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Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R. Hari Kumar speaking to the media has confirmed that Indian Navy has taken the program to develop locally diesel marine engines for warships and other associateships to replace imported diesel engines and is confident that the first engine will be ready in four years.
idrw.org has been told that defence PSUs like Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and private players like Kirloskar and Tata Power are working with Indian Navy in the development of diesel marine engines in the country.
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Last Week at AVALON 2023 (Australian International Air Show) Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) announced that a tender for new advanced jet trainers will be issued soon as Airforce plans to decide between a new trainer by 2026, with a contract to be signed in 2027 to replace its fleet of Hawk 127 jet trainers by 2032.
RAAF is looking to procure 30-40 LIFT aircraft that will train both pilots and weapons system operators, serving as a bridge between the PC-21 and F-35A, EA-18G and F/A-18F combat aircraft.
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Advanced Self Protection Jammer (ASPJ) developed for the Tejas Mk1A program that is currently undergoing developmental trials will enter production in early 2024 and emerge as a key-tech system on the Tejas Mk1A fighter jets.
Gallium Nitride infused ASPJ Pod will enter user trials sometime later this year with plans to enter a limited rate of production by early next year so that IAF will begin induction next year of the upgraded Tejas Mk1A has a combat-ready system.
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Vayulink system developed by Wing Commander Vishal Mishra, a helicopter pilot with the Indian Air Force (IAF) to recognise all friendly forces on a battlefield including non-aerial combat system is all set to enter operational deployment with the IAF that will reduce any friendly fire incidents like that happens under the fog of war.
Vayulink ecosystem is an in-house developed tactical data link system that can communicate in real-time with all friendly assets so that they remain jammed-proof and are not targeted by their forces in event of war.
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In the first phase, Australia will purchase three to five Virginia-class nuclear submarines from the United States, and in the second phase, it will purchase a second line of AUKUS-class submarines based on UK designs and US technology, to be built beginning in the mid-to-late 2030s, with at least some of the construction taking place at the Osborne shipyards in Adelaide.
The United Kingdom and the United States will not only sell Virginia-class nuclear submarines to Australia, but will also supply key nuclear technology, such as nuclear reactors, to Australia for local production of the submarines.
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) actively considering using internal funding and then waiting for Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) sanction to develop the Indian Multi-Role Helicopter program which usually takes a lot of time to get clear due to bureaucratic delays that often takes time to sanction new project funds.
HAL has already completed preliminary design work and the next step would be to develop prototypes for carrying out developmental flights trials and to create production facilities which will require 11000 cores worth of funding but often major projects funds are delayed due to which projects take time to take off, due to avoid this HAL is considering pumping an initial amount for the program to keep it on schedule.
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Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) drawing from its prior experience in the development of the TAPAS BH-201 medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (MALE) program is looking at a quick turnaround for the Archer-NG program which the company claims will be nearly identical in all major sensors and components and share same subsystems.
Archer-NG MALE UAV will feature Single Engine Twin Boom (SETB) design unlike Tapas UAV but will share a frontal fuselage, engine, Ground Control System (GCS) and wings but with only SETB and engine in pusher configuration being new design elements.
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Hyderabad-based Grene Robotics has developed the ” Indrajaal” Anti Drone Dome will be demonstrating soon Indrajaal that is designed to protect a large area of 1000-2000 sq. km from a single node, against threats such as medium-altitude and high-altitude long-endurance (MALE and HALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), loitering munitions, UAV swarms, as well as guided munitions with a range of 40–60 km autonomously at an airfield in Hyderabad in the first half of 2023.
Indrajaal will also be integrated with a hard kill system that will include smart missiles, net launchers and mounted guns in certain military installations so that any ingress is taken out immediately.
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Iowa-based multinational corporation Rockwell Collins through its Indian subsidiary has expressed its desire to work on LCA Mk2, TEDBF (Twin Engine Deck Based fighter) and AMCA (Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft) Programmes in the supply of Advanced Structures.
Rockwell Collins is offering its expertise in all major applications like Flight-controls (ailerons, flaps, slats and spoilers) and Advanced materials including acoustic low drag liners, thermoplastics, out-of-autoclave composites, high-temperature composites and metallics, and additive manufacturing more.
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Amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, DRDO is now pushing for 100% indigenous content in Long-Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM) program amid concerns that minor imported components for the missile can hit missile production amid war as seen with Russian Cruise missiles and learning from this experience it was decided to go full throttle on indigenisation of all future missile programs and in phases increase indigenous content in existing ones.
Long-Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM) a 1500km sub-sonic cruise missile will have not only all major systems of Indian origin but also minor components to have a complete ecosystem in the country when it goes into production.
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Russian offer to supply India with 21 units of the upgraded Mig-29UPG to beef up IAF’s falling Squadron levels might be scrapped permanently due to multiple reasons one being payment issues due to economic sanctions and also due to proper retirement plans already being chalked for the fleet.
MiG-29 twin-engine, multi-role fighters that were procured from 1984 onwards were upgraded to UPG standards and IAF still operates around 65 units as a frontline fighter jet that will go through a gradual phase-out from the service from 2029 onward and the full fleet likely to be decommissioned by 2035.
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Indian Military plans to procure advanced MQ-9B drones are being spearheaded by Indian Navy and soon a deal for which head for a conclusion as tri-service after reassessment by a panel comprised of representatives from all three military branches agreed to procure 18 units instead of 30 units with six each while Naval variant will be outfitted with antisubmarine warfare capabilities.
The Navy is looking to procure two modular pods that are on offer that will broaden its anti-submarine warfare capabilities in efforts to hunt for Chinese submarines in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
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Indian Army has issued two separate Expression of Interest for the procurement of 65 Tactical Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems and Ten (10) Runway Independent (RWI) Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) with Ground Control System (GCS) and Remote Video Terminal (RVT) through Fast Track Procedure under Emergency Procurement.
Tactical RPAS (RWI) should be capable of Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) or Catapult launch ) should be capable of target acquisition by day and night. The RPAS should be equipped with sensors to enable transmission of MWIR and CCD camera imagery pictures of High Definition (HD) resolution. The system must be able to detect, track, recognize and identify the targets. with Upto 4000 M (13000ft) Operating Altitude with endurance should be 6 hrs or more.
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Indian Air Force (IAF) is not considering importing intermediate jet trainers (IJT) due to delays over Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) HJT-36 program amid reports in Argentian media on IAF being interested in IA-63 Pampa III trainer aircraft produced in Argentina by Fabrica Militar de Aviones (FMA) with assistance from Dornier.
idrw.org has been told by Industrial sources that in early 2014 under the Previous UPA regime, IAF had issued a global request for information (RFI) to global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to pitch their products for a possible future acquisition due to delays in HJT-36 program.
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) said that the country’s largest chopper manufacturing facility in the Tumakuru district of Karnataka is already prepped to make Russian Kamov Ka-226T light helicopters in the country along with LUH (Light Utility Helicopter) with annual production. run with these two types can hit 60 units.
Indian Air Force, Indian Army and Indian Navy want to replace nearly 400 Vintage Cheetah and Chetak light helicopters that were procured in the early 60s due to which it was decided that orders will be spilt between Ka-226T and LUH in equal numbers.
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