Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV)

[ezsasa]

Their product portfolio is a bunch of screw driver work of foreign products sent in knock down kits. The government must divest them and let them compete as private firms for design and building prototypes in defence competitions. Let the government run the labs, leave the private sector to design and build it. This will allow DRDO more leeway to focus on core competencies rather than wasting time reinventing the wheel.

Done!!! i will issue a Government order tomorrow!!!!
I will name it as Armand Doctrine!!!! Happy?

 

[Armand2REP]

Done!!! i will issue a Government order tomorrow!!!!
I will name it as Armand Doctrine!!!! Happy?

Just add that all equipment must be ordered from INDIAN companies first. Only upon emergency need there is one exception that they can turn to French suppliers but no one else and only as a last resort.

 

[ezsasa]

Just add that all equipment must be ordered from INDIAN companies first. Only upon emergency need there is one exception that they can turn to French suppliers but no one else and only as a last resort.

Done!!!!! i will instruct my PS to make the changes..........

 

[Aaj ka hero]

BHEL, BDL and BEML are listed companies... profits and book order matter to them...

Sir, you forgot bharat electronics limited.

 

[Longewala]

All in good time..... For now it is what it is........

The PSU bloodsuckers have been around for decades.
When will this good time come when they get off their backsides and do some R&D?

China manages to do it, even smaller countries with lower industrial base manage it...

 

[Longewala]

BHEL, BDL and BEML are listed companies... profits and book order matter to them...

Good point.
Those are much better than the usual, so maybe that model is a good starting point for the rest of the space.

 

[ezsasa]

Good point.
Those are much better than the usual, so maybe that model is a good starting point for the rest of the space.

Another fundamental difference between OFB and other "BHARAT" DPSUs is that they cater to civilian market as well. if OFB wants to be listed, they will have to manufacture something for civilian market as well..

 

[Armand2REP]

Good point.
Those are much better than the usual, so maybe that model is a good starting point for the rest of the space.

How is their model any different from HAL? Shareholders have no voting rights and its order book is dependent on state orders.

 

[WolfPack86]

Heart wrenching "The biggest Make in India programme for the Indian Army to produce 2,600 Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicles (FICVs) at an estimated cost of 60,000 Crore ($8.5 B) under the Make-1 procedure has been dropped."

 

[cyclops]

Heart wrenching "The biggest Make in India programme for the Indian Army to produce 2,600 Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicles (FICVs) at an estimated cost of 60,000 Crore ($8.5 B) under the Make-1 procedure has been dropped."

This is absolute horseshit.
If true, I have a feeling it's the russi lobby at play here, intending to suck the Indian taxpayer to feed their over-sanctioned a$$.

 

[ezsasa]

Heart wrenching "The biggest Make in India programme for the Indian Army to produce 2,600 Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicles (FICVs) at an estimated cost of 60,000 Crore ($8.5 B) under the Make-1 procedure has been dropped."

Maybe for tracked FICV, wheeled FICV could still be Make-1.

There is no indian product for tracked FICV for now..

 

[Aniruddha Mulay]

Maybe for tracked FICV, wheeled FICV could still be Make-1.

There is no indian product for tracked FICV for now..

L&T already has a prototype ready for tracked ficv.
TATA was working on a tracked variant of the WhaP.
Mahindra's design for tracked ficv is ready.
DRDO has the Abhay IFV which has nearly completed its development.

 

[ezsasa]

L&T already has a prototype ready for tracked ficv.
TATA was working on a tracked variant of the WhaP.
Mahindra's design for tracked ficv is ready.
DRDO has the Abhay IFV which has nearly completed its development.

Plz,Can you post some videos of working models.

I must have missed their demo videos..

 

[shuvo@y2k10]

This is probably because FICV will now be done via Make 2 category, where the private companies will invest their own money, to come up with a finished FICV prototype. Make 1 category, required the government funding 2 different prototypes. But TATA's objected to that and after years of deliberation, it was finally cancelled.
I expect at least TATA's, l&T and may be OFB, Bharat Forge and Reliance will come out with their finished version of FICV, in Defence expo 2020, which is less than 2 months away.
Tata version

Mahindra version

Tata version
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OFB version (likely to be based on Abhay icv)

L&T version
https://www.news18.com/videos/india...-facility-inaugurated-by-pm-modi-2007815.html

 

[Shaitan]

This is probably because FICV will now be done via Make 2 category, where the private companies will invest their own money, to come up with a finished FICV prototype. Make 1 category, required the government funding 2 different prototypes. But TATA's objected to that and after years of deliberation, it was finally cancelled.
I expect at least TATA's, l&T and may be OFB, Bharat Forge and Reliance will come out with their finished version of FICV, in Defence expo 2020, which is less than 2 months away.
Tata version

Mahindra version

Tata version
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OFB version (likely to be based on Abhay icv)

L&T version
https://www.news18.com/videos/india...-facility-inaugurated-by-pm-modi-2007815.html

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[aditya10r]

L&T-------------------------------------------------

Thats some world class product.

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In the absence of any other western alternative and this hopefully coming out as a great platform can capture a good market.

 

[Shaitan]

This "FICV" concept isnt even futuristic any more, but modern. MoD and IA need to hurry up and put down the guide lines on how they want to preside with this, because they're wasting time. Just one of these programs will produce a defence giant in India. The private sector and even OFB are working on this program in the background, hurry up with formalities.

And there should be NO Russian armour from LSV all the way up to the tank platform FRCV. Just like DRDO's missile autonomy, there need to be a land vehicle autonomy as well.

 

[Anikastha]

This "FICV" concept isnt even futuristic any more, but modern. MoD and IA need to hurry up and put down the guide lines on how they want to preside with this, because they're wasting time. Just one of these programs will produce a defence giant in India. The private sector and even OFB are working on this program in the background, hurry up with formalities.

And there should be NO Russian armour from LSV all the way up to the tank platform FRCV. Just like DRDO's missile autonomy, there need to be a land vehicle autonomy as well.

oh plz....no more russian....let get our own....

 

[Aniruddha Mulay]

oh plz....no more russian....let get our own....

Only L&T, TATA, Mahindra, DRDO/OFB should compete for the FICV contract.
No Russian, American, Israeli, Italian, French, South Korean.

 

[south block]

Only L&T, TATA, Mahindra, DRDO/OFB should compete for the FICV contract.
No Russian, American, Israeli, Italian, French, South Korean.

if total indigenization is the way to go than only DRDO/OFB deserve a contract --- others are all screw driver chetoos sellers hell bent on screwing govt & now military itself lol.