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Tokyo has initiated a re-balance of power in the Indo-Pacific and added weight to the QUAD initiative and in its bids to forge military ties with India, Japan has agreed to clear Maritime systems and technology that India is keen to acquire from Japan for which it has mended its export control laws.
Japan already has cleared India’s request for stealth antennas which is called Unicorn, which houses numerous antennas in a horn-shaped structure for its Next Generation warships that India plans to develop but India is likely to ask Japan to send its proposals for the procurement of six next-generation conventional submarines that India plans to procure under its Project-75I (India).
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has plans to develop a new variant of its 19-seater Hindustan-228 based on the multipurpose light transport aircraft Do-228 that can be used by Charter service aggregator that caters to business executives travel for which it is working on a VVIP seating interior arrangements.
According to market leaders, The absence of business class seats on regular commercial flights has led to passengers being mindful of their privacy in charter aircraft services that are booming in the country where demand for planes is growing so the growing market for charters.
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Indian Navy will soon activate its second aircraft carrier with pending clearance to begin construction work on the third aircraft carrier, idrw.org has been informed that the Indian Navy is planning to revive its long pending plans to procure either deck-based or shore-based AEW&C aircraft that will enhance a carrier group’s offensive and defensive capabilities and improve overall situational awareness.
Nearly 18 years ago Indian Navy had expressed interest in acquiring six E-2C Hawkeye carrier-based airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft for its Two aircraft carriers but questions were raised if Hawkeye can operate from smaller Indian aircraft carriers that are not equipped with catapult systems nor has deck space like U.S Aircraft carriers for takeoff.
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Indian Navy’s proposal to build a second sister ship of the INS Viraat is waiting for clearance from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) but as per media reports Indian Navy is considering installing a new high-powered marine engine to power the second aircraft carrier replacing General Electric LM25000 marine gas turbine engine that is powering INS Viraat.
Rolls-Royce developed the MT-30 marine engine seems to be the leading contender that might replace two LM2500s on the second aircraft carrier that delivers significantly more power than the LM2500 and is designed to minimize maintenance costs.
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The Ministry of Defense (MoD) is considering requests from many Private sector companies in India that are looking to develop MALE and SRUAV Class UAVs in the country to avoid repetition of work and reduce importing subsystems, DRDO that has developed some of the technology for the UAVs system might be asked to share it with the local private sector companies.
Development of Subsystems like landing gears, turboprop engines, Autonomous Drone Landing & Takeoff Systems, and Ground control stations (GCS) can be time-consuming and if shared by DRDO will reduce the developmental time for locally made UAVs for the Indian Armed Forces and cater to export markets.
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Two Squadrons of Tejas Mk1 fighter jets that are operational with the Indian Air Force (IAF) will eventually be upgraded to the M1A standard which comes with a host of improvements and other features to make it a baseline standard across the fleet when IAF starts inducting 73 Tejas Mk1A fighter jets that were ordered in 2021 from 2024 onwards.
The First Squadron of Mk1 fighter jets that were inducted by the No. 45 Squadron IAF (Flying Daggers) became operational in July 2016, based at Sulur Air Force Station in Coimbatore is also due for major servicing in 2023 on completion of nearly 8 years of in service.
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Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has neither confirmed nor denied that reports of a recent test of a missile were Agni-V but more experts have now questioned the low velocity of the projectile that was not only seen in the whole easter coast of India but also on the far northeastern countries like Bangladesh and Myanmar.
A report in ” The Week ” claimed that its source hinted that it was a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) test. “It may not be a test of the Agni 5 and can be something much bigger. But whatever it is, it adds one big feather to the cap of India.”
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The State-owned aerospace and defense company, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) plans to conduct the first flight of its 200kg, RUAV-200 High Altitude Logistic Rotary Drone that can carry 40kg of the payload by mid of 2023 drone presently under the fabrication stage.
RUAV-200 is designed to be operated in the Northern regions, large High Altitude Areas where supply lines in these areas have to be maintained either through helicopters, Porters, or Mules/local ponies.
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Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) gun has completed most of the mandatory trials with only a few procedural trials left that will clear the path for limited Scale Production of at least 150 ATAGS guns in 2023 in itself with deliveries starting from the end of 2024 onwards.
DRDO has developed two variants of the gun with Tata Defence and Kalyani Group that have included many different systems and subsystems. Both guns can’t go into production, idrw.org has been told that the Indian Army will have to choose between both gun variants, and the winning gun from the Private sector will take a major chuck of the orders while the other vendor gets to manufacture the same gun but with reduced orders.
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to convert civil passenger aircraft to Multi-Mission Tanker Transport (MMTT) aircraft in India earlier this year and this MoU also covered the scope of converting passenger jets into freighter aircraft that can be used to move cargos in domestic routes.
737-800 Converted Freighter will have a payload capacity of close to 24 tons and will feature a large cargo door, a cargo handling system, and seating for up to four non-flying staff or passengers.
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Two world powers are in an intense war in attempts to grab lucrative contracts to be part of India’s multi-billion dollar nuclear submarines program without raising the eyes of the world community. Both Russia and France want to be India’s Strategic depth partner in defense technology but the race is to take each other place in terms of offering technologies that are not often traded or sold unless it is to close friends and allies.
American and United Kingdom joined hands to develop nuclear-capable attack submarines for Australia to thwart any Chinese Naval activities in Indian Ocean Region in mind, the same games are being played in the power corridors of India where both countries are eager to help India achieve the same.
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Satyanarayan Nandlal Nuwal, Chairman of Solar Industries India, in an interview, said that the company had sent proposals for developing 15 Make in India weapons systems under the Make 2 category that is essentially industry-funded projects involving design, development, and innovative solutions by Indian vendors for development of prototypes.
Nuwal confirmed that the company has been given go head to develop at least two weapons systems for the Indian Armed forces, for which funding will be coming from the company itself as it’s from the Make 2 project of around 300 cores. while it has received positive feedback and inquiries on the other 13 projects that the company is eager to work on.
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Indian Air Force (IAF) is also set to upgrade its Heron, Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial system (UAS) under Project Cheetah with Israeli-made Nimrod, a long-range air-to-surface missile developed by Israel Aerospace Industries that provides standoff strike ability against a variety of point targets such as armored personnel carriers (APCs), ships, bunkers, personnel concentrations, and guerrillas.
Nimrod is a long-range semi-active laser-guided anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), that has a range of from 26km to 35km to a whooping 50km depending on the variant that might be procured by the IAF.
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India has issued Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) for a launch of a missile in the Bay of Bengal for the period from 27-30 Dec 2022 as per information provided by Twitter user Damien Symon@detresfa_.
The designated area for the NOTAM is 670 to 690km in length which indicates it might be a test of the established missile system. speculation is that it might be a test of the long-range Supersonic Missile Assisted Torpedo (SMART) system that has a range of 650km.
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Satyanarayan Nandlal Nuwal, Chairman of Solar Industries India, in an interview confirmed that the company has been granted permission to manufacture a Hard kill system that will be a world first since it will be integrating both laser system and surface-to-air missile systems to take out unmanned aerial vehicles
According to Nuwal, the system will be ready in the next two years, while he said the present Hardkill solutions against drones are only Laser Directed Energy Weapon (DEW), they have opted for are taking best from the both worlds and are developing hardkill solutions that can use DEW and also quick response interceptor missiles.
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