Friday, 01 October 2010
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India has settled on the GE-414 engine to power the indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk-2. The Price Negotiating Committee for the Alternate Engine of the LCA Mk-2 issued a statement on Thursday, saying that it had finalized the Comparative Statement of Tenders. “After evaluation and acceptance of the Technical offer provided by both Eurojet and GE Aviation, the commercial quotes were compared in detail and GE Aviation was declared as the lowest bidder,” said the statement.
The statement was issued two days after Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurian Antony’s visit to the United State, where he held meetings with US Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Admiral Mike Mullen. It also came on a fairly heavy news day, with the country’s complete attention focused on a verdict of the Allahabad High Court on the highly contentious issue of the disputed ownership of a property where a mosque was demolished in 1992, itself alleged to have been been built on the site of the birthplace of the Hindu God Ram.
Monday, 06 December 2010
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Copyright: DCNS The French naval defense major DCNS has offered Air-Independent Propulsion (AIP) for the Scorpenes being constructed for the Indian Navy at Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai.
AIP is an auxiliary system for augmenting the ability of submarines to operate without surfacing, by increasing the endurance of the boat’s sub-surface operability. The DCNS system, known as MESMA (Module d’Energie Sous-Marine Autonome), is based on the combustion of stored oxygen and ethanol to augment battery-powered propulsion. Conventional diesel-electric vessels have to surface periodically to charge their batteries, which ultimately propel the boat. An AIP would decrease the Indiscretion Rate, which signifies the required frequency of surfacing to recharge batteries or exchange air, and increase the ability to loiter under water.
Sunday, 27 February 2011
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India’s negotiations with French firm Snecma for the development of a production version of the indigenous Kaveri engine to power military aircraft is in the final stage of cost negotiations, Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurian Antony told the Indian Upper House of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha Wednesday.
Negotiations with Snecma are being conducted by a tender purchase committee with members from the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the Indian Air Force (IAF), the Indian Navy and the Defense Finance Department.
“It is proposed to develop production version Kaveri (K10) engine on co-design and co-development basis with Snecma of France. The technical evaluation for this proposal has been completed. Tender purchase committee is negotiating the commercial aspects,” Antony said in a written reply during question hour.
He said so far, nine prototypes of Kaveri engines and four prototypes of Kaveri Core (Kabini) engines have been developed, and about 1,975 hours of testing have been conducted on Kaveri and its core engines at ground and altitude conditions.
Wednesday, 02 March 2011
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India will begin production of an upgraded version of the indigenous Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT) by early 2014, an official said here Monday.
The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is already readying the Mark-II version of the Arjun for its first summer and winter trials this year. Among the upgrades, the Mark-II tank would feature an indigenous engine that would replace the existing German engines of the 58-tonne Arjun Mark-I. The developments come within a year of the government sanctioning the Arjun Mark-II project last May.
“In 24 months from now or early 2014, the Arjun Mark-II tanks will be ready for production,” the DRDO official said.
The army has already ordered 248 Arjun Mark-I tanks for induction into its armored regiments. The first lot of 124 tanks, for which the orders were placed on the Avadi-based Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) in 2004 at a cost of Rs.170 million ($4 million) each, have been handed over to the army.
Monday, 20 June 2011
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India signed the Letter of Acceptance for ten C-17 Globemaster III heavy lift aircraft on Tuesday.
The aircraft, manufactured by Boeing, will cost USD 4.116 billion and will be delivered in four years.
According to a sources in the Ministry of Defense, Boeing will establish a High Altitude Engine Test Facility as well as a Trisonic Wind Tunnel Facility at India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO).
“This facility is presently not available in the country and will enable aero engines to be tested in India,” said the sources.
Boeing says this sale ‘establishes India as the C-17′s largest international customer’.
“According to the agreement, India will take delivery of its C-17s in 2013 and 2014,” said a statement issued by the company.
“Boeing will support India’s C-17 fleet through the C-17 Globemaster III Sustainment Partnership, a proven multinational Performance-Based Logistics program.
Monday, 13 September 2010
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The European arms firm MBDA has offered its services for stockpile management to the Indian armed forces.
The company said it has developed the Stockpile Management Services (SMS) to give its customers the ‘ability to know the exact status of their munitions in terms of reliability and remaining life’. It says this service can also achieve cost savings of up to 30 per cent, besides configuring life extensions of existing stock and improving safety.
The Aster PAAMS Image Copyright: MBDA / Michel Hans Launched no more than a couple of months back in India, this service is scheduled to help the French Marine Nationale (French Navy) manage its PAAMS (E) naval air defense system next year. MBDA began this service last year in response to the ‘evolving requirements of the international customer base’.
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