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The Minister of State for Defence, Shri Subhash Ramrao Bhamre at the signing ceremony of the licensing Agreement for Transfer of Technology of High Nitrogen Steel for Armour Applications between Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), DRDO and the Jindal Stainless (Hisar) Limited (JSHL), in New Delhi on March 01, 2017. The Chief Controller, R&D (PC&SI), DR. S. Guruprasad, the Vice Chairman, JSHL, Shri Abhyuday Jindal, the Chairman DRDO and Secretary, DD (R&D), DR. S. Christopher, the Director General (Naval Systems & Materials), DR. Satish Chandra Sati and the Director, DMRL, DR. Sameer v. Kamat are also seen.
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The Minister of State for Defence, Shri Subhash Ramrao Bhamre being presented by the Chairman DRDO and Secretary, DD (R&D), DR. S. Christopher, at the signing ceremony of the licensing Agreement for Transfer of Technology of High Nitrogen Steel for Armour Applications between Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), DRDO and the Jindal Stainless (Hisar) Limited (JSHL), in New Delhi on March 01, 2017.
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The Minister of State for Defence, Shri Subhash Ramrao Bhamre addressing the gathering at the signing ceremony of the licensing Agreement for Transfer of Technology of High Nitrogen Steel for Armour Applications between Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), DRDO and the Jindal Stainless (Hisar) Limited (JSHL), in New Delhi on March 01, 2017.
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Ministry of Defence01-March, 2017 16:45 IST
DMRL AND JSHL Sign Licensing Agreement for Transfer of Technology of High Nitrogen Steel

Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), Hyderabad, a premier research laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Jindal Stainless (Hisar) Limited (JSHL) signed the Licensing Agreement for Transfer of Technology of High Nitrogen Steel (HNS) for armour applications here today. Speaking on the occasion the Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Subhash Bhamre congratulated DMRL and DRDO for their outstanding achievement in developing a breakthrough technology for armour applications and complimented JSHL for partnering with DRDO. The Minister noted that HNS technology is a step forward towards Army’s quest for lighter and high performance armouring material compared to the currently used materials. He said, it has also the potential for a number of civilian applications and for exports as well. Dr. Bhamre asserted that this is a major step towards achieving the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Make in India’ and wished the team a great success in future endeavours. The Minister called upon both public as well as private Industries and Ordnance Factories to use this material extensively in their products.

Chairman DRDO and Secretary DD (R&D) Dr. S Christopher complimented the scientists of DMRL for this achievement which comes as a giant leap forward, towards DRDO’s quest for stronger and high performance defence material. He further said that the Transfer of Technology from defence R&D to industry is aligned with the ‘Make in India’ policy to foster conducive environment for industry’s potential growth in the strategic sectors.

Mr. Abhyuday Jindal, Vice Chairman, JSHL appreciated the team efforts of DRDO to come out with innovative solutions of HNS. He assured that JSHL aims to be a major strategic defence partner in manufacturing of HNS.

Dr. Satish Chandra Sati, Director General (Naval Systems & Materials), while addressing the gathering applauded the DMRL scientists for developing many varieties of steel including HNS which would be of great importance to the industry. Dr. S. Guruprasad, CC R&D (PC &SI) in his welcome address stated that the HNS being a dream material for any researcher should find wide applications for the industry. DMRL has developed and established a number of frontline and path breaking technologies in the areas of metallurgy and material science. HNS is not only tough but also has good strength. In addition to being non magnetic as well as corrosion resistant, the HNS cost is about 40 percent less compared to Rolled Homogenous Armour Steel (RHA). Very few countries in the world have developed this technology of HNS. This material has potential for a number of defence and civil applications like armouring, mine trawls, oil industries etc.

JSHL is a stainless steel manufacturer, with state-of-the-art facility at Hisar (Haryana), backed with strong production facilities including the triplex refining route, which is used for production of HNS.

The programme was also attended by Dr. Sameer V. Kamat, Director, DMRL and several senior officials from the Ministry of Defence, the Army and JSHL.

NW/NAo/Nampi/Ranjan
 

- Netra is not actually the name of the AEW&C plane but the project's callsign
- Negotiations for the A330-200s for AWACS (INDIA) are complete (guess just waiting for CCS clearance now)
-50 private Indian companies involved in the project

+ very apparent the IAF is pretty uninterested in this type of AWACS (limited endurance, limited detection range and scope), the Netra project is simply a test bed for bigger and better things (AWACS (INDIA)) but hopefully some revenue can be gained by selling a few to friendly nations. For most users, this system will be more than enough.
 
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Ministry of Defence
10-March, 2017 15:30 IST
Modernization of DRDO

Modernisation of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is a continuous process.

One of the major recommendations of Kelkar Committee report was to review the functioning of DRDO. Accordingly, a Committee headed by Dr. P. Rama Rao was constituted by the Government for reviewing the functioning of DRDO.

The Committee submitted its report to the Government. After examination, the Government has implemented the following recommendations of the Committee.

• Created 07 technology based clusters headed by Directors General.
• Restructured DRDO corporate headquarters.
• Introduced ‘Integrated Financial Advice Scheme’ in DRDO for financial decentralization.
• Revamping Human Resource Policy.
• Renamed the designation of ‘DG, DRDO’ to ‘Chairman, DRDO’.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Vishnu Dayal Ram in Lok Sabha today.
 
Is Mynamar actively seeking such assets?
not so urgent.. probably in possible list. bro
we already have 10+ Mi-35Ps for counter-insurgency. actually what we need urgently is Naval avaition..

Awesome compilation, thanks for the share.

@Aung Zaya these guys developed the hull mounted sonar myanmar uses in some of her Frigates I believe.
Awesome compilation, thanks for the share.

@Aung Zaya these guys developed the hull mounted sonar myanmar uses in some of her Frigates I believe.
Woww..!! great bro. hope we also have such kind of defence industry in one day..
 

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