'Make in India' an imperative by PM Modi

Unlike the past, under 'Make in India', India will not pay the transfer-of-technology (TOT) fee or licence fee. Foreign companies are asked to find a strategic partner in India or setup their own subsidiary and carry out the manufacturing activity here. When these companies want to export arms, they should source items from India, and then only the 'Make in India' policy will become successful. The strategic partner (Indian), who has absorbed the technology, would be able to use that technology in so.

The launch of BrahMos missile from Su-30MKI comprises several phases. BrahMos is a very heavy missile and such class of missiles has never been integrated with Su-30MKI. Structural modifications have been carried out in the aircraft to integrate BrahMos on to it. This task was completed on the first Su-30MKI aircraft by HAL Nashik, and the modification of the second aircraft is under progress.

Facts about Aero India 2015

Some important facts about Aero India 2015:

• The Aero India has been held every two year in Bangalore since 1996.
• Every year different aerospace industry from different country take part in International Aerospace Exhibition and numbers are increasing every year.
• From Feb 18 - Feb 22, 2015 Aero India Exhibition will conduct by Indian Ministry of Defence, Government of India.
• On 10th edition, there are around 600 exhibitors and over 400 official deligations are intend to join the Aero India 2015.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Aero India 2015 and will invite international markets for "Make in India".

Agni V Tests Successful: Most Powerful Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

This is the third test for the missile, with previous tests conducted in April 2012 and September 2013 and this one on 31st Jan 2015 from the same ITR test range.

The three stage, solid propellant "missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher from the launch complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at about 8.06 hours," ITR Director M V K V Prasad said. This missile can carry a nuclear warhead at a distance of over 5,000 kilometers. The development of Agni-5 began in 2009 and according to DRDO it will likely be inducted in 2015.

From this Test India draw a attention of world that indian missile and rocket technology is developing with greater pace.

Prithvi-II Nuclear-Capable Missile Successfully Test-Fired

India: Prithvi-II Missile

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed three Prithvi variants: Prithvi-I for the Army; Prithvi-II for the Indian Air Force; and the Dhanush for the Navy. All the three have been inducted into service. Prithvi-II, a single-stage missile using liquid propellants, can carry a 500-kg warhead and is meant for deep interdiction.

                                  India on Saturday August 25, 2012, test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II' ballistic missile from the Integrated Test Range off Odisha coast as part of a user trial by the Army. The missile, with a flight duration of 483 seconds reaching a peak altitude of 43.5 km, has the capability to carry a 500 kg warhead. Prithvi, which has features to deceive anti-ballistic missiles, uses an advanced inertial guidance system with manoeuvring capabilities and reaches its target within a few metres of accuracy. The state-of-the-art missile is 9 metre-long and is one metre in diameter with liquid propulsion twin engine.

India: Surface-To-Air Akash Missile Test Fired Successfully

India successfully tested Surface-to-air Akash missile

BALASORE, ODISHA: India test fired successfully its indigenously-developed surface-to- air Akash missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, about 15 km from Balasore on 26^th May 2012. India boosting its air defence shield and revalidating operational efficiency.

The missile, which has a strike range of 25 km with a warhead of 60 kgs, was test fired from a mobile launcher from launch complex-III of the ITR at about 1108 hours, defence sources said.

"The user-specific trial, which formed part of the country's routine air defence exercises, was successful," said a Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) official associated with the Akash missile project.

To revalidate the technology and operational efficacy of the missile, defence forces conducted the trial with logistic support provided by the ITR, the official said. The Akash weapon system was inducted into the armed forces in 2008.

Defence experts have compared Akash missile system with the American MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system.

Indian Navy Inducts New Stealth Frigate INS Teg

Indian INS Teg

On Friday, 27th April 2012 The Indian Navy  peaks  to its  new height  by adding teeth to its warship fleet by formally inducting a newly-built frigate at the Yantar shipyard in Russia's Kaliningrad.

An Indian Navy spokesperson in New Delhi, said that The warship, christened INS Teg, was commissioned by the Southern Naval Command chief Vice Admiral K.N. Sushil at a ceremony in Kaliningrad .

INS Teg is likely to reach Indian shores by the end of June 2012.

The spokesperson in a press release said that "INS Teg is a modern and contemporary warship with advanced technologies incorporated in every facet of design to make her stable, stealthy, fast and formidable,"  The Teg class of ships, an advanced version of the Talwar class guided missile frigates in service with the Indian Navy, have been built to meet the specific command and control needs of the Indian Navy for co-ordinated surface, air and underwater missions.

The weapons suite of the 125-metre, 4,000-tonne frigate includes the BrahMos surface-to-surface cruise missile system, a surface-to-air missile system, 100mm medium range gun, close-in weapon system, torpedo tubes and anti-submarine rockets.

With its advanced weapons suite and sensors fully integrated with its combat management system, the warship is equipped to augment the Indian Navy's net-centric capability, and is well suited to undertake a broad spectrum of maritime missions.
The spokesperson added that “The ship also embarks and operates an anti-submarine or an airborne early warning helicopter - a dominant force multiplier”.

 He  also added "Teg incorporates innovative stealth technologies to reduce her radar cross section, infrared and magnetic signatures, as well as radiated underwater noise”.
The ship is powered by an advanced gas turbine propulsion plant with state-of-the-art controls, to attain speeds in excess of 30 knots.
The ship has been equipped with complex automated systems for nuclear, biological and chemical defence, damage control and fire fighting that can be operated centrally from sheltered posts to minimise casualties and achieve rapid restoration of combat effectiveness.
The ship's crest embodies two crossed swords against the blue sky and ocean waves which symbolise strength, responsibility and commitment to a righteous cause.
Teg is manned by a crew of about 250 men, including 25 officers is commanded by Captain Rakesh Kumar Dahiya, a communications and electronic warfare specialist.

The spokesperson noted "It is interesting to note that the individual crew members speak 15 different languages as their mother tongue and follow six different religious faiths - a true microcosm of the diversity, and unity of India."

By September 2012 and mid-2013 respectively, the other two ships of the Teg class – Tarkash and Trikand are likely to be delivered.

RISAT-1: India's first radar imaging satellite

 RISAT-1: Indian First Spy Satellite


Recently India has successfully launched an indigenously built all-weather radar imaging satellite RISAT-1.

The new satellite will improve the country’s remote sensing capabilities and facilitate agriculture and defence apart from disaster management. With this India joins the elite club of nations having indigenous radar imaging technology.

PS Veeraraghavan, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram pointed out that only the US, Canada, Japan and the European consortium possessed the technology until now. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described the launch as an important milestone in India's space and research programme.

Dr. Singh also congratulated the scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists for achieving the feat in the complex technological mission. RISAT-1 has the capability to take images of Earth during day and night, as well as in cloudy conditions. India till now was dependent on a Canadian satellite for data.

The satellite weighing 1,858kg was injected into precise orbit by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV C-19. The PSLV delivered the satellite about 19 minutes after the perfect launch of the vehicle at 5.47am from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

This is the 20th consecutive successful flight for the impressive PSLV of the ISRO. The RISAT-1 is the heaviest satellite ever delivered by the vehicle to the orbit. ISRO chief K Radhakrishanan has described the mission as a grand success.