Export of Defence Equipment

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....@Hindustani78 come on, still waiting for the proof......first you started by lying and and then you go into non-english mode to hide being caught.....liar and a coward.

read up, doofus

http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2010/dec/d2010121302.pdf

 

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[Hindustani78]

Ministry of Defence16-December, 2016 14:45 IST
Defence Equipment

During the last three years Indian companies both in public and private sector have exported various defence products to several countries. The major defence products exported include Patrol Vessels, Helicopters & their spares, Sonars & Radars, Avionics, Radar Warning Receivers (RWR), Small Arms, Small Caliber Ammunition, Grenades, Telecommunication equipments etc. Details of defence export based on export by Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) / Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) and the No Objection Certificates (NOCs) issued to private sector companies by Department of Defence Production (DDP) during the last three years is as under:-

Year - Value of Export(Rs. in crores)-No. of NOCs

2013-14 - 1153.35- 39

2014-15 - 1940.64 - 42

2015-16 - 2059.18 - 241

Since export is undertaken by the companies / production units in public and private sector, the data related to profits earned through export is not maintained in the Government.

A number of training programs are organized for or attended by defence personnel of friendly foreign countries. These are conducted at various training institutions of the Armed Forces including National Defence Academy, Indian Military Academy, National Defence College etc. The number of officers trained during the last three years and the current year is as under:

Sl. No.-Training Year(July to June)-Foreign Defence Personnel trained

1.2013-14-3515

2.2014-15-3532

3.2015-16-3810

4.2016-17-428


This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Dr. Kulamani Samal and Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in Lok Sabha today.

 

[Hindustani78]

Adviser to the Defence Minister G. Satheesh Reddy addressing a session at the Children’s Science Congress at Sri Padmavathi Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam in Tirupati on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ; - K_V_POORNACHANDRA_KUMAR


January 05, 2017 23:29 IST
Updated: January 05, 2017 23:29 IST
http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...-equipment-Satheesh-Reddy/article16994375.ece
‘It is aimed at cutting imports by 30 per cent in next five years and simultaneously upgrading technologically’
TIRUPATI: From the stage of importing arms, ammunition, and Defence equipment, India is slowly, yet steadily, moving towards becoming a full scale exporter in 10 years, thanks to initiatives such as ‘Make in India’.

The industry can seek real time R&D guidance from Defence labs and start manufacturing by securing financial support under ‘Make in India’.

“The industry can also think of joint ventures if it does not have the required infrastructure,” said G. Satheesh Reddy, scientific adviser to the Defence Minister.

Emphasising the need for self-reliance, Dr. Satheesh Reddy said that the Ministry aimed at cutting imports by 30 per cent in the next five years and, simultaneously, upgrade technologically so as to become an exporter in 10 years.

On the current export potential, Dr. Satheesh Reddy said that the country should first metamorphose from being a technology follower to a technology leader.

“We have already excelled in producing Light Combat Aircraft ‘Tejas’, missile ‘Akash’, torpedo ‘Varunastra’, and radars. It is now time to let the world get a taste of our successful products,” he said while addressing the media on the sidelines of a session at the Children’s Science Congress here on Thursday.

On a buoyant note, he referred to countries such as Bangladesh and Vietnam evincing interest in the array of products.

Dr. Satheesh Reddy felt that universities, R&D institutions, and the industry should work seamlessly to achieve the goal.

“The institutions should identify the spark of innovation in students. The laboratories will have to translate the ideas into application-oriented prototype, which will then be mass produced by the industry,” he said.

“From a rocket to rodent repellent, it can be anything,” he quipped.

Dr. Satheesh Reddy saw materials, cyber space, and innovative and advanced manufacturing as promising areas, where the academia and industry should lay focus on.

Earlier, he began his address by paying tributes to his guru and ‘Missile Man’ A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

When the video of Dhanush missile, an off-shoot of ‘Prudhvi’, fired from a ship was screened, the students went into raptures.

Sri Padmavathi Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam (SPMVV) Vice-Chancellor V. Durgabhavani felicitated Dr. Satheesh Reddy.

Registrar D.M. Mamatha and SVIMS University Vice-Chancellor T.S. Ravikumar were present.

 

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ATAGS 52

Dhanush 52

Bharat 52

There are 3 artillery pieces great for export.

 

[Hindustani78]

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/drdo-looking-at-optimising-defence-products/
By: PTI | Bengaluru | Published:February 11, 2017 6:30 pm

“We will enhance the make in India policy, and the guidelines given by the Defence Minister and the Prime minister will be fully honoured.”


Giving thrust on exports, Defence Research and Development Organisation today said it is looking at optimising defence products for which the advanced versions have been developed, by exporting them to other countries. DRDO Chairman S Christopher said besides bringing in economical advantage, it will also help India build its might in the region. “Apart from importing the foreign defence goods, if we can make a small change in terms of delivering or exporting some of our defence goods, that will be the happiest movement for the nation, and DRDO should strive to do that,” Christopher said. He said “thereby we will enhance the make in India policy, and the guidelines given by the Defence Minister and the Prime minister will be fully honoured.”

Christopher was interacting with reporters at the curtain raiser of eleventh biennial Aero India International Seminar to be held from February 12 to 14 here, as a prelude to the eleventh edition of the Aero India Aerospace Exposition.

He said DRDO with an intention to optimise the product that is already there, is looking at opportunities to export previous versions of defence products, as it makes better or advanced versions for indigenous consumption.

“When we are going for a large platform, much more evolved, capable systems having longer endurance, higher ranges, and more number of absorbents; smaller platforms can be probably exported to other countries.We can even design and develop exclusively for somebody at lower costs,” he said.

Citing ‘Pinaka’, a multiple rocket launcher, as an example, Christopher said “when you have Pinaka Mark-lll obviously the user will have interest on it rather than Mark-l or ll, so instead of abandoning l and ll we should produce it at a reasonable cost and export it to neighbouring countries and thereby we can get back the returns of the amount that has gone into their development.”

“If there is an interest elsewhere, we will give the technology also, because today no country wants just the product, they also wants to have their own production within the country,” he said.

Responding to a question on countries of export, Christopher said “with Vietnam a USD 21 million contract has been concluded for naval products; Myanmar we have already supplied sonars..there are many other countries but it is confidential on their request,” he added.

 

[Hindustani78]

Ministry of Defence
21-March, 2017 14:31 IST
Defence Export Policy

All exports including defence exports are covered under the Export and Import (EXIM) Policy issued by Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT). However, Ministry of Defence has formulated a separate Defence Export Strategy to give fillip to defence exports. The strategy includes creation of an Export Promotion Body, engaging Indian Missions / Embassies abroad in export promotion, export financing through Line of Credit etc., better use of Offset policy, export of indigenously developed defence systems and streamlining of the export regulation processes. The Defence Export Strategy has also been put in the public domain and is available at the website of Ministry of Defence (www.ddpmod.gov.in).



This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to PROF. M. V. Rajeev Gowda in Rajya Sabha today.

 

[Hindustani78]

Harbour Tugs for Royal Navy of Oman

Three harbour tugs were designed, constructed and delivered at Wudam Naval Base, Sultanate of Oman where they are in operation. The contract included one year on-site training and troubleshooting over the period of warranty. The export order was executed on turnkey back to back basis on behalf of Goa Shipyard.

 

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Ministry of Defence
23-March, 2018 14:42 IST
GSL Delivers 2nd AOPV to Sri Lankan Navy Ahead of Schedule

Continuing with its unparalleled track record of delivering ships ahead of contractual schedule in last 4 years, Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) has once again delivered second Sri Lanka Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel (SL AOPV) of Sri Lankan Navy ceremoniously at Vaddem, Vasco da Gama yesterday, 25 days ahead of schedule.

The vessel will be the largest and most advanced ship in the Sri Lankan Navy fleet. This is the fourth Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) delivered in the current financial year. The ceremony was attended by High Commissioner of Sri Lanka Mrs Chitranganee Wagiswara, Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka Navy Rear Admiral N B J Rosayro, Chairman & Managing Director of GSL Rear Admiral (Rtd) Shekhar Mital, directors and senior officials of Sri Lankan Navy, Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard and GSL.

The SLOPV Project for building two large size ships is one of the most significant defence cooperation between India & Sri Lanka and one of the largest export contracts, being executed by GSL currently for any friendly country. The keel of the vessel was laid on May 9, 2015 and was launched on May 2, 2017. It is creditable for the shipyard to complete this significant export project and deliver the vessel 25 Days ahead of contractual schedule. With this, the shipyard has succeeded in reducing build period of 2,500 Tonnes OPV to nearly three years from over five years taken till about three years ago. Sri Lanka Navy Ship (SLNS) Sayurala, the first AOPV of the series delivered in July 2017 ahead of contractual schedule, is performing exceedingly well and has received positive feedbacks for GSL for the build quality and state-of-the-art machinery.

Speaking on the occasion, Rear Admiral (Rtd) Shekhar Mital said “This state-of–the-art and largest ship in the Sri Lanka Naval fleet will help meet the increasing requirement of the Sri Lanka Navy for undertaking policing and patrolling of its vast Exclusive Economic Zone.” He further added “Great care, attention and forethought have gone in ensuring that this vessel is built to highest standards and the same has been validated in the harbour and sea trials, where ship has achieved all design specifications, to the satisfaction of our special friend Sri Lanka Navy.”

While thanking GSL for delivering two vessels ahead of schedule to Sri Lankan Navy, Mrs Chitranganee Wagiswara said “The delivery of ships to Sri Lanka Navy ahead of schedule shows the excellent shipbuilding talent of GSL staff and its leadership. These deliveries of warships not only immensely enhance the Naval capabilities of Sri Lanka Navy, but also strengthen the close links between Sri Lanka and India.”

Goa Shipyard has a unique distinction of delivering all the ships ahead of contractual schedule and has been officially adjudged as the ‘Best Performing Shipyard’ by Ministry of Defence, besides being the largest exporter shipyard of the country. Turnover of GSL has grown nearly three times with profits rising from (-) Rs 60 crore to over Rs 220 crore in the last four years.

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[Hindustani78]

Big push for defence hardware exports

NEW DELHI, May 19, 2018 21:21 IST
Updated: May 19, 2018 21:21 IST

Bold move: Among the items are howitzers, UAVs, fighter aircraft, assault weapons, sniper rifles and light tanks.


Centre seeks response on equipment from manufacturers.

The Ministry of Defence has set in motion a process to identify military equipment that can be exported from India, in an effort to meet the ambitious targets set under the ‘Make in India’ policy.

According to private industry sources, the Department of Defence Production has provided a list of 51 items to the industry lobbies to identify how many of them can be manufactured in India and made available for exports. Among the items listed for possible export are howitzers, UAVs, fighter aircraft, assault weapons, sniper rifles, grenade launchers and various software systems for the battlefield and light tanks.

“It is a query, and no definite plans are in place,” one of the private industry sources said.

The list is being circulated among various private and public sector units, industry lobbies and other representatives. They are to submit their responses by Thursday next week.

The move comes even as the department has proposed a series of amendments to the Defence Offset Guidelines to open up new avenues for discharge of offset obligations by foreign vendors.

Among the new avenues are: investment in specified projects in defence, aerospace and internal security such as testing labs, testing ranges and skill centres. The proposal is also to cover specified critical technology and some specified technology acquisition.

Export targets

The draft Defence Production Policy, 2018, has set a target of $5 billion in defence export by 2025.

The target is ambitious, given the fact that in 2016-17 India’s total defence export was a meagre ₹1,495.27 crore. About 15-16 companies in the private sector and a few public sector units contribute to this insignificant export.

Major defence items being exported now are personal protective items, offshore patrol vessels, helicopters and radio sets.

‘Better systems needed’

The list of items that the government is hoping for export from India would require a massive jump in capabilities and a better ecosystem, admit private sector executives.

“We need to first fix the domestic situation before thinking of becoming a major exporter,” said a senior executive of a private defence company, pointing out that the policy initiatives at present are not enough for such a turnaround.

He pointed out that while officially the military is procuring more than 50% of its requirement from within the country, it is a “statistics that hide the reality.” According to a recent statement in Parliament by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre, in 2015-16 the total capital expenditure for procurement was ₹62,341.86 crore. Of this, ₹39,149.64 crore was spent on procurement from Indian vendors, or 62% from domestic suppliers. Only ₹23,192.22 crore was spent on purchases from foreign vendors.

“Much of it is low-end products, and a significant part of this domestic procurement constitutes imported foreign items packaged domestically,” the senior executive pointed out.

 

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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi handing over replica of Dornier Aircraft to the President of the Republic of Seychelles, Mr. Danny Antoine Rollen Faure, at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on June 25, 2018.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and the President of the Republic of Seychelles, Mr. Danny Antoine Rollen Faure at the delegation level talks, at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on June 25, 2018.

 

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Republic of India exported to Republic of Mauritius


MCGS Victory 29 February 2016 10 December 2016

Mauritius Commissioning Ceremony of Mauritius Coast Guard Ship Victory (10 Dec 16)
The Indian built Water Jet Fast Patrol Craft, CGS Victory was commissioned into National Coast Guard, Mauritius on 10 Dec 16. Shri Manohar Parrikar, Hon’ble Defence Minister of India led an Indian delegation to Port Louis and participated in the ceremony. He also handed over two Chetak helicopters provided by India to the Police Helicopter Squadron, Mauritius.

Sir Anerood Jugnauth, The Right Honourable Prime Minister of Mauritius Commissioning MCGS Victory on 10 Dec 16

Ceremonial Handing Over of Chetak Helicopters to Mauritius Police Helicopter Squadron

Mr Pravind Jugnauth, Minister of Finance (Mauritius) and Shri Manohar Parrikar,
Defence Minister (India) Onboard CGS Victory with Commissioner of Police and Commanding Officer

Mr Pravind Jugnauth, Minister of Finance (Mauritius) and Shri Manohar Parrikar, Defence Minister (India) onboard CGS Victory

Indian Delegation led by Shri Manohar Parrikar, Defence Minister with Commissioning Crew of CGS Victory


Mauritius Escort of MCGS Victory
Indian Naval Ship Shardul was deployed for joint EEZ Surveillance off Mauritius. During the passage, the ship towed Mauritius Coast Guard Ship ‘Victory’ from India to Mauritius. Victory was constructed at M/s Goa Shipyard Limited and delivered in September 2016. Shardul also ferried a Mauritius Police Helicopter Squadron helicopter, after it had completed its overhaul in India. The ships entered Port Louis on 08 November 2016 after a passage of nearly 2400 Nautical Miles.

INS Shardul with MCGS Victory Under Tow

MCGS Victory Entering Port Louis after Maiden Passage from India

MCGS Valiant 2 February 2017 16 August 2017

MCGS VALIANT, the second Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) designed and constructed by GSL for Mauritius Coast Guard (MCG) embarked on its maiden voyage to Mauritius on 24th May, 2017 at GSL. The delivery of the vessel added another feather in cap of GSL as Defence vessel Exporter from the country. The ship was ceremonially seen off by RAdm. Shekhar Mital, NM (Retd), CMD, Goa Shipyard Ltd who facilitated ASP Outam Kumar Guness, CO, CGS Valiant and the entire crew members on the occasion, Cmde. B.B. Nagpal, Director (CPP&BD), Mr. Sudhakar T. N. Director (Finance) besides other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

RAdm Shekhar Mital said, “Contract of the vessel was signed on 17 May 2014 and the keel of this vessel was laid on 22th May 2015. The vessel was launched on 2nd Feb 2017 by Mrs K. Napaul, the Consul and Head of Consulate of Mauritius at Mumbai. GSL has successfully delivered this ship to MCG on 30th April 2017, Four Months ahead of contractual schedule.” CMD thanked Government of Mauritius, Ministry of Defence, State Government and local authorities for providing all the necessary assistance, which has enabled GSL to achieve new milestones in the performance.

ASP Outam Kumar Guness, CO, CGS Victory, while addressing the gathering lauded the excellent work undertaken in the shipyard and complemented GSL for delivery of the state-of-the-art ship for Mauritius force. He further complimented the GSL work force on their skills and proactive attitude, which is an example for others to emulate.

The vessel is primarily designed for Coastal Patrolling, Anti-piracy, Anti-smuggling, Anti-drug Surveillance, Anti-poaching Operations, and Search and Rescue Operations. The vessel is fitted with 30 mm CRN-91 Gun, 12.7 mm HMGs & 7.62 mm MMGs besides state-of-the-art Navigation and Communication equipment and is capable of achieving a high speed of 37 knots. During the trials the vessel achieved 37.5 knots and all other design parameters.

Towing of MCGS Valiant to Mauritius
Indian Naval Ship Teg towed the newly constructed Mauritius Coast Guard Ship ‘Valiant’ from India to Mauritius. Valiant was constructed at M/s Goa Shipyard Limited and delivered on 30 April 2017. Post-delivery, the ships underwent seaworthiness checks by Indian Navy before departing for Mauritius. Both the ships entered Port Louis on 03 June 2017 after a passage of nearly 2400 Nautical Miles.

INS Teg with MCGS Valiant (Under Tow) Enroute Port Louis

MCGS Valiant Under Tow at High Seas

Ceremonial Welcome for MCGS Valiant Entering Port Louis after Maiden Passage from India

MCGS Valiant Arriving Alongside at Port Louis (Mauritius)

INS Teg Entering Port Louis after Towing Valiant

 

[Hindustani78]

One of the helicopters that India gifted to the Maldives.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/indian-choppers-to-remain-in-male/article24787732.ece

Maldives to extend visa of support staff

The Indian military helicopters, gifted to the Maldives, are likely to stay back along with a 48-member crew and support staff for at least the next few months as talks between the two countries on their continued deployment in the island nation were “positive”, diplomatic and military sources said on Sunday.

The lease agreement of the two helicopters, given to Maldives in 2013, has expired and the island nation had conveyed to New Delhi that it would not like to retain them.

After several rounds of talks, however, there has been indication from the Maldives on its willingness to keep the two helicopters along with the crew and support staff, sources said.

They said the preliminary outcome of talks between the two countries on the issue has been positive and there was a possibility of the choppers being stationed there for a longer duration. “The helicopters and the support staff are not being brought back,” a highly-placed source said.

Sources said the Maldives was extending visas of the Indian staff.