousness. There is a unique electronic control unit that ensures proper OBOGS functioning with changing altitudes, monitoring the ILSS and also activates the back-up system in the case of any failure. It is a unique technology that takes care of both single and dual pilot operations, the statement said.
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1,500-horsepower FMBT to replace T-72 tanks beyond 2020
T.S. Subramanian
First prototype of indigenous engine to be ready in four to five years
CHENNAI: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is working on India's future main battle tank (FMBT) with a 1,500-horsepower (HP) indigenous engine. This tank will replace beyond 2020 the imported T-72 tanks, renamed Ajeya, with the Army. Various specifications for the FMBT have been finalised.
"For engine development, we have formed a national team comprising members from the academia, the user, industry and the DRDO. We have also gone in for an international consultant," said S. Sundaresh, Chief Controller (Armaments and Combat Engineering), DRDO. The first prototype of the indigenous engine would be ready in four to five years.
The DRDO is launching a project to develop the transmission for the tank; the indigenous engine and transmission will together be called Bharat Power Pack and it will meet the FMBT's mobility requirements.
"We are confident that we will be ready with the FMBT prototype in five to seven years," Mr. Sundaresh said. "We are trying to involve all the stakeholders — the user [the Army], quality control personnel and the production agency — in this project and the industry will be our partner. We will go for a modular design so that we can always upgrade the tank when new technology comes in."
The FMBT will weigh only 50 tonnes compared to Arjun-Mark II's 62 tonnes. The DRDO is simultaneously working on Arjun-Mark II. The volume occupied by the electronics package in the FMBT will be less. The FMBT's engine will be two-thirds the size of Arjun-Mark I's, but will generate 1,500 HP compared to Arjun-Mark I's 1,400 HP.
Improved technologies
Improvements in material, fuel injection and filtration technologies will contribute to the reduction in the engine size without compromising on power.
"The immediate task for the CVRDE [Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment] is to develop the Arjun-Mk II tank and demonstrate it to the user and go for the production of 124 numbers in the HVF (Heavy Vehicles Factory]," Mr. Sundaresh said. The CVRDE and the HVF are situated in Avadi, near Chennai.
The Arjun-Mk II tank will have a number of upgrades compared with Arjun-Mk I. Missiles can be fired from the former to destroy long-range targets and bring down attack helicopters. The tank's commander will have a panoramic sight with night vision. "With this upgrade, the commander can carry out his hunting job at night with his thermal sight and engage targets more effectively," Mr. Sundaresh explained.
Another upgrade will see the introduction of an explosive reactive armour panel which will comprise explosives in metallic brick form. These bricks will be mounted not only on the front slope of Arjun-Mk-II tank, but all round it as well. When the enemy ammunition hits these bricks, they will explode and retard the energy of the projectile, which then cannot penetrate the tank's armour.
"The penalty for using these bricks is that they will add 1.5 tonnes to the tank's weight. But we can prevent top attack and side attack. We can add to the tank's protection from missiles and rocket-propelled grenades," the DRDO Chief Controller said.
Automatic target tracking
The fourth upgrade is that Arjun Mk-II will have an automatic target tracking system which will add to the accuracy when firing on a moving target.
P. Sivakumar, CVRDE Director, said Arjun-Mk-II would have a total of 93 upgrades, including the advanced air defence gun system for firing at attack helicopters. The Army had placed an indent for production of 124 Arjun-Mk II tanks.
In phase I, 45 tanks will roll out with 56 upgrades, including the missile firing capability and the commander's panoramic sight with night vision.
In phase II, the remaining 79 tanks, with all the 93 improvements, will come off the assembly line. "By 2013-14, the first batch of around 30 tanks will go out," Dr. Sivakumar said.
According to Mr. Sundaresh, these 124 Arjun-Mk II tanks would cost Rs.5,000 crores.
1,500-horsepower FMBT to replace T-72 tanks beyond 2020
T.S. Subramanian
First prototype of indigenous engine to be ready in four to five years
CHENNAI: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is working on India's future main battle tank (FMBT) with a 1,500-horsepower (HP) indigenous engine. This tank will replace beyond 2020 the imported T-72 tanks, renamed Ajeya, with the Army. Various specifications for the FMBT have been finalised.
"For engine development, we have formed a national team comprising members from the academia, the user, industry and the DRDO. We have also gone in for an international consultant," said S. Sundaresh, Chief Controller (Armaments and Combat Engineering), DRDO. The first prototype of the indigenous engine would be ready in four to five years.
The DRDO is launching a project to develop the transmission for the tank; the indigenous engine and transmission will together be called Bharat Power Pack and it will meet the FMBT's mobility requirements.
"We are confident that we will be ready with the FMBT prototype in five to seven years," Mr. Sundaresh said. "We are trying to involve all the stakeholders — the user [the Army], quality control personnel and the production agency — in this project and the industry will be our partner. We will go for a modular design so that we can always upgrade the tank when new technology comes in."
The FMBT will weigh only 50 tonnes compared to Arjun-Mark II's 62 tonnes. The DRDO is simultaneously working on Arjun-Mark II. The volume occupied by the electronics package in the FMBT will be less. The FMBT's engine will be two-thirds the size of Arjun-Mark I's, but will generate 1,500 HP compared to Arjun-Mark I's 1,400 HP.
Improved technologies
Improvements in material, fuel injection and filtration technologies will contribute to the reduction in the engine size without compromising on power.
"The immediate task for the CVRDE [Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment] is to develop the Arjun-Mk II tank and demonstrate it to the user and go for the production of 124 numbers in the HVF (Heavy Vehicles Factory]," Mr. Sundaresh said. The CVRDE and the HVF are situated in Avadi, near Chennai.
The Arjun-Mk II tank will have a number of upgrades compared with Arjun-Mk I. Missiles can be fired from the former to destroy long-range targets and bring down attack helicopters. The tank's commander will have a panoramic sight with night vision. "With this upgrade, the commander can carry out his hunting job at night with his thermal sight and engage targets more effectively," Mr. Sundaresh explained.
Another upgrade will see the introduction of an explosive reactive armour panel which will comprise explosives in metallic brick form. These bricks will be mounted not only on the front slope of Arjun-Mk-II tank, but all round it as well. When the enemy ammunition hits these bricks, they will explode and retard the energy of the projectile, which then cannot penetrate the tank's armour.
"The penalty for using these bricks is that they will add 1.5 tonnes to the tank's weight. But we can prevent top attack and side attack. We can add to the tank's protection from missiles and rocket-propelled grenades," the DRDO Chief Controller said.
Automatic target tracking
The fourth upgrade is that Arjun Mk-II will have an automatic target tracking system which will add to the accuracy when firing on a moving target.
P. Sivakumar, CVRDE Director, said Arjun-Mk-II would have a total of 93 upgrades, including the advanced air defence gun system for firing at attack helicopters. The Army had placed an indent for production of 124 Arjun-Mk II tanks.
In phase I, 45 tanks will roll out with 56 upgrades, including the missile firing capability and the commander's panoramic sight with night vision.
In phase II, the remaining 79 tanks, with all the 93 improvements, will come off the assembly line. "By 2013-14, the first batch of around 30 tanks will go out," Dr. Sivakumar said.
According to Mr. Sundaresh, these 124 Arjun-Mk II tanks would cost Rs.5,000 crores.
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India's first advanced radar system to roll out end-2011
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal...ar-system-to-roll-out-end-2011_100456838.html
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) India's first indigenously-developed Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) system is ready and is being sent to Brazil shortly to be integrated with an Embraer 145 jet.
The development is a major milestone in India's quest for self-reliance in advanced radars and, based on the success of this system, both the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Indian Navy (IN) could acquire a number of them over the coming years. For the present though, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is developing three of them for the IAF, and has accordingly ordered three Embraer 145 long-range jets.
DRDO's Chief Controller (SI) Prahlada, one of India's most distinghished military technology scientists, told India Strategic defence magazine (www.indiastrategic.in) that the first Embraer is due to roll out in Jan 2011, and the Indian AEW&C radar will be integrated on it by 2011-end.
It should take a couple of years to fully certify the system.
Notably, the IAF and the IN need varying levels of radar capabilities, from short- to long-range and wide area coverage. The IAF has already taken possession of two Israeli Phalcon AWACs fixed on Russian IL 76 aircraft and the third is due early next year. Two more have been ordered. The IAF is also looking at the Boeing 737-700 AEW&C equipped with Northrop Grumman's Multi-Role Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) radar, the type already sold to Australia.
The Indian Navy is ordering 12 Boeing P8-I Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMAs) but it will also need some indigenous capability to complement this capability. It is also considering Northrop Grumman's carrier-borne Hawkeye 2D, an advanced version Hawkeye 2C now being used by the US Navy.
The AWACS and AEW&C systems are advanced radars, absolutely essential in contemporary defence requirements for long-range and precision engagement to neutralize hostile targets.
Both the Indian Navy and the IAF should require at least 20 each of them, although on different platforms and different capabilities.
According to Prahlada, the Indian AEW&C is an Active Phased Array Radar, derived from indigenous effort to "look some few hundred km" 360 degrees by rapidly scanning the area around it for airborne and ground threats.
The system is to be equipped with Identification Friend and Foe (IFF), Missile Atack Warning, Electronic Support Measures (ESM), Communication Support Measures (CSM) and secure satellite and wireless datalinks with Air Force Net (AFNET) and IAF and Navy fighters as well as the AWACS platforms.
The Embraer aircraft will be modified for mid-air refueling to extend their 3,000 km-plus range. Its sophisticated mission computers, already installed on aircraft like the IAF's Sukhoi SU-30MKIs, are indigenous.
DRDO's Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS) has designed the indigenous radar, partly perhaps learning from Israel's Greenpine radar, one or two of which were sold to India some years ago without software.
Many European countries are keen for collaboration with DRDO, and with the US also now lifting sanctions on DRDO during the Obama visit, the development of the indigenous AEW&C is likely to pick up in terms of both capability and speed.
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal...ar-system-to-roll-out-end-2011_100456838.html
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) India's first indigenously-developed Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) system is ready and is being sent to Brazil shortly to be integrated with an Embraer 145 jet.
The development is a major milestone in India's quest for self-reliance in advanced radars and, based on the success of this system, both the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Indian Navy (IN) could acquire a number of them over the coming years. For the present though, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is developing three of them for the IAF, and has accordingly ordered three Embraer 145 long-range jets.
DRDO's Chief Controller (SI) Prahlada, one of India's most distinghished military technology scientists, told India Strategic defence magazine (www.indiastrategic.in) that the first Embraer is due to roll out in Jan 2011, and the Indian AEW&C radar will be integrated on it by 2011-end.
It should take a couple of years to fully certify the system.
Notably, the IAF and the IN need varying levels of radar capabilities, from short- to long-range and wide area coverage. The IAF has already taken possession of two Israeli Phalcon AWACs fixed on Russian IL 76 aircraft and the third is due early next year. Two more have been ordered. The IAF is also looking at the Boeing 737-700 AEW&C equipped with Northrop Grumman's Multi-Role Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) radar, the type already sold to Australia.
The Indian Navy is ordering 12 Boeing P8-I Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMAs) but it will also need some indigenous capability to complement this capability. It is also considering Northrop Grumman's carrier-borne Hawkeye 2D, an advanced version Hawkeye 2C now being used by the US Navy.
The AWACS and AEW&C systems are advanced radars, absolutely essential in contemporary defence requirements for long-range and precision engagement to neutralize hostile targets.
Both the Indian Navy and the IAF should require at least 20 each of them, although on different platforms and different capabilities.
According to Prahlada, the Indian AEW&C is an Active Phased Array Radar, derived from indigenous effort to "look some few hundred km" 360 degrees by rapidly scanning the area around it for airborne and ground threats.
The system is to be equipped with Identification Friend and Foe (IFF), Missile Atack Warning, Electronic Support Measures (ESM), Communication Support Measures (CSM) and secure satellite and wireless datalinks with Air Force Net (AFNET) and IAF and Navy fighters as well as the AWACS platforms.
The Embraer aircraft will be modified for mid-air refueling to extend their 3,000 km-plus range. Its sophisticated mission computers, already installed on aircraft like the IAF's Sukhoi SU-30MKIs, are indigenous.
DRDO's Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS) has designed the indigenous radar, partly perhaps learning from Israel's Greenpine radar, one or two of which were sold to India some years ago without software.
Many European countries are keen for collaboration with DRDO, and with the US also now lifting sanctions on DRDO during the Obama visit, the development of the indigenous AEW&C is likely to pick up in terms of both capability and speed.
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DRDO to build satellites.
Dr Prahlada, a DRDO Chief Controller, explained the rationale to Business Standard just days before Obama's arrival, "The DRDO will soon set up its own exclusive organisation for military satellites. We do not want to involve ISRO in the military satellite business. Their collaborations might be questioned; they may not get permits; their satellite programme might suffer. So we will set up our own laboratories."
According to Dr Saraswat, the DRDO's satellites will be very different from ISRO's communications, navigation, cartographic and meteorological satellites. The DRDO's disposable mini-satellites, which would be built for surveillance, intelligence and electronic warfare, could be quickly launched into a low-earth orbit over a theatre of battle only for the duration of the conflict. Since these would not need expensive and time-consuming launches into geo-synchronous orbit, they could be written off after fulfilling their purpose.
Source : Ajai Shukla
Dr Prahlada, a DRDO Chief Controller, explained the rationale to Business Standard just days before Obama's arrival, "The DRDO will soon set up its own exclusive organisation for military satellites. We do not want to involve ISRO in the military satellite business. Their collaborations might be questioned; they may not get permits; their satellite programme might suffer. So we will set up our own laboratories."
According to Dr Saraswat, the DRDO's satellites will be very different from ISRO's communications, navigation, cartographic and meteorological satellites. The DRDO's disposable mini-satellites, which would be built for surveillance, intelligence and electronic warfare, could be quickly launched into a low-earth orbit over a theatre of battle only for the duration of the conflict. Since these would not need expensive and time-consuming launches into geo-synchronous orbit, they could be written off after fulfilling their purpose.
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KOLKATA: Bengal is set for a big leap in cutting-edge scientific technology — one that could transform the state into a centre for futuristic research. A high energy, third generation synchrotron source, only the fifth such in the world, will be set up on a new campus of the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP).
It will bring an investment of at least `6,000 crore to the state — almost twice that of the Tata Nano project in Singur, say sources.
The synchrotron will aid ahead-of-its-time research on nanotechnology and biological and material studies, with a wide range of applications from the manufacturing industry and engineering to basic sciences and medicine.
"Just four such synchrotrones now exist in the US, France, Japan and Germany. Once we have the facility, India will step into the big league of scientific research. It is going to be India's CERN," said Milan Kumar Sanyal, director of SINP, referring to the world's largest particle physics laboratory in Switzerland where the Big Bang experiment is being carried out. A team of scientists has been formed to supervise the setting up of the synchrotron facility that might take 12 years to turn fully functional. It will require 150 acres of land.
KOLKATA: Bengal is set for a big leap in cutting-edge scientific technology — one that could transform the state into a centre for futuristic research. A high energy, third generation synchrotron source, only the fifth such in the world, will be set up on a new campus of the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP).
It will bring an investment of at least `6,000 crore to the state — almost twice that of the Tata Nano project in Singur, say sources.
The synchrotron will aid ahead-of-its-time research on nanotechnology and biological and material studies, with a wide range of applications from the manufacturing industry and engineering to basic sciences and medicine.
"Just four such synchrotrones now exist in the US, France, Japan and Germany. Once we have the facility, India will step into the big league of scientific research. It is going to be India's CERN," said Milan Kumar Sanyal, director of SINP, referring to the world's largest particle physics laboratory in Switzerland where the Big Bang experiment is being carried out. A team of scientists has been formed to supervise the setting up of the synchrotron facility that might take 12 years to turn fully functional. It will require 150 acres of land.
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DRDO develops drugs that enhance cancer treatment by three times!
New Delhi: In a major breakthrough in the field of cancer treatment, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is said to have developed new drugs that will enhance the effectiveness of radiation therapy. According to reports, DRDO is in the process of launching a new spectrum of cancer drugs that will work on all forms of this deadly disease.
Experts are of the opinion that these drugs developed by DRDO will enhance the effects of radiation therapy by weakening the ability of the cancer cells and raising the immunity system of the body. These drugs are said to be equally effective on complicated cases like brain tumours and soft tissue cancer.
A lot of research works on these forms of drugs are underway across the world, but DRDO seems to have reached the goal ahead of all. After several years of clinical research, the experts at the DRDO reached a conclusion that a compound, 2-Deoxyglucose (2-DG), which resembles glucose but has a slightly different chemical formula and structure, can 'confuse' and 'cheat' cancer cells to become feeble.
Cancer cells spend energy in sucking glucose from the body and then derive energy from these cells. When 2-DG is infused into the body, usually 30 minutes ahead of radiation, the body cells and cancer cells spend energy in sucking glucose. But unlike glucose cells, 2-DG gives them no energy.
Speaking about the landmark achievement of DRDO, BS Dwarakanath, head, Division of Radiation Biosciences, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences of DRDO said: 'The cancer cells lose energy and become incapable of gaining any. At this time if we give radiation therapy, the cancer cells will not be able to fight back. So the treatment will be effective. This also brings down the intensity of radiation and minimises the side effects.'
Once the DRDO gets green signal from the Drugs Controller General of India over these drugs, the production will commence, as the technology has already been transferred to Dr Reddy's Laboratories.
According to experts, DRDO's therapy is likely to increase the success rates of cancer treatment by three times, a major respite for patients and the doctors alike. This breakthrough research is definitely going to boost the Indian medical research.
DRDO develops drugs that enhance cancer treatment by three times!
New Delhi: In a major breakthrough in the field of cancer treatment, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is said to have developed new drugs that will enhance the effectiveness of radiation therapy. According to reports, DRDO is in the process of launching a new spectrum of cancer drugs that will work on all forms of this deadly disease.
Experts are of the opinion that these drugs developed by DRDO will enhance the effects of radiation therapy by weakening the ability of the cancer cells and raising the immunity system of the body. These drugs are said to be equally effective on complicated cases like brain tumours and soft tissue cancer.
A lot of research works on these forms of drugs are underway across the world, but DRDO seems to have reached the goal ahead of all. After several years of clinical research, the experts at the DRDO reached a conclusion that a compound, 2-Deoxyglucose (2-DG), which resembles glucose but has a slightly different chemical formula and structure, can 'confuse' and 'cheat' cancer cells to become feeble.
Cancer cells spend energy in sucking glucose from the body and then derive energy from these cells. When 2-DG is infused into the body, usually 30 minutes ahead of radiation, the body cells and cancer cells spend energy in sucking glucose. But unlike glucose cells, 2-DG gives them no energy.
Speaking about the landmark achievement of DRDO, BS Dwarakanath, head, Division of Radiation Biosciences, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences of DRDO said: 'The cancer cells lose energy and become incapable of gaining any. At this time if we give radiation therapy, the cancer cells will not be able to fight back. So the treatment will be effective. This also brings down the intensity of radiation and minimises the side effects.'
Once the DRDO gets green signal from the Drugs Controller General of India over these drugs, the production will commence, as the technology has already been transferred to Dr Reddy's Laboratories.
According to experts, DRDO's therapy is likely to increase the success rates of cancer treatment by three times, a major respite for patients and the doctors alike. This breakthrough research is definitely going to boost the Indian medical research.
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DRDO plans to recruit more scientists | TopNews
Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has decided to conduct a placement drive for recruiting more scientists in the defense sector.
The Ministry of Defence reported that about 1,582 scientists had moved to other sectors from DRDO between the year 2006 and 2010.
The reason behind this trend is that scientists want to gain experience in DRDO.
Moreover, the high salary packages offered by private research companies attract them.
The officials said that students are not aware about joining DRDO, so these obstacles have declined the number of scientists in DRDO.
The decision to implement recruitment strategies came while deciding incentives for the existing staff.
During the recession period in 2009, less number of scientists quit their jobs in DRDO.
The officials will first prefer to recruit engineers from leading institutions like Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
Due to less staff at DRDO, most of the projects at the research centre get delayed and faces unexpectedly high costs.
The defence ministry has agreed to appoint engineers with bright talents from all over the country, and they will get salaries according to their work and experience.
Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has decided to conduct a placement drive for recruiting more scientists in the defense sector.
The Ministry of Defence reported that about 1,582 scientists had moved to other sectors from DRDO between the year 2006 and 2010.
The reason behind this trend is that scientists want to gain experience in DRDO.
Moreover, the high salary packages offered by private research companies attract them.
The officials said that students are not aware about joining DRDO, so these obstacles have declined the number of scientists in DRDO.
The decision to implement recruitment strategies came while deciding incentives for the existing staff.
During the recession period in 2009, less number of scientists quit their jobs in DRDO.
The officials will first prefer to recruit engineers from leading institutions like Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
Due to less staff at DRDO, most of the projects at the research centre get delayed and faces unexpectedly high costs.
The defence ministry has agreed to appoint engineers with bright talents from all over the country, and they will get salaries according to their work and experience.
