Doesn't the Dhruv already use SAAB MAWS ? Maybe BEL is pitching their product. Entirely possible.
For Mi-17, they offered it but lost to Astra-Elbit.
90 older Mi-17s to get electronic warfare suite
BEL Pitching EW Systems For India’s Mi-17V5 Helicopter Fleet
So Dhruv went to SAAB and Mi-17 went to Astra-Elbit. The newer American made helos with come with American MAWS/RWS(Raytheon probably). That leaves the upcoming LUH open for bidding in the helo space. In the fighter space, Su-30s will probably use BEL and Tejas.
Actually, its Saab/HAL. I don't think LUH requires MAWS.But, 100+ Mi-17 v5 sill remain.
SAAB Grintek Defence-HAL sign $8.5 million contract for in-country maintenance of Integrated Defensive Aids Suite System
MoD invites high-tech start-ups to meet defence equipment challenges
By Ajai Shukla
Business Standard, 24th Dec 19
At the fifth annual Army Technology Seminar (ARTECH 2019) in Delhi on Monday, the army invited ten start-up innovators to describe game-changing, high-technology products that the military could use.
One by one, they described their products: a humanoid robot that mimicked the actions of a human controller in a holographic suit; a spray-on, titanium nano-coating that renders an area bacteria-free and fungal-free; a thermal jacket made of fabric infused with graphene ink that generates heat on application of electric power, creating a warm micro-environment for the wearer to cope with extreme cold; and an encrypted Block Chain communications technology with multiple applications, such as Block Vote – an application that lets soldiers on the border exercise their ballot in secret.
Urging young innovators to develop products for the military, army chief General Bipin Rawat released a “Compendium of Problem Definition Statements”, in which the army listed out its specific technology challenges for which it sought innovative indigenous solutions from the industry and academia.
The army’s deputy chief, Lieutenant General SS Hasabnis, underscored the success of four problem compendia released in previous ARTECHs, stating that “136 of our over 150 problem statements issued over the last three years have been responded to by academia and industry.”
Alongside this, the 15 challenges the army has put out under the “Innovations for Defence Excellence” (iDEX) scheme have received “an overwhelming 164 responses”, said Hasabnis.
Forty-four winners of these challenges are presently being provided with funding for developing the innovative technologies they have proposed.
Currently, multiple channels exist for industry and academia to offer innovative solutions to meet the army’s requirements: The “Make-2” procurement category in which industry or individuals can make suo moto proposals to the army; in response to “Innovations for Defence Excellence” (iDEX) challenges; proposals under the “Technology Development” head’ or as “Army Technology Board” projects.
“I’m honoured to announce that 32 ‘Make 2’ projects, 16 ‘Technology Development’ projects and 13 ‘Army Technology Board’ projects have been initiated to take these solutions offered to fruition”, said Hasabnis.
Last month, Secretary (Defence Production) Subhash Chandra had stated in Delhi that the defence ministry aims to fund 250 startups and achieve 50 tangible innovations in the next five years. Towards this, the ministry is seeking the sanction of Rs 500 crore.
The defence ministry’s procurement chief, Apurva Chandra, has stated he is heading a sub-committee that is trying to weave together these multiple innovation strands into an integrated high-technology development and procurement process in the new Defence Procurement Procedure of 2020 that the ministry hopes to release by March.
On Monday, the government’s Chief Scientific Advisor, K Vijay Raghavan, also urged that these technology initiatives be integrated with procurement policy quickly.
However, underscoring the continuing delay in translating an approved prototype into a commercially manufactured product, Hasabnis revealed that “Acceptance of Necessity” (AoN) – a preliminary step of the procurement process – has been granted for only seven of the “Make 2” projects. That suggests that it would still be years before these products actually enter service.
Broadsword: MoD invites high-tech start-ups to meet defence equipment challenges
By Ajai Shukla
Business Standard, 24th Dec 19
At the fifth annual Army Technology Seminar (ARTECH 2019) in Delhi on Monday, the army invited ten start-up innovators to describe game-changing, high-technology products that the military could use.
One by one, they described their products: a humanoid robot that mimicked the actions of a human controller in a holographic suit; a spray-on, titanium nano-coating that renders an area bacteria-free and fungal-free; a thermal jacket made of fabric infused with graphene ink that generates heat on application of electric power, creating a warm micro-environment for the wearer to cope with extreme cold; and an encrypted Block Chain communications technology with multiple applications, such as Block Vote – an application that lets soldiers on the border exercise their ballot in secret.
Urging young innovators to develop products for the military, army chief General Bipin Rawat released a “Compendium of Problem Definition Statements”, in which the army listed out its specific technology challenges for which it sought innovative indigenous solutions from the industry and academia.
The army’s deputy chief, Lieutenant General SS Hasabnis, underscored the success of four problem compendia released in previous ARTECHs, stating that “136 of our over 150 problem statements issued over the last three years have been responded to by academia and industry.”
Alongside this, the 15 challenges the army has put out under the “Innovations for Defence Excellence” (iDEX) scheme have received “an overwhelming 164 responses”, said Hasabnis.
Forty-four winners of these challenges are presently being provided with funding for developing the innovative technologies they have proposed.
Currently, multiple channels exist for industry and academia to offer innovative solutions to meet the army’s requirements: The “Make-2” procurement category in which industry or individuals can make suo moto proposals to the army; in response to “Innovations for Defence Excellence” (iDEX) challenges; proposals under the “Technology Development” head’ or as “Army Technology Board” projects.
“I’m honoured to announce that 32 ‘Make 2’ projects, 16 ‘Technology Development’ projects and 13 ‘Army Technology Board’ projects have been initiated to take these solutions offered to fruition”, said Hasabnis.
Last month, Secretary (Defence Production) Subhash Chandra had stated in Delhi that the defence ministry aims to fund 250 startups and achieve 50 tangible innovations in the next five years. Towards this, the ministry is seeking the sanction of Rs 500 crore.
The defence ministry’s procurement chief, Apurva Chandra, has stated he is heading a sub-committee that is trying to weave together these multiple innovation strands into an integrated high-technology development and procurement process in the new Defence Procurement Procedure of 2020 that the ministry hopes to release by March.
On Monday, the government’s Chief Scientific Advisor, K Vijay Raghavan, also urged that these technology initiatives be integrated with procurement policy quickly.
However, underscoring the continuing delay in translating an approved prototype into a commercially manufactured product, Hasabnis revealed that “Acceptance of Necessity” (AoN) – a preliminary step of the procurement process – has been granted for only seven of the “Make 2” projects. That suggests that it would still be years before these products actually enter service.
Broadsword: MoD invites high-tech start-ups to meet defence equipment challenges
India Develops Air Defence Gun for Army Amid Potential 'Aerial Threat' From Pakistan
24.12.2019
New Delhi (Sputnik): The development provides a big relief to the army, as most of its air defence inventory is "obsolete" and the army chief had to push an emergency button to acquire more such guns after the Pulwama attack in February this year, when the Pakistan Air Force retaliated for an Indian attack in Balakot.
India’s state-funded Ordnance Board Factory (OFB) – which administers 42 armament and ammunition factories across the country – has developed a high rate of fire gun to defend strategic assets in the border region.
A Defence Ministry official has informed a parliamentary panel that the trial of the OFB-developed air defence gun has already commenced.
“A high rate of fire gun for defence of vulnerable areas against incoming enemy aircraft/missile has been developed… The initial firing trial has been done internally by [the] Ordnance Factory Board”, the Defence Ministry official said.
The official also informed the panel about the status of the project. The India-made guns will have an effective range of 4,000 metres or more against aerial targets.
“OFB is possibly developing these guns in conjunction with the Armament Research and Development (Pune) and will be a part of the government's Make in India in Defence under the Indigenously Designed and Developed category”, said Rahul K. Bhonsle, retired army brigadier and defence analyst.
Sources said this gun is being developed in response to the Indian Army's requirements of 938 air defence guns worth around $5 billion. These guns will replace the aging Swedish L-70 and Soviet-era ZU-23MM-2B guns currently in use by the army.
Besides air defence guns, the Indian Army also put out purchase plan for 505,920 rounds of ammunition. The OFB has also manufactured various varieties of ammunition for the air defence guns.
“The ammunition is a progressive development that has been ongoing by the OFB and it appears that it has achieved some new landmarks”, Bhonsle added.
The Indian Army started to expedite the deployment of defence systems across the Kashmir after a major clash in February this year.
The Pakistan Air Force dropped the H-4 Stand-Off Weapon (SOW), a precision-guided glide bomb, in retaliation to the 26 February "non-military" airstrike, as claimed by the Indian Air force, in the Balakot region to destroy alleged infrastructure of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror group.
The SOW bomb fell inside a compound of the Indian Army's brigade headquarters in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri sector. Pakistan claimed it had successfully exposed chinks in the armour of India. Pakistani military spokesperson Major Gen. Asif Ghafoor claimed that the PAF had set out to execute the attack in a way to "made sure that there was no collateral damage".
India Develops Air Defence Gun for Army Amid Potential 'Aerial Threat' From Pakistan
24.12.2019
New Delhi (Sputnik): The development provides a big relief to the army, as most of its air defence inventory is "obsolete" and the army chief had to push an emergency button to acquire more such guns after the Pulwama attack in February this year, when the Pakistan Air Force retaliated for an Indian attack in Balakot.
India’s state-funded Ordnance Board Factory (OFB) – which administers 42 armament and ammunition factories across the country – has developed a high rate of fire gun to defend strategic assets in the border region.
A Defence Ministry official has informed a parliamentary panel that the trial of the OFB-developed air defence gun has already commenced.
“A high rate of fire gun for defence of vulnerable areas against incoming enemy aircraft/missile has been developed… The initial firing trial has been done internally by [the] Ordnance Factory Board”, the Defence Ministry official said.
The official also informed the panel about the status of the project. The India-made guns will have an effective range of 4,000 metres or more against aerial targets.
“OFB is possibly developing these guns in conjunction with the Armament Research and Development (Pune) and will be a part of the government's Make in India in Defence under the Indigenously Designed and Developed category”, said Rahul K. Bhonsle, retired army brigadier and defence analyst.
Sources said this gun is being developed in response to the Indian Army's requirements of 938 air defence guns worth around $5 billion. These guns will replace the aging Swedish L-70 and Soviet-era ZU-23MM-2B guns currently in use by the army.
Besides air defence guns, the Indian Army also put out purchase plan for 505,920 rounds of ammunition. The OFB has also manufactured various varieties of ammunition for the air defence guns.
“The ammunition is a progressive development that has been ongoing by the OFB and it appears that it has achieved some new landmarks”, Bhonsle added.
The Indian Army started to expedite the deployment of defence systems across the Kashmir after a major clash in February this year.
The Pakistan Air Force dropped the H-4 Stand-Off Weapon (SOW), a precision-guided glide bomb, in retaliation to the 26 February "non-military" airstrike, as claimed by the Indian Air force, in the Balakot region to destroy alleged infrastructure of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror group.
The SOW bomb fell inside a compound of the Indian Army's brigade headquarters in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri sector. Pakistan claimed it had successfully exposed chinks in the armour of India. Pakistani military spokesperson Major Gen. Asif Ghafoor claimed that the PAF had set out to execute the attack in a way to "made sure that there was no collateral damage".
India Develops Air Defence Gun for Army Amid Potential 'Aerial Threat' From Pakistan
I doubt its a new design. I mean its the OFB. Designing new products is not their thing, they will recycle older products as market it as new. There is one gun that fits the memo here. The Gryazeb Shipunov (GSh) 630 auto cannon. License manufactured by the OFB for the Navy for a long time now, the OFB knows the gun inside out, the gun has a range of 4 km similar to the OFB's "new" gun. To be fair the Gsh 30-1 would also fit the bill, but its not going to have the same rate of fire as the auto cannon.
The Gsh 630 guns are the two in the middle. One with a sleeve, one with out.
The Russians have also used the gun to make a wide variety of products, For example :
So now CDS handles all the procurements? or it's still in the hands of MOD? @nair @Falcon @randomradio ?
MoD handles all procurement. CDS will end all the useless, time-wasting bickering about who gets what first.
What an awesome piece of hardware. The Army has been on a roll recently, from a bullpup rifle to ballistic protection and now this :
I hope we don't let these innovations go to waste. Mass produce them and encourage people to innovate.
I hope we don't let these innovations go to waste. Mass produce them and encourage people to innovate.
Ashok Leyland Field Artillery Tractor(FAT) 6X6 is powered by the Ashok Leyland developed Neptune N6 engine producing a peak power of ~360 hp and a max torque of 1470Nm @ 1200-1600 RPM.
Engine max rotation is electronically limited to 2500 RPMs, The engine uses Turbocharged & Intercooled(TCIC) aspiration, 6 cylinders inline with a total displacement of 8000 cc. Engine dry weight is 858 kg and needs 25V electric power to start. This engine and the Ashok Leyland developed 8-speed manual gearbox with a 2-speed transfer case, full-time 6-wheel drive developed is the reason why the AL FAT 6X6 won the Army's tender and was acquired.
Until recently AL used to import the fuel injection and engine sensors for the Neptune N6 from the German company Bosch. That was always a risk with Germany's export laws. Germany has a law for not supplying military or dual use tech to countries that are deemed human rights violators. Germany deems India as a human rights violator and has stopped their companies like Heckler and Kock from providing after sales support to India after we purchased H&K Mp5 guns for police and NSG units. But they seem to have no problem selling guns and fighters to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
NSG had to turn to Swiss company B&T for after market upgrades for the Mp5, this interaction with the B&T is how the Army ended up acquiring the B&T Mp9 for the Ghatak units. It is for the best if we reduce and remove any kind of dependence on foreign suppliers, especially from the likes of Germany. That's exacly what Army wanted and AL delivered.
In 2018, Ashok Leyland has introduced Innoline - an inline fuel pump for BS-IV engines in India. It is a mechanical fuel pump, which is claimed to deliver the same kind of performance and efficiency as Intelligent Exhaust Gas Recirculation (iEGR) technology. Inline fuel pumps are very common in India and preferred by drivers and mechanics as they are less complex and easier to repair. Innoline does not require AdBlue(Urea), which is claimed to make engine maintenance simpler and reduce operating costs. According to Ashok Leyland, it is the only manufacturer in the world to offer an inline fuel pump for BS-IV / Euro4 engine that has been certified by the ARAI. Additionally, the company claims that this pump can be upgraded to be used on BS-VI engines as well.
You can see the Innoline mated to a H-series engine above, but it is compatible with all AL engines including the Neptune N6. Here is a corporate video :
Engine max rotation is electronically limited to 2500 RPMs, The engine uses Turbocharged & Intercooled(TCIC) aspiration, 6 cylinders inline with a total displacement of 8000 cc. Engine dry weight is 858 kg and needs 25V electric power to start. This engine and the Ashok Leyland developed 8-speed manual gearbox with a 2-speed transfer case, full-time 6-wheel drive developed is the reason why the AL FAT 6X6 won the Army's tender and was acquired.
Until recently AL used to import the fuel injection and engine sensors for the Neptune N6 from the German company Bosch. That was always a risk with Germany's export laws. Germany has a law for not supplying military or dual use tech to countries that are deemed human rights violators. Germany deems India as a human rights violator and has stopped their companies like Heckler and Kock from providing after sales support to India after we purchased H&K Mp5 guns for police and NSG units. But they seem to have no problem selling guns and fighters to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
NSG had to turn to Swiss company B&T for after market upgrades for the Mp5, this interaction with the B&T is how the Army ended up acquiring the B&T Mp9 for the Ghatak units. It is for the best if we reduce and remove any kind of dependence on foreign suppliers, especially from the likes of Germany. That's exacly what Army wanted and AL delivered.
In 2018, Ashok Leyland has introduced Innoline - an inline fuel pump for BS-IV engines in India. It is a mechanical fuel pump, which is claimed to deliver the same kind of performance and efficiency as Intelligent Exhaust Gas Recirculation (iEGR) technology. Inline fuel pumps are very common in India and preferred by drivers and mechanics as they are less complex and easier to repair. Innoline does not require AdBlue(Urea), which is claimed to make engine maintenance simpler and reduce operating costs. According to Ashok Leyland, it is the only manufacturer in the world to offer an inline fuel pump for BS-IV / Euro4 engine that has been certified by the ARAI. Additionally, the company claims that this pump can be upgraded to be used on BS-VI engines as well.
You can see the Innoline mated to a H-series engine above, but it is compatible with all AL engines including the Neptune N6. Here is a corporate video :