Rafale Wins MMRCA

RAFALE Win's Indian MMRCA Tender











Indian defence Ministry has Announced French Dassault Rafale as Lowest Bidder in Indian MMRCA Tender to supply 126 Aircrafts.Final contract to be signed following negotiations in March this year.The winner of MMRCA are meant to Replace aging Mig's in IAF.India will get 18 aircrafts in flyaway condition while 108 aircrafts will be manufactured in India under Transfer of technology.

Does this open the door for Navy to choose Rafale for their follow on Aircraft carriers ?

Indian navy Issued RFI in 2009 for new Generation Carrier based Fighters.It was said that it had gained the clearance for purchase of this Aircrafts already.The RFI however didn't mentioned number of Aircrafts.

Also to mention in Sept 2010 , Press Trust of India revealed that Indian the Strategic Forces Command are looking to Acquire 40 Fighter having capabilities to deliver nuclear-tipped missiles and Bombs.

Co-Incidentally in 2010 Dassault officials Pitched to supply India 40 Rafale's on fast track Basis.

Interesting  developments ahead !!

IIT Tech Fest 2012 Mumbai

IIT Tech Fest Powai - Mumbai

High Energy Materials Research Laboratory is developing Indigenous Booster Propulsion for BrahMos

The K-15 Sagarika SLBM with a Range of 600-700 Km Can carry Payload of 1 tonne Nuclear Warhead.Missile Tested Successfully and Ready for Induction.

 

 Indian Strategic Ballistic Missiles - Agni Series Missiles - the Recently Tested Agni IV is equipped with state-of-the-art technologies, that includes indigenously developed ring laser gyro and composite rocket motor.

 

Prithvi Tactical Battlefield Support Missiles

Army Version can Carry Payload of 1000 kg over 150 km

Air force version can carry payload of 500 kg over 250 km

Navy Version 'Dhanush'  can carry 500 kg warhead over 250 km

 

Some Information About Phase II of Ballistic Missile Defense which include Development of 2 high speed intercepting missiles namely AD-1 and AD-2.The AD-1 Missile being developed have Completed its Ground Testing and can be Tested in Second Half of 2012.A Two Solid stage missile Namely PDV , meant to Replace PAD-1 is under development.

 It has been reported from Indian defence ministry source that Russian Mi-28N Night Hunter has lost a tender on the delivery of 22 attack helicopters to the Indian military in strong competition with the American AH-64D Apache.

Mi-28N did not meet the requirements of the tender on 20 positions, while the Apache showed better performance

No Official Confirmation yet

Gripen Makes Yet Another Pitch for MMRCA

 

 Just weeks Before MMRCA Result may be Out , Gripen - one of the Eliminated Fighter has made yet another Pitch for MMRCA citing its Low Life Cycle cost , A perfect choice for Indian air force.see the Advertisement above in one of the Magazines ;)

Dhruv undergoes combat trials at Pokhran

The Armed Version of ALH Dhruv is Undergoing Combat Trials at Pokhran Firing range since Last One Week.

The weaponised Version Renamed as HAL Rudra Will be Armed With Turret Gun,Rocket,Air To Air And Air To Ground Missiles Weapon System.

Bofors reloaded: Defence ministry stung again

NEW DELHI: Allegations of kickbacks paid to middlemen in purchase of Bofors artillery guns led to one of the worst electoral defeats for Congress party in the late 80s, and since then the Army has been unable to purchase even a single new artillery gun for over the past 25 years.

But there is a yet unheard of twist to the Bofors scam, it now emerges. Sources said the blame for Army's stalled artillery modernization may lie closer home, with the government sitting on the transfer of technology that permits India to manufacture the Bofors gun in the country.

As the military top brass desperately look around for solutions to the crippling shortage of artillery guns, they stumbled upon the fact that India actually has the entire drawings of the Bofors guns, and had paid for the transfer of technology to manufacture the gun in India. But the Ordnance Factory Board sat on the drawings all these years, never attempting to make the gun in India.

A senior official, not very amused at the turn of events, told TOI that they have now asked OFB to manufacture six prototypes of the Bofors artillery guns within the next 18 months. "If we had indigenous capability, then all these years of effort to buy foreign guns and such crippling shortage in capabilities wouldn't have been there," he said.

Once they are ready, the Army would put them through extensive field trials and once cleared, OFB could then resort to mass production, one of the officials said.

This is Epic Failure of Our Defence Ministry

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