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India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is reportedly making significant progress on a new 91kN thrust engine derived from the Kaveri engine program. This news comes from sources familiar with the program speaking to idrw.org.
The current Dry Kaveri engine generates 46kN of thrust. DRDO’s plan involves mating it with a new afterburner section, boosting output to 73kN. This modified engine will first be certified for use in older LCA-Tejas LSP variants before integration into the RPSA (Ghatak UCAV) program.
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As the global aerospace arena witnesses a race towards the development of sixth-generation fighter jets, India’s strategic focus takes a unique turn with the recent approval for the development of fifth-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) by the Indian Air Force (IAF). While some may perceive this decision as a step behind the curve, senior officials within the IAF argue otherwise, shedding light on the pragmatic approach guiding India’s aerospace ambitions.
In an exclusive interview with idrw.org, a senior IAF official, speaking on condition of anonymity, underscored the rationale behind India’s decision to prioritize the development of fifth-generation AMCA over leaping directly to sixth-generation platforms. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the official emphasized that such a leap would entail exorbitant costs and substantial technological challenges, potentially outweighing the benefits.
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The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to receive a significant boost to its combat capabilities with the planned acquisition of 12 new Su-30 MKI fighter jets. This move comes in response to the need to replace aircraft lost in previous incidents.
In September 2023, the IAF issued a tender to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), India’s state-owned aerospace and defence company. This deal signifies a potential continuation of the collaboration between India and Russia for the Su-30 MKI program.
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China’s growing naval presence in the Indo-Pacific region poses a significant challenge for smaller countries. Countering this dominance often requires expensive fleet expansion, which may not be feasible for all nations. Here’s where India’s recently tested Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system emerges as a potential game changer.
Unlike conventional submarine-launched torpedoes, SMART leverages a missile to deliver a torpedo over extended ranges. This could allow smaller navies to engage Chinese warships from a safe distance, mitigating the risk of direct confrontation with China’s superior fleet.
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In a recent interview, Baba Kalyani, Chairman of Bharat Forge, shared a captivating story highlighting the challenges and triumphs of India’s private defense sector. The anecdote centered around the development of their first artillery gun, the Bharat 52.
Developed in 2012, the Bharat 52 faced a critical hurdle – a lack of testing facilities. Back then, government firing ranges were inaccessible to private companies like Bharat Forge. This meant the company couldn’t test-fire their own gun, essentially stalling its development.
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In a significant stride towards bolstering bilateral defense cooperation, the Indo-US joint working group convened in New Delhi on April 29th and 30th, 2024, under the ambit of the Defence Tech & Trade Initiative (DTTI). This two-day meet, facilitated by esteemed representatives including Brig Gen Joel W Safranek, Director of the Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate (AFSAC), and Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (IAF), heralded innovative discussions aimed at enhancing defense collaboration and co-production efforts between the two nations.
At the helm of the deliberations were Brig Gen Joel W Safranek and Air Vice Marshal George Thomas, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Plans), who jointly led the discussion on leveraging the respective strengths and capabilities of the United States and India to foster deeper defense ties. The collaborative agenda emphasized the importance of partnership and cooperative research in overcoming mutual challenges and advancing shared security objectives.
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India’s strategy of continuing to buy cheap oil from Russia despite Western pressures against these purchases has resulted in the saving of around $7. 9 billion in the country’s oil import bill during the first 11 months of the fiscal year 2022-23 and also helped the country to lower its current account deficit.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has stood firm in maintaining its ties with Russia despite the Western sanctions against Moscow.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Wednesday that earlier when terrorists attacked, the weak government used to send dossiers, but the New India today gives a dose to terrorists. He said that the Tricolour was hoisted at the Lal Chowk with full glory after the abrogation of Article 370. Addressing a public rally in Sabarkantha’s Himatnagar, PM Modi said, “The Congress used to scare people that if the Ram Mandir is constructed, then there would be chaos in the country… There was no chaos in the country but there is chaos in the heart of the Congress.
“They said that if Article 370 is abrogated, then the country will break and there would be rivers of blood… But this is Modi. Now Article 370 is abrogated and the Tricolour is hoisted at the Lal Chowk with full glory,” PM Modi added. PM Modi also lashed out at the Congress for not pursuing terrorists when they were in power.
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A total of 125 security posts, including 18 in 2024, have been set up by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in states affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in the last four years, providing a significant advantage to the security forces in the fight against the Naxals, officials said on Wednesday.
Most of the posts, known as forward operating bases (FOBs), were set up deep inside forest areas, which were out of bound for government officials and security forces till their establishment. The CRPF has set up 18 FOBs so far in 2024.
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The Israeli embassy said on Wednesday that it collaborated with Indian security forces in conducting a joint security drill with an objective to counter potential future security threats. The drill was conducted in Delhi last week. The exercise witnessed the involvement of various agencies, including the Delhi Police, the National Security Guard and local emergency services, the embassy said.
Israeli envoy Naor Gilon said the joint security drill marked a significant milestone.
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Pakistani Hindu leader and member of the Senate, Danesh Kumar Palyani on Tuesday raised concern over the grave human rights crisis in the Sindh province of the country and said that the girls of the Hindu community are being forcibly converted to Islam. “You see in Sindh, bandits are forcefully converting our Hindu girls to Islam. Bandits in mud forts areas kidnap people but Bandits in settled areas are forcing girls to convert their religion. However, Pakistan gives us the right that no one should force anyone else to convert,” the leader in the ongoing 337th session of the Pakistan Senate.
“Even in Quran, it says ‘La ikraha fiddin’, [there be no compulsion in religion], where in ‘Surah Al-Kafirun’, it says Your religion for you and mine for me. These oppressive people dont even believe in Pakistan’s constitution nor in Quran sharif.
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In a bomb scare of unprecedented scale, over 130 schools in Delhi-NCR received an identical threat email on Wednesday claiming that explosives had been planted on their premises, triggering massive evacuations and searches as panic-stricken parents rushed to pick up their children.
“Nothing objectionable” was found during searches by authorities which later declared it a hoax.
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The troops of the Border Security Forces (BSF) recovered a damaged China-made drone in Punjab’s Tarn Taran District, officials said on Wednesday. According to the officials, the BSF recovered the drone from a farming field nearby Dal village in district Tarn Taran on Wednesday.
“On Tuesday, during the morning hours, while BSF troups were carrying out area domination patrolling in the area ahead of the border fence in district Tarn Taran, at about 11:20 am, a crushing sound was heard under a reaper machine that was making straw in a wheat field ahead of the border fence,” the official statement said.
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Despite the Centre’s peace efforts, Manipur’s two warring ethnic communities – the non-tribal Meitei and Kuki-Zomi tribals – are still sharply divided and there is no sign of reconciliation among them even after one year of the strife that began on May 3 last year. Incidents of violence continued despite the Central government’s all-out support to the northeastern state, and in fact, intensified in the past two weeks as “Village Volunteer” groups of both Meiteis and the Kuki-Zomi communities, possessing sophisticated arms and ammunition, engaged in several fierce exchanges of fire, leaving at least one “Village Volunteer” dead and many injured.
On April 27, two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, including a sub-inspector, were killed while two others were injured after armed groups attacked a security force camp in Bishnupur district, and days before, on April 24, a vital bridge on National Highway-2 in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district was badly damaged in a powerful IED blast, disrupting traffic between Manipur and the rest of the country via Nagaland.
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The Border Security Forces on Wednesday gunned down one intruder in the Samba sector, officials said.
According to the BSF, the intruder was killed near the international border.