Made in India military weapons and support systems

[Foxbat Alok]

Tata xenon recce

 

[Abingdonboy]

@Water Car Engineer @PARIKRAMA @acetophenol @anant_s @Echo_419 @Skull and Bones @Koovie Some interesting tid-bits on FICV and FRCV:

Currently we do about Rs 1000-crore business a year for all our specialist vehicles to the defence and security forces. We have back orders in hand for about Rs 900 crore and volumes from Kestrel, the wheeled amphibious platform, will start kicking in another two to two-and-a-half years because the vehicle will go for user trial this summer. So in three years' time, we will start getting revenues from Kestrel.
The next thing we are trying for is the Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) programme. In about 9-12 months, government will decide among the bidders. Since, it is a government funded programme, there will be revenue from day one. As soon as we keep on developing the vehicles and start crossing certain gateways, the government will pay us for 80 per cent of the development costs. The prototype should be ready in four years from now, testing of the prototype in two years.So we should be into production six years from now. This is apart from our steady state logistic combat support vehicles and the revenues we are getting from the Kestrel.

ET Now: Any other defence contracts you are eying through such partnerships and joint ventures? What is the broad plan with the defence foray?

VS Nornoha: This is by far the biggest. The Director General Mechanised Forces (DGMF) has already asked for an early information request for information for Future Ready Combat Vehicle (FRCV) which will be something between the infantry combat vehicle and the main battle tank. That is another huge project by itself. That is the next one we will be eyeing. A little bit down the line, is a light armoured multi role vehicle, the RSP is already out. We are bidding for that contract with the Ordnance Factory Board. That is about 700 units, which is expected to cost around Rs 3 crore per unit. The smaller ones will keep coming but the two big ones are the FICV and the FRCV.


We are eyeing FICV and FRCV segments in defence: VS Nornoha, Tata Motors - The Economic Times

-So, the Kestral is de-linked from the FICV program entirely and TATA seem very confident in securing orders for it in the near future (within 3 years).
- FICV to be in production by 2022
-FRCV is gearing up to be another mele

 

[Water Car Engineer]

HawkVision OEM | Tonbo Imaging

Hawkeye thermal sights on a SOLO compact UAV

 

[Echo_419]

@Water Car Engineer @PARIKRAMA @acetophenol @anant_s @Echo_419 @Skull and Bones @Koovie Some interesting tid-bits on FICV and FRCV:

Currently we do about Rs 1000-crore business a year for all our specialist vehicles to the defence and security forces. We have back orders in hand for about Rs 900 crore and volumes from Kestrel, the wheeled amphibious platform, will start kicking in another two to two-and-a-half years because the vehicle will go for user trial this summer. So in three years' time, we will start getting revenues from Kestrel.
The next thing we are trying for is the Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) programme. In about 9-12 months, government will decide among the bidders. Since, it is a government funded programme, there will be revenue from day one. As soon as we keep on developing the vehicles and start crossing certain gateways, the government will pay us for 80 per cent of the development costs. The prototype should be ready in four years from now, testing of the prototype in two years.So we should be into production six years from now. This is apart from our steady state logistic combat support vehicles and the revenues we are getting from the Kestrel.

ET Now: Any other defence contracts you are eying through such partnerships and joint ventures? What is the broad plan with the defence foray?

VS Nornoha: This is by far the biggest. The Director General Mechanised Forces (DGMF) has already asked for an early information request for information for Future Ready Combat Vehicle (FRCV) which will be something between the infantry combat vehicle and the main battle tank. That is another huge project by itself. That is the next one we will be eyeing. A little bit down the line, is a light armoured multi role vehicle, the RSP is already out. We are bidding for that contract with the Ordnance Factory Board. That is about 700 units, which is expected to cost around Rs 3 crore per unit. The smaller ones will keep coming but the two big ones are the FICV and the FRCV.


We are eyeing FICV and FRCV segments in defence: VS Nornoha, Tata Motors - The Economic Times

-So, the Kestral is de-linked from the FICV program entirely and TATA seem very confident in securing orders for it in the near future (within 3 years).
- FICV to be in production by 2022
-FRCV is gearing up to be another mele

TATA doesn't disapoint

 

[Abingdonboy]

 

[Armani]

 

[thesolar65]

I am just curious to know. No body has posted this. What is the self life of each type ammunition. Starting from pistol bullets to rifle's to machine gun's or mortars to rocket's to missiles? Do at a point their effectiveness becomes zero suddenly or gradually? And what is done to increase their life span?

I do not know if this the right thread to post it so that everyone knows it.

@Abingdonboy @PARIKRAMA @Echo_419 @kaykay @Water Car Engineer

 

[MilSpec]

I am just curious to know. No body has posted this. What is the self life of each type ammunition. Starting from pistol bullets to rifle's to machine gun's or mortars to rocket's to missiles? Do at a point their effectiveness becomes zero suddenly or gradually? And what is done to increase their lief span?

I do not know if this the right thread to post it so that everyone knows it.

@Abingdonboy @PARIKRAMA @Echo_419 @kaykay @Water Car Engineer

Depends on type of ammo, FMJ with brass case will outlive the owners of the ammunition and then some, Steel case ammo and lead exposed projectiles like soft tips will have issues with oxygen and humidity. No one will touch ammo with slightest corrosion with a 10 foot pole.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

0:45

There's a rare clip of, "Tank Ex", firing a round as well.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

DRDO's AIP will be produced by L&T

Bharat Forge's Bharat 52 with and without autoloading system

Pinaka ER - Precision guided rocket - MBDA and Alpha Private Limited

Dhanush 155mm/52cal

 

[Water Car Engineer]

MMW Seeker for Helina ATGM

DRDO's see through wall radar

LREO - Long range electro-optical pod - IRDE DRDO

Optical pod apart of artillery systems - IRDE DRDO

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Avionics upgrade for MI17 - Alpha Design Tech Pvt LTD

MI17 SIM - Alpha Design Tech Pvt LTD

MIG 29 SIM - Alpha Design Tech Pvt LTD

Missile Approach Warning Reservers for MKI - Alpha Design Tech Pvt LTD

Thermal Imaging Fire Control System for BMP2s - Alpha Design Tech Pvt LTD

Thermal Imaging Fire Control System for T72s - Alpha Design Tech Pvt LTD

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Engine for BMP2 upgrade

Another possible engine for BMP2 upgrade, produced by Kirloskar Group LTD

Portable Jammers

X Band, Monopulse Seeker for Brahmos and Nirbhay

MCM Suit

L&T Torpedo Tube Launched AUV

 

[bidonv]

By:www.defenseworld.net
Akash Missile Successfully Test Fired

India test fired its indigenously developed surface-to-air Akash missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near Balasore on Monday.

The missile targeted an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) named 'Banshee', an official of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) told PTI.

The missile, with a strike range of 25 km and capability to carry warhead of 60 kg, was test fired from the launch complex-3 of the ITR, he said. It is a medium-range surface-to-air anti-aircraft defence system developed by DRDO as part of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme.

Akash is powered by Ramjet-rocket propulsion system which renders thrust for the missile to intercept the target at supersonic speed without any retardation.

It can fly at a supersonic speed ranging from Mach 2.8 to 3.5 and can engage aerial targets upto a range of approximately 25 km, the official said.

More than three decades after the project was initiated, the missile was formally inducted into the Indian Air Force and the Army last year.

Akash has the capability to neutralize aerial targets like fighter jets, cruise missiles and air-to-surface missiles. The last trial from this base was conducted on January 28................See more

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Coastal AWACS on C295 platform will be made.

AWACS platform Airbus A313