all of the govt run orgs. Even a bloody simple bomb that can be dropped by drones, why does it take 2 years to develop one ? shouldnt drdo focus on large scale complex weapon systems and let the private players take on simpler ones which can delivered in timebound manner.
there are very few pvt players who have enough infra & required certification from all authorities, like ISO , RCMA, explosives related etc, that can be lead integrator of ammunition, and those certifications are for a limited time. By the time they complete the process to get orders, the duration need further renewal. We gotta accept that in India the military grade explosives business was absolutely frowned upon & only govt controlled setup would get license for mfg. If you can find out the Solar group head Nuwal sir interview from few months ago, read it & you can understand why explosives business did not take off in India yet so far.
Tbh this could be a new order of SAMs, because the order of amount 255 millions was disclosed during Q4 (February 2023), ie the order was received in Q4. It is fully possible though, for Sudan order to be placed officially in mid-February.
The shortfalls were also mentioned during April
The shortfalls were also mentioned during April
Sudan ki to g*** fati padi hai.
Turks, Russians, Chinese everyone is interfering. Have we already supplied the full order , or is it suspended due to the ongoing conflict?
AFAIK, ground based developmental trials were over and flight testing was to commence by last year. But since then no news of such. Hopefully no news means we're progressing well ever so silently. Maybe our friend @marich01 has some updates regarding the above
They need to finish the mission mode projects first, out of the TD, only the HSTDV & glide vehicle projects are priority. Mk1 & Mk2 are priority at present.
There is MkII tender out today which is the quoted part of the sentence below
Nothing serious , just curious why NASM-MR which is a visibly much bigger dia anti ship missile, is shown to be carried in the central 750kg rated pylon on Tejas here. But NGARM, which is 600kg weight, and of much smaller dia (but still a very big missile judging by size of it from Defexpo/AI2023 pics) is not shown to be carried in that particular pylon.
Any particular reason?
What does this tell about possible weight category of NASM-MR, which is rumoured to be of 300km range?
Pic from Vayu airspace tweet
Any particular reason?
What does this tell about possible weight category of NASM-MR, which is rumoured to be of 300km range?
Pic from Vayu airspace tweet
NASM MR is 4.5 m length, NGARM is 5.5 m length.Nothing serious , just curious why NASM-MR which is a visibly much bigger dia anti ship missile, is shown to be carried in the central 750kg rated pylon on Tejas here. But NGARM, which is 600kg weight, and of much smaller dia (but still a very big missile judging by size of it from Defexpo/AI2023 pics) is not shown to be carried in that particular pylon.
Any particular reason?
What does this tell about possible weight category of NASM-MR, which is rumoured to be of 300km range?
Pic from Vayu airspace tweet
Center pylon being low, longer missile might hit the tarmac while take off / landing.
Yeah iComm is part of Megha Engg, who are sort of like L&T , lots of concurrent business verticals. That video is from 2021-22 I think, seen it before. Neutron posted it. They also recently got that big order from MoD