Can Tata Advanced Systems Limited with the C-295 order emerge as an alternative to HAL?
India will become the 31st country that has placed orders for C-295 medium tactical transport aircraft but unlike other countries, India will also be getting rights to license assemble this aircraft that will be done the first time by a Private defense contract in the country.
Tata
Advanced Systems Limited has been selected as its local
partner by Airbus, thus making only the second C-295 plant outside Spain. India
has placed orders for 56 aircraft for the air force to replace its aging Avro
aircraft but the potential orders as per defense analysts in the next two
decades could reach a three figure mark if the aircraft is also selected as AN-32
replacement that for long has been the backbone of IAF’s Medium haul
transporter fleet.
Indian Coast Guard already has
requested six C-295 aircraft and the Navy is already looking to use C-295 as a
platform to mount Multi Mission Maritime Aircraft suit that DRDO is developing
for the Navy.
Tata Advanced Systems Limited plant
will also be used as a Maintenance Repair and Operations MRO facility for all
the regional operators in South Asia.
Tata Advanced Systems Limited
recently acquired intellectual property rights for a German origin Grob G-180
SPn aircraft that it wants to build locally but also offers it as a platform
that can perform cross border surveillance, signal intelligence missions.
Tata Advanced Systems Limited with
experience gained from Grob G-180 SPn and C 295 will emerge as an ideal
candidate that in the coming year will help India develop its indigenous
military aircraft and in a way also end sole dominance of the HAL in the sector
that has been unchallenged for decades now.
BrahMos cruise missile
manufacturing unit to be set up between Lucknow and Jhansi
BrahMos, the supersonic cruise
missile which is being jointly developed by India and Russia, will be
manufactured in the Lucknow node of the Uttar Pradesh Defence Corridor soon. Manufacturing
unit for the BrahMos missiles will be set up between Lucknow, Kanpur and Jhansi
with an investment of Rs 300 crore.
The BrahMos project will provide
indirect employment to around 5,000 people and nearly 10,000 will get work
through the production centres.
BrahMos Aerospace, a joint venture of
DRDO of India and NPO Mashinostroeyenia of Russia, has proposed the setting up
of a modern manufacturing facility near Lucknow to the Uttar Pradesh
government.
A top-level delegation of BrahMos
Aerospace led by the director general of BrahMos Sudhir K Mishra had earlier
met UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and discussed the proposal to set a major
manufacturing facility for production and supply of various systems and sub systems
for next generation missile systems.
The Uttar Pradesh government has
also given indications that the production unit for the next generation state of
the art BrahMos missiles will most likely come up in the Defence Corridor in
Lucknow. Besides the BrahMos missile manufacturing, research and development
work will also be done in these units. More than 100 BrahMos missiles are
planned to be built in the next three years.
BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile
is the next generation supersonic cruise missile based on the technology of
Russia’s P-800 Oniks cruise missile.
Israel Aerospace
Industries (IAI) Integrates Barak MX Interceptors On Saar-6 Corvettes, This
Corvette could be a Game Changer For India in Indian Ocean
IAI is integrating offensive and
defensive systems, to enhance the Saar-6 corvettes capabilities.
Israel Aerospace Industries Barak-MX
interceptors along with complete naval combat suit will provide advanced
defense systems to the Israel Navy’s Saar-6 corvettes.
The systems will be used to protect
Israel’s exclusive economic zone and strategic facilities that face diversified
threats in the marine arena. The Barak-MX system was chosen after it was
demonstrated to meet the operational requirements and future challenges faced
by the Israeli Navy.
Israel’s naval solutions are battle
proven naval systems and technology. From sensors and weapon systems to
integrated systems of systems, Israel Aerospace Industries offers a broad
portfolio of solutions to the requirements and challenges of today’s naval
forces.
The Barak-MX Air & Missile
Defense System developed by Israel Aerospace Industries is one of the world’s
advanced operational air defense systems, used by Israeli naval forces and the
Indian Land, Navy and Airforce. The BarakMX Air & Missile Defense System
provides both wide area and targeted defense capabilities to an array of
threats, including: land, air and sea.
The system aggregates several key cutting-edge
systems: digital radar, weapon control system, launchers, and a range of
interceptors for different ranges with advanced homing devices, data link
communication and system wide connectivity.
