Indian Defense Industry General News and Updates

[marich01]

Some rumours of Nigeria buying some LCH

India thinks big on military exports to Africa, Tejas jets, Akash missiles, combat helicopters on radar https://t.co/GSfBP5bi9u

— OTV (@otvnews) May 2, 2023

Nigeria will be the first country to buy unspecified numbers of indigenously built Light Combat Helicopters from state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd through soft credit.
https://t.co/eYStKXi1iX

— Alpha Defense™ (@alpha_defense) May 2, 2023

India thinks big on military exports to Africa, Tejas jets, Akash missiles, combat helicopters on radar

India has already messaged African Union members that its locally built armaments are far superior in quality and durability compared with Chinese armaments and much cheaper than Western defence systems.

odishatv.in

 

[marich01]

From Keltron brochure

 

[marich01]

BDL presentation from last month, nothing much, they only update Q financials along with future prospects sometimes

https://bdl-india.in/sites/default/files/Intimation%20of%20Investors%20Meeting%20%26%20Investor%20Presentation%2008.03.2023.pdf

 

[Fatalis]

From Keltron brochure

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Two sets of ATAS?

Which one?

 

[marich01]

Two sets of ATAS?

Which one?

I don't even know what ATAS is

 

[Fatalis]

I don't even know what ATAS is

It's mentioned there as Active Towed Array System. Is it towed sonar or something else?

 

[Fatalis]

Indian Army wants 🇮🇳 industry to develop 4th/5th gen ATGMs for ICVs of mechanized forces with specs:
- 8-10 km range
- 20-25 kg weight
- 1-1.25m length
- Top attack & line of sight modes with LOAL & LOBL
- Fire & forget and man in the loop capability for third party guidance pic.twitter.com/DQ8M92mtSh

— Adithya Krishna Menon (@AdithyaKM_) May 3, 2023

 

[Ashwin]

Two sets of ATAS?

Which one?

It's the same project that was closed by NPOL. Keltron was the one delivered the prototypes.

From Keltron brochure

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Sea bed array is interesting.

@hellbent

 

[marich01]

It's mentioned there as Active Towed Array System. Is it towed sonar or something else?

Oh sorry, that. Yeah could be. few days ago one naval lab had a similar array sonar related dev tender out.
Check this page they might list it somewhere

Kerala State Electronic Development Corporation Limited

www.keltron.in

 

[marich01]

Indian Army wants 🇮🇳 industry to develop 4th/5th gen ATGMs for ICVs of mechanized forces with specs:
- 8-10 km range
- 20-25 kg weight
- 1-1.25m length
- Top attack & line of sight modes with LOAL & LOBL
- Fire & forget and man in the loop capability for third party guidance pic.twitter.com/DQ8M92mtSh

— Adithya Krishna Menon (@AdithyaKM_) May 3, 2023

What?
DRDL's MPATGM is 1.3m long, weighs < 15kg, 650mm RHA cap and has a 2.5km range.
NAG is 1.83m, 44kg, 800mm RHA cap with a range of 4km.

Who is coming up with these specs? https://t.co/YeTBVtmAM3

— Sriram (@sriramthg) May 3, 2023

 

[marich01]

How much tea & refreshments have Baba Kalyani spent on without orders so far

Deputy Chief of the Army Staff Lt Gen JB Chaudhari (CD&S) visited #BharatForge Ltd. He examined the defence shop floors & got a first hand experience of the R&D & skill set put into various products being produced for the country and export market. pic.twitter.com/uCxMBvr04Z

— Southern Command INDIAN ARMY (@IaSouthern) May 3, 2023

 

[kharabela]

Indian Army wants 🇮🇳 industry to develop 4th/5th gen ATGMs for ICVs of mechanized forces with specs:
- 8-10 km range
- 20-25 kg weight
- 1-1.25m length
- Top attack & line of sight modes with LOAL & LOBL
- Fire & forget and man in the loop capability for third party guidance pic.twitter.com/DQ8M92mtSh

— Adithya Krishna Menon (@AdithyaKM_) May 3, 2023

two ground lunched atgm with range up to 10km .

Spike ER2 - missile weight 35kg , weapon system weight - 85kg

chinese hj 10/red arrow 10 - missile weight 43kg , system weight 105kg . they use it on a atgm carrier like india's namica system .

 

[kharabela]

It was an honor to host #DCOAS Lt Gen JB Chaudhari at our office. Precision guided munitions ranging from 81mm mortar to 155mm guided shells were shown. @Zeus_Numerix acknowledged contributions of @IndiaMunitions in realization & firing trials help from #ADB Delhi & #RTN Pune. pic.twitter.com/wfh8OCmw1K

— Zeus Numerix (@ZeusNumerix) May 4, 2023

 

[kharabela]

Ku Band and X band AESA missile seekers by astra microwave products ltd

Ku Band and X band AESA missile seekers by @astramwp pic.twitter.com/3Q6GkMxCTU

— Defence Matrix (@Defencematrix1) April 25, 2023

India now has the capability of Design & development of Gallium Arsenide & Gallium Nitride TRMs across all frequency bands VHF, UHF, L, S, C, X,Ku & Ka band with power levels of various kinds.
A major achievement offcourse. pic.twitter.com/1MI03wSxtX

— Varun Karthikeyan (@Varun55484761) May 5, 2023

 

[Chain Smoker]

Dalal behanchod.

Perpetuating trials is a proven time tested tactics employed by Importeomaniac Defence Procurement Tsars to make case for IMPORTs

Makhan Malai ke binaa tadap rahe hain obviously https://t.co/O9bapBfJMV

— Ravi Kumar Gupta (@rav26051) May 6, 2023

 

[Sathya]

Seems like forces are NOT at ALL satisfied with PSU made systems.. From Rifle to tanks to helicopters.

Then why orders aren't awarded to Private industry..

Why are we playing with weakness of both instead of strength?

Private sector can't wait with no orders.
PSUs can't give consistent product quality or assured timeline.

 

[Fatalis]

 

[Chain Smoker]

Jai ho chandigarh lobby.

With an 11 per cent share of total global arms imports, India was the world's biggest importer of major arms in 2018-22, a position it held from 1993-2022"

And many aren't ashamed of this ? Why ? pic.twitter.com/PJjUcOYfaC

— Alpha Defense™ (@alpha_defense) May 8, 2023

 

[kharabela]

Indian Air Force started receiving Tata group made ALS-50 Suicide drone with VTOL feature

Air force receives first batch of indigenous VTOL loitering munition

Developed by Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL), the autonomous system is designed for Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) and has successfully demonstrated its capability to carry out precision strikes during trials and tests.

economictimes.indiatimes.com

 

[kharabela]

Hyderabad-based Grene Robotics has completed the successful acquisition of C4ISRT platform from Apogee C4I LLP ( a deep tech startup in hydrabad ) , a first-of-its-kind indigenous defence technology company that has received multiple validations and implementations in this space. It ll further bolster capability of " indrajaal" anti drone system grene robotics is developing . By leveraging Apogee C4I’s deep-tech capabilities, Indrajaal will be able to detect and classify drones in real-time, provide unparalleled situational awareness and enable proactive air defence measures.

Grene Robotics acquires deep-tech defence IP from Apogee C4I LLP

Currently, many anti-drone systems are treated as if drones are the only low radar cross section (RCS) threat in the tactical battle area

www.business-standard.com

Indrajaal is 1st of it kind . existing air defence systems are not geared to address low-RCS threats. low RCS threats ( medium and high-altitude long endurance UAVs, loitering munition, smart bombs, rocket showers, nano and micro drones, swarm drones, and more. ) ll be grouped and dealt with using a single system. can defend against all classifications and all levels of autonomous drones. Each Indrajaal system covers areas as large as 4,000 square kilometres.

Sounds like a very strategic system .